The Past, Present and Future of Start-up Incubation in India
Chapter Summary
- The number of incubators in India grew 15 times between 2000 and 2020.
- Non-metro cities, which account for more than 60 per cent of ihcubators n ndie, are earng up to
become future start-up capitals. - The highestdensity ot incubators in the south and west of India and within academic institutions
highlghts the common assumptions around start-ups as entities founded by: young graduates
commercialising technotogy developed in labs. - There has been vigorous incubation activisom in india between 2008 and 2020. Most of the current policies and schemes recognise tecinology commercialisalon as the primary goal of incubators.
- To remain effective, incubators must define their pertormance measures around the goals of building founders, start-ups, ecosystems as well as themselves as organisations.
- In the past, many services of incubators, such as co-working spaces, were disaggregated and commercialised.
In a post-COVID-19 world, incubators must explore novel offerings to remain effective and impactful.
Published as part of the book ‘Shifting Orbits: Decoding the Trajectory of the Indian Start-up Ecosystem’.
