Published on: 27/10/2025

IIT Madras (IITM) has built one of India's most vibrant deep-tech innovation ecosystems — anchored by the IIT Madras Research Park (IITMRP), home to 250+ R&D centres, 15 Centres of Excellence, and 500+ startups incubated through the IITM Incubation Cell (IITMIC).

Building on this success, we are now taking the next step with the introduction of an IIT Madras–catalyzed Venture Capital Fund. We invite Expressions of Interest (EOI) from fund managers with an existing SEBI-registered AIF framework to manage this fund, jointly catalyzed by IIT Madras and the IIT Madras Research Park.

The fund is envisioned to fuel the next wave of deep-tech innovation emerging from India — supporting startups that are building for India and scaling for the world. By leveraging IIT Madras' strong technical and entrepreneurial network of faculty, alumni, and innovators, this initiative seeks to nurture promising ventures and strengthen the nation's deep-tech entrepreneurship landscape.