{"id":1833,"date":"2026-11-06T12:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T12:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grameenaincubation.com\/wp69\/startup-incubation-program\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T13:14:43","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T13:14:43","slug":"startup-incubation-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grameenaincubation.com\/wp69\/startup-incubation-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Startup Incubation Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" style=\"\" >\n    \n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-image u-section-2\" data-image-width=\"1024\" data-image-height=\"682\" id=\"block-14\" style=\"background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/grameenaincubation.com\/wp69\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/IMG_1712-2.jpg&quot;);\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-sheet-1\">\n        <div class=\"u-align-left u-container-align-left-lg u-container-align-left-xl u-container-style u-expanded-width-xs u-group u-white u-group-1\">\n          <div class=\"u-container-layout u-valign-middle-lg u-valign-middle-sm u-valign-middle-xs u-container-layout-1\">\n            <h1 class=\"u-text u-text-1\"> Are You Building a&nbsp;<br>Rural-\u200bFocused Startup? \n            <\/h1>\n            <p class=\"u-text u-text-2\"> If your startup is solving a real\nproblem in agriculture, healthcare, education, livelihoods, sustainability,\nfinancial inclusion or another rural sector, GIC may be able to support your\njourney. <b><\/b>\n            <\/p>\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/grameenaincubation.com\/wp69\/startup-incubation-program\/#application\" class=\"u-active-palette-4-base u-border-none u-btn u-btn-round u-button-style u-hover-palette-4-base u-palette-3-base u-radius-2 u-text-active-white u-text-hover-white u-btn-1\">Apply for Incubation<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-section-3\" id=\"block-15\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-middle-lg u-valign-middle-md u-valign-middle-sm u-valign-middle-xs u-sheet-1\">\n        <div class=\"u-container-style u-expanded-width-xs u-group u-group-1\">\n          <div class=\"u-container-layout u-container-layout-1\">\n            <h6 class=\"u-custom-font u-text u-text-font u-text-palette-3-base u-text-1\">Grameena Incubation Center has been accredited by MEITy as a Center of Excellence (CoE) in Agritech.<\/h6>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grameenaincubation.com\/wp69\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/WhatsAppImage2026-01-19at11.52.21-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"u-expanded-width u-image u-image-default u-image-1\" data-image-width=\"1280\" data-image-height=\"576\">\n        <div class=\"u-align-center u-container-align-center-xl u-container-style u-expanded-width-xs u-group u-palette-3-base u-group-2\">\n          <div class=\"u-container-layout u-valign-middle-md u-valign-top-xl u-container-layout-2\">\n            <h6 class=\"u-text u-text-2\"> Focus Areas<\/h6>\n            <a href=\"\" class=\"u-active-none u-border-1 u-border-active-white u-border-hover-white u-border-no-left u-border-no-right u-border-no-top u-border-white u-btn u-button-style u-hover-none u-none u-radius-0 u-text-body-alt-color u-text-hover-black u-btn-1\">Agritech<br>Rural Livelihoods<br>Education<br>Rural Health &amp; Healthcare<br>Financial Inclusion<br>Sustainabile Enterprises<br>PwD inclusivity \n            <\/a>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-grey-5 u-section-4\" id=\"block-22\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-sheet-1\">\n        <div class=\"data-layout-selected u-clearfix u-expanded-width u-layout-wrap u-layout-wrap-1\">\n          <div class=\"u-layout\">\n            <div class=\"u-layout-row\">\n              <div class=\"u-align-left u-container-align-left u-container-style u-layout-cell u-shape-rectangle u-size-23 u-layout-cell-1\">\n                <div class=\"u-container-layout u-valign-top-lg u-valign-top-md u-valign-top-sm u-valign-top-xs u-container-layout-1\">\n                  <p class=\"u-align-left u-text u-text-1\">With over 30+ years of farmer connects in the region and a core understanding of the farming community, our team of scientist at BCT Krishi VIgyana Kendra are here to mentor and guide founders and startups on their journey to solve the agri-allied challenges that are plaguing the sector.&nbsp;<br>Startups mentored by GIC, get exclusive and individual mentorship through KVK which has been validated by the results of the previous cohorts of startups.