The startup scene in India

Bhubaneswar is in Odisha, India, and the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation describes it as Odisha’s capital. An Odisha-hosted planning roadmap gives 148.1 square kilometers for the municipal area and 422 square kilometers for the wider development planning area; the roadmap distinguishes these scopes, and the figures do not verify current boundaries. [102665, 102666, 102667, 102668]

Bhubaneswar’s innovation infrastructure includes KIIT Technology Business Incubator (KIIT-TBI), which reports 130,000 square feet of built space, including 40,000 square feet of laboratory space. KIIT-TBI describes its BIRAC-DBT-supported regional entrepreneurship center as serving eastern and northeastern Indian states and reports recognition as an iDEX incubator. STPI lists IIIT-Bhubaneswar, TiE and Startup Odisha among the partners of Electropreneur Park Bhubaneswar. These are institution-reported facilities and relationships. [102672, 102673, 102674, 102675, 102676, 102677]

IIT Bhubaneswar’s Argul campus is in Jatni, Khordha, about 30 kilometers from Bhubaneswar city, and the institute states it was established on July 22, 2008. Its Research and Entrepreneurship Park says it was established in 2017 and describes laboratories, mentorship, funding and industry connections among its resources. The park launched its 100 CUBE initiative in February 2024, with a stated aspiration to nurture 100 startups worth Rs. 100 crore by 2036, not a reported achieved outcome. [102669, 102670, 102671, 102678, 102679, 102680, 102681]

At the state level, a DPIIT report describes Odisha’s Assistance for Seed Fund as a Startup Odisha and SIDBI initiative for startups incubated at O-Hub, with a dedicated fund described as INR 10 crore. The report does not establish current intake or available balance, and this is not an unrestricted city-level entitlement. [102683, 102684]