Venture Center: Technology Commercialization, Business Incubator India

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INCLUDE is Venture Center's program for supporting social enterprises in partnership with CSIR-NCL and the CSIR-800 program.

Social Enterprises: A Venture Center perspective
The Venture Center's defines Social Enterprises as those companies with the following features:

Companies that aim to provide a solution to a significant problem or need of society and people at large especially under-served and under-privileged sections of the populations
Companies with a financially sustainable business model and/or a for-profit orientation (all though the profit targets may be muted).
Companies that benefit from good-will from investors (patient capital), funding agencies/ foundations/governments, employees, strategic partners, suppliers/customers etc due to the social goods & services that the company can deliver.
Companies pursuing an agenda of inclusive innovation. Supporting technologies/ innovations/ enterprises aiming to deliver significant social impact. MLM (coined by Dr RA Mashelkar) stands for "More from Less for More" highlighting the need for technologies that deliver more value from less resource for more people.

Eligibility:

Companies and entrepreneurs who meet Venture Center's Social Enterprise definition (above)
Venture Center emphasizes social enterprises that leverage science and technology.
The Venture Center is currently unable to support social organizations which do not have a sustainable business model.
At this time, the Venture Center is able to only support a limited number of companies under this program at any given time.
The Venture Center reserves the rights to refuse any application without providing a reason.

Current offerings:

Eklavya Program including Associate Incubatee Program (Advisory, information, discounted services): Free
All services of Venture Center are available to the INCLUDE program members with a 25% discount
Invitation to networking opportunities with other entrepreneurs, technologists/ inventors, investors etc

Planned future offerings (subject to sufficient fund raising by Venture Center):

Terms, conditions and pricing:

Process of applying:

Kindly read the Terms and Conditions
Fill up the Application Form
Submit in person or by post or send scanned copy by email to:

Manager- Incubator
Venture Center
100 NCL Innovation Park
Dr Homi Bhabha (Pashan) Road
Pune 411008
Email: managerincubator@venturecenter.co.in
Phone: +91-20-2586-5875/76/77
The Venture Center shall respond to your application within a week.
The decision of Venture Center management shall be final regarding acceptance into the program.