<br>Hard facts, real numbers. \n                  <\/p><span class=\"u-align-left u-file-icon u-icon u-text-palette-3-base u-icon-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grameenaincubation.com\/wp69\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/24fb8452-2.png\" alt=\"\"><\/span>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"u-align-right u-container-align-right u-container-style u-layout-cell u-shape-rectangle u-size-37 u-layout-cell-2\">\n                <div class=\"u-container-layout u-container-layout-2\">\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-expanded u-image u-image-round u-radius-25 u-image-1\" src=\"https:\/\/grameenaincubation.com\/wp69\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/DSC00012-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-image-width=\"1024\" data-image-height=\"575\">\n                  <h5 class=\"u-text u-text-palette-3-base u-text-2\">Access to Mentorship from&nbsp;KVK&nbsp;<\/h5>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"data-layout-selected u-clearfix u-expanded-width u-layout-wrap u-layout-wrap-2\">\n          <div class=\"u-layout\">\n            <div class=\"u-layout-row\">\n              <div class=\"u-container-style u-layout-cell u-shape-rectangle u-size-35 u-layout-cell-3\">\n                <div class=\"u-container-layout u-container-layout-3\">\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-expanded u-image u-image-round u-radius-25 u-image-2\" src=\"https:\/\/grameenaincubation.com\/wp69\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/WhatsAppImage2025-12-18at14.55.30-2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-image-width=\"960\" data-image-height=\"1280\">\n                  <h5 class=\"u-text u-text-palette-3-base u-text-3\">Test plots for startups <\/h5>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"u-align-left u-container-align-left u-container-style u-layout-cell u-size-25 u-white u-layout-cell-4\">\n                <div class=\"u-container-layout u-valign-bottom-xl u-valign-top-lg u-valign-top-md u-valign-top-sm u-valign-top-xs u-container-layout-4\">\n                  <p class=\"u-text u-text-4\">Startups often struggle to acquire test plots.<br>As the access is extremely critical to startups to validate their ideas, prototypes and move their product to the next stage, GIC through KVK offers startups exclusive access to test plots. \n                  <\/p><span class=\"u-file-icon u-flip-horizontal u-icon u-text-palette-3-base u-icon-2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grameenaincubation.com\/wp69\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/24fb8452-2.png\" alt=\"\"><\/span>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"data-layout-selected u-clearfix u-expanded-width u-layout-wrap u-layout-wrap-3\">\n          <div class=\"u-layout\">\n            <div class=\"u-layout-row\">\n              <div class=\"u-align-left u-container-align-left u-container-style u-layout-cell u-shape-rectangle u-size-23 u-layout-cell-5\">\n                <div class=\"u-container-layout u-valign-bottom-xl u-valign-top-lg u-valign-top-md u-valign-top-sm u-valign-top-xs u-container-layout-5\">\n                  <p class=\"u-align-left u-text u-text-5\">Rounding off the mentorship and validation with access to markets and rural connects; ensuring startups understand rural marketplaces, the demands of the market and their product placement.<\/p><span class=\"u-align-left u-file-icon u-icon u-text-palette-3-base u-icon-3\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/grameenaincubation.com\/wp69\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/24fb8452-2.png\" alt=\"\"><\/span>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"u-align-right u-container-align-right u-container-style u-layout-cell u-shape-rectangle u-size-37 u-layout-cell-6\">\n                <div class=\"u-container-layout u-valign-bottom-xl u-container-layout-6\">\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"custom-expanded u-image u-image-round u-radius-25 u-image-3\" src=\"https:\/\/grameenaincubation.com\/wp69\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/WhatsAppImage2025-07-09at09.05.35_9b1b3320-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-image-width=\"1600\" data-image-height=\"900\">\n                  <h5 class=\"u-text u-text-palette-3-base u-text-6\">Access to rural markets and connects<\/h5>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <section class=\"u-align-center u-clearfix u-container-align-center u-white u-section-5\" id=\"block-18\">\n      <div class=\"u-clearfix u-sheet u-valign-middle-lg u-valign-middle-md u-valign-middle-sm u-valign-middle-xs u-sheet-1\">\n        <h1 class=\"u-text u-text-default u-text-1\">How our mentorship works<\/h1>\n        <p class=\"u-large-text u-text u-text-font u-text-variant u-text-2\"> We mentor startups in a hybrid model<br>Our mentorship is focussed, driven by what the rural communities want, and provide the startups with the inputs from ground. It is driven not by numbers but by precise, ground realities and individual attention to every aspect of the challenge. \n        <\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n    <section class=\"u-clearfix u-grey-10 u-section-6\" id=\"block-19\">\n      <div class=\"u-expanded-width u-palette-3-base u-shape u-shape-rectangle u-shape-1\"><\/div>\n      <div class=\"custom-expanded data-layout-selected u-clearfix u-layout-wrap u-layout-wrap-1\">\n        <div class=\"u-gutter-0 u-layout\">\n          <div class=\"u-layout-col\">\n            <div class=\"u-size-30\">\n              <div class=\"u-layout-row\">\n                <div class=\"u-size-30 u-size-60-md\">\n                  <div class=\"u-layout-col\">\n                    <div class=\"u-container-style u-image u-layout-cell u-size-40 u-image-1\" style=\"background-image: url(&quot;https:\/\/grameenaincubation.com\/wp69\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/buildingfornextbillion-2-2.jpg&quot;);\">\n                      <div 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