Entrepreneurship at SemiX

Semiconductor incubation at SemiX+SINE

SemiX has a strong interest in helping build momentum around semiconductor entrepreneurship with the following objectives:
Help strengthen the semiconductor startup ecosystem (including financial and corporate investors and startups) that rivals global scale and valuations, focusing on solving complex problems.
Form solid partnerships and alignment with various stakeholders, including investors, startups, industry (MNCs and services companies), and government agencies to drive a common agenda, including addressing challenges faced by semiconductor startups in India.
Establish a successful incubation process working with SINE (IIT Bombay incubator – Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship)

SINE - incubation at IIT Bombay since 2002

Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (SINE), is an umbrella organisation at IIT Bombay for fostering entrepreneurship and nurturing tech start-ups. It administers a business incubator which provides ‘Start to scale’ support for technology based entrepreneurship and facilitates the conversion of research activity into entrepreneurial ventures.

Set up in 2004, it is one of the earliest incubators in academia with a potential to create startups focussing on economic growth, strategic value and social relevance. It gives prototyping grants, provides incubation support to tech startups and also runs accelerator programs in corporate partnership.

SINE has been selected as “Centre of Excellence” by Department of Science and Technology (DST), GOI with funding support to scale up its activities.

SINE provides upto 3 years incubation support to startups from varied technology and science areas. Incubation can be physical or virtual.

BENEFITS

1. Infrastructure: Dedicated fully furnished office spaces, lab resources, prototyping lab for fabrication, shared facilities.
2. Funding: SINE’s seed funding, facilitation of Govt. grants.
3. Mentoring: Business and Technical mentoring support from experts.
4. Retainer Services: Legal, CA, CS, IP, HR etc.
5. Events: Incubated startups get to participate in all of SINE’s events and workshops.
6. Ecosystem: Access to various centres, labs, technology expertise of the institute.