NSRCEL Velocity Incubation Program for Startups (India)

The program is tailored for entrepreneurs with a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) ready or early revenue, focusing on scaling and market readiness.

Over the course of a year, you’ll receive strategic guidance and hands-on support to supercharge your product, validate your market, attract customers, and grow sustainably. Whether you’re perfecting your product-market fit or gearing up for explosive growth, Velocity equips tech founders with the tools, mentorship, and confidence to conquer the challenges and hit those big milestones in the tech world.

What to expect?

• Build Product-Market Fit
  • Refining products with user feedback and market insights, scaling through market analysis, user metrics, and iterative improvements for sustained growth.
• Founder’s Mindset
  • Build the mindset to evolve into a well-rounded founder with the business acumen and confidence needed to excel in the startup ecosystem.
• Sustenance and Scale
  • Helping startups refine their business models, market positioning, competitive analysis, and revenue strategies to sustain and scale their growth
• Need Assessment
  • Mapping the requirements of ventures and ecosystem trends to offer focused development initiatives, ensuring targeted support for startup growth
• Networking and Partnerships
  • Connect with industry experts, mentors, and potential collaborations with entrepreneurs of the NSRCEL community and other stakeholders to create a conducive ecosystem.
• Governance
  • Understand legal frameworks, intellectual property, compliance, and navigate regulatory challenges in data privacy, cybersecurity, and industry-specific regulations
• Mentoring
  • Learn and Interact with a vast network of experienced mentors, including the NSRCEL alumni, industry leaders, and VCs across the board
• Operational Readiness
  • Advising startups on operational best practices and lean methodologies, supporting scalable growth, and providing resources for optimizing productivity and efficiency.
• Demo Day
  • Founders undergo a financial readiness workshop and pitch their products to investors and stakeholders to secure funding.
• Customer Market Discovery
  • Identifying target customer segments, while guiding customer acquisition channels with sales strategies and marketing techniques.
• The program does not guarantee funding for your enterprise. During the incubation period, they also organize a demo day where the founders pitch to the pool of investors from NSRCEL’s fundraising network.
• The cohort lasts for 12 months but it does not end there, you will then be a part of the NSRCEL community.

Eligibility Criteria

• This program is open to ventures that are
  • Tech/Tech-enabled Ventures: ventures that leverage technology or are tech-enabled.
  • MVP ready: Must have a fully developed product that’s ready to go to market.
  • Revenue-Generating: Should already be generating revenue.
  • Customer Base: Must have an existing customer base or early customers.
• They consider applications from only the technology sector, based across geographies registered in India.

For more information, visit NSRCEL.