About Innoscale

Enabling the Enablers

Innoscale Global Foundation is India's national startup incubation foundation — headquartered in New Delhi, operating across 5 states, and committed to building the startup and innovation ecosystem that will define India's next decade of growth.

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120+Startups Incubated
5States
₹48Cr+Capital Facilitated
2,400+Jobs Created
2018Founded
Who We Are

A Foundation Built on Purpose

Innoscale Global Foundation was established in 2018 with a singular purpose: to build the scaffolding that allows India's most transformative ideas to survive their most fragile years. We call this Enabling the Enablers — a deliberate recognition that governments, corporates, universities, and research institutions hold the keys to India's innovation future, but rarely have the operational infrastructure to unlock them alone.

We are not a venture fund chasing returns. We are a foundation that believes in the transformative power of entrepreneurship as the most scalable tool for economic development, social inclusion, and national capability building.

"Every district in India has a problem worth solving. We exist to find the founder who was born in that district and give them the infrastructure to solve it."

Innoscale Global Foundation — Founding Principle

Registered under the Indian Trusts Act, 1882, and recognised by DPIIT, Innoscale operates incubation hubs across New Delhi, Noida, Gorakhpur, Lucknow, Guwahati, Bengaluru, and Prayagraj — each hub anchored in a specific sector and local ecosystem.

Our Values

What We Stand For

Six principles that govern how we select founders, allocate capital, build partnerships, and measure success.

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Inclusion First
Every founder deserves a fair shot. We build our programmes, mentor networks, and capital pipelines to be accessible regardless of geography, gender, social identity, or educational background.
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Evidence-Driven
Decisions backed by data and research. We partner with IITs, NITs, AIIMS, and domain research institutions to ensure our startups build on validated science — not just market intuition.
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System Thinking
No stakeholder wins alone. We build for the entire ecosystem — founders, investors, government, and communities — because durable innovation requires all of them pulling in the same direction.
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Bharat Scale
Solutions designed for India's 1.4 billion — not just metro consumers. Every programme is built to be deployable in districts, accessible in vernacular languages, and priced for the bottom of the pyramid.
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Long Horizon
We measure impact in decades. We support startups through multiple inflection points — not just at cohort stage. Our founders graduate to a permanent community of practice. We take a 7–10 year view.
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Accountability
Capital deployed. Impact measured. As a public trust, we operate with full transparency on capital allocation, programme outcomes, and partnership terms. Annual audited accounts published publicly.
National Footprint

Where We Operate

Five states. Seven incubation hubs. Each anchored in a specific sector challenge that matters to that geography.

Our Journey

Built One Cohort at a Time

From a single hub in New Delhi to a national foundation — a record of deliberate, patient institution-building.

2018
Foundation Established
Innoscale Global Foundation registered under the Indian Trusts Act in New Delhi. First cohort of 8 founders begins in a single room in Dwarka. DPIIT registration initiated.
2019
DPIIT Recognition & First MoU
Formal recognition from DPIIT as Startup India registered incubator. First institutional MoU signed with a state government for incubation support. 22 startups in portfolio.
2020
PHDCCI Partnership — Uttarakhand's First Virtual Incubator
Innoscale becomes Uttarakhand's first Virtual Business Incubator through formal MoU with PHDCCI. Sustainability cohort launched in Dehradun. Remote incubation model proven during COVID.
2021
Kidzpreneur Launch & Sector Expansion
Launch of Kidzpreneur — India's first structured school entrepreneurship programme for ages 8-16. Expansion into EduTech and AgriTech sectors. 5-state presence achieved.
2022
Azure Partnership & iDEX Registration
Formal co-incubation agreement signed with Azure Innovation Labs at Aakash Hospital. Registered as iDEX (Innovation for Defence Excellence) linked incubator. 60+ startups in portfolio.
2023
National Scale — 6 Sector Hubs
Six sector-specific incubation hubs operational across Agri, Med Tech, Defence, Edu Tech, Sports Tech, and Sustainability. 100+ startups incubated. ₹30Cr+ capital facilitated.
2024
GUWAHATI, Prayagraj & Bengaluru Expansion
NFDI textile innovation hub established in Guwahati. EV-focused hub launched in Prayagraj. Sustainability tech hub in Bengaluru. Total portfolio: 120+ startups, ₹48Cr+ facilitated.
2025–26
Phase 3: Research Integration & Corporate Programmes
Launch of the Innoscale Research Programme in partnership with AIIMS, IITs, and DRDO. Corporate R&D incubation track initiated. Target: 250 startups by 2026.
Our North Star
"India does not need more startup ecosystems that mirror Silicon Valley. It needs innovation infrastructure built for the 700 million people who have never been the target customer of a startup pitch deck."
— Innoscale Global Foundation, Annual Report 2024
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