Startup hubs
Hyderabad, Warangal
Nodal agency
Telangana State Innovation Cell, with T-Hub and WE Hub
Official portal
Tracks
By Women For Good
Telangana built institutions instead of just announcements. T-Hub in Hyderabad is one of the world’s largest startup campuses, WE Hub is India’s first state-led incubator exclusively for women entrepreneurs, T-Works handles hardware prototyping, and the Telangana State Innovation Cell drives grassroots and social innovation. For a founder, that means an unusually clear map of who to talk to for what.
Flagship support
T-Fund
A joint T-Hub and state government fund providing ₹25 lakh to ₹1 crore for early-stage tech startups.
T-Hub programmes
Structured incubation, corporate innovation connects and international market-access programmes on one campus.
Innovate Telangana
Identifies top innovative startups in the state and gives them visibility plus scale-up support.
TSIC grassroots innovation
District-level innovation network that surfaces and supports problem-solvers far beyond Hyderabad.
Who gets extra doors opened
For women founders
WE Hub is the strongest women-founder institution in the country: incubation, compliance help, funding access as a Startup India Seed Fund incubator, and direct government pilots for women-led startups.
For startups solving public problems
TSIC runs social innovation challenges with departments, and WE Hub has executed business-to-government pilots, so impact founders here get buyers, not just applause.
Getting started in Telangana
Register on the Startup Telangana portal and get DPIIT recognition in parallel.
Apply to the T-Hub or WE Hub programme that matches your stage; both run rolling cohorts.
Pitch for T-Fund or Innovate Telangana once you have an MVP and early signals.
Official sources
Verify everything here before applying
startup.telangana.gov.in WE Hub, India’s first state-led women incubator startupindia.gov.in (central schemes)Building in Telangana? Do not build alone.
Join the hub for the Starter Boost: volunteer expert consultations, curated resources and webinars, at no cost. Then use the community to find your people in Hyderabad and beyond. Founders never pay to be here.
Scheme details, amounts and eligibility change over time and by notification. This page is a plain-language starting point, not official or legal advice. Always confirm the current rules on the official portal above before applying, and if a link has moved, search the program name to find its new home.