**Executive Summary**
This document reports on the progress of the Government of India's "Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs 2.0 (TIDE 2.0)" Scheme, which was started in 2019. The scheme provides financial and technical support to incubators to promote technology-based entrepreneurship. The report highlights the number of startups supported, funds allocated, and the overall impact of the initiative as of December 19, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **TIDE 2.0 Scheme Overview:**
* Launched in 2019 by the Government of India.
* Aims to support the startup ecosystem via a lifecycle-based approach.
* Focuses on technology-based entrepreneurship.
* **Financial Support and Reach:**
* Total outlay of Rs. 264.62 crore approved over 5 years.
* Supports approximately 2000 tech start-ups.
* 1,706 startups have been supported till now.
* **Incubator Network:**
* Startups are supported through 51 selected incubators.
* Incubators are located in Institutes of Higher Learning and premier R&D organizations.
* Incubators provide expertise, industry linkages, and ecosystem partnerships.
* Facilitate idea validation and effective pivoting.
* **Startup Performance:**
* Encouraging overall performance with revenue growth and increased valuations.
* Startups demonstrate successful fundraising.
* 1672 IP/patents have been filed by 638 startups.
* **Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Property Rights (CoE-IP):**
* Established under TIDE 2.0.
* Aims to encourage or support Startups/SMEs/academia/inventors in Electronics and IT domain.
* CoE provide various IP related services, awareness creation and training.
* **TIDE 2.0 Centres Sustainability:**
* Adopts multiple revenue models including equity exits.
* Helped more than 150 incubated startups go global.
* **Complementary Initiatives:**
* TIDE 2.0 complements other government initiatives.
* These initiatives reflect a whole-of-the government effort to build a strong startup ecosystem.
**Impact Analysis**
**Startups**
* **Impact:** Benefit from financial and technical support, access to expertise, industry linkages, and guidance on product-market fit, fundraising, and strategic pivots.
* **Action Required:** Engage with incubators and utilize available resources to achieve sustainable growth and success.
**Incubators**
* **Impact:** Receive funding and support to facilitate the development of startups.
* **Action Required:** Provide necessary resources, mentorship, and networking opportunities to supported startups.
**Government of India (Ministry of Electronics & IT)**
* **Impact:** Successful implementation of the TIDE 2.0 scheme contributes to building a strong startup ecosystem and promoting technology-based entrepreneurship.
* **Action Required:** Continue to monitor the progress of the scheme and provide necessary support to incubators and startups.
**Electronics and IT sector/academia/inventors/SMEs**
* **Impact:** Encouragement and or support for Intellectual Property Rights
* **Action Required:** Engage with the Centers of Excellence in Intellectual Property Rights (CoE-IP) to leverage intellectual property.
Key Entities Referenced
Technology Incubation and Development of Entrepreneurs 2.0 (TIDE 2.0) Scheme: A scheme started in 2019 to promote technology-based entrepreneurship by providing financial and technical support to incubators.
Ministry of Electronics & IT: The ministry responsible for the TIDE 2.0 scheme.
Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Property Rights (CoE-IP): Established under TIDE 2.0 to encourage Startups/SMEs/academia/inventors in Electronics and IT domain by providing IP related services.
Ministry of Electronics & IT
Over 1700 startups supported under the
“Technology Incubation and Development of
Entrepreneurs 2.0 (TIDE 2.0)” Scheme
प्रव तथ: 19 DEC 2025 8:17PM by PIB Delhi
The Government of India follows a lifecycle-based approach to support the startup ecosystem. The
startups are supported across the entire journey - from idea and proof of concept to prototype
development, product development and testing.
TIDE 2.0
As part of this approach, Government of India started the “Technology Incubation and Development of
Entrepreneurs 2.0 (TIDE 2.0)” Scheme in the year 2019. It promotes technology-based entrepreneurship
by providing financial & technical support to incubators.
Startups are supported through 51 selected incubators located in the Institutes of Higher Learning and
premier R&D organizations across the country. A total outlay of Rs. 264.62 crore is approved over a
period of 5 years, to support approximately 2000 tech start-ups.
These incubators provide startups with requisite expertise, industry linkages and ecosystem partnerships
etc. Under the scheme, 1,706 startups have been supported till now, and these startups continue to
progress well.
As startups eventually operate in a competitive market, their engagement with incubators also evolve
based on business realities. These include, inter alia, achieving product-market fit, specialised laboratory
requirements, technological challenges, fundraising needs, strategic pivots by founders, and overall
financial sustainability.
In many cases, incubators have facilitated quick idea validation and effective pivoting for the startups,
helping entrepreneurs shift to more viable ideas.
The overall performance of the supported startups remains encouraging, with many startups demonstrating
revenue growth, increased valuations, raised external funding and IP filings.
Further, a total of 1672 IP/patents have been filed by 638 startups.
Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Property Rights (CoE-IP)
Under TIDE 2.0, Centres of Excellence in Intellectual Property Rights (CoE-IP) are also established to
encourage or support Startups/SMEs/academia/inventors in Electronics and IT domain. These CoE
provide various IP related services, awareness creation and training.
TIDE 2.0 centres adopt multiple revenue models including equity exits to enhance long-term
sustainability. Further, TIDE 2.0 centres have helped more than 150 incubated startups go global for
scaling their business.Overall, TIDE 2.0 complements other Government initiatives such as GENESIS, SAMRIDH, Startup
India and sector-specific innovation programmes. Together, these initiatives reflect a whole-of-the
government effort to build a strong startup ecosystem in the country.
This information was submitted by Union Minister for Electronics and Information Technology Shri
Ashwini Vaishnaw in Rajya Sabha on 19.12.2025.
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