Ideation Innovation & Incubation (I-3) Foundation (I3F), a section 8 company is an umbrella organization at IIT (BHU), Varanasi for fostering an entrepreneurial ecosystem and nurturing start-ups. It provide ‘Start to Scale’ support for entrepreneurship and facilitates research activities to convert into commercial ventures.

Our Mission:

Identifying, exploring, and developing regional competitiveness, enhancing links between universities and research institutions, and contributing to the growth and success of emerging technology businesses.

Our Vision:

Contributing to raising the GDP of our National Economy through Entrepreneurship, – initiating start-ups and supporting SMEs in the East UP region.

Our Objectives:

I3F has been established with the following objectives-

a. To promote entrepreneurship among students and society in the region
b. To create a support system for Innovation-based enterprises/start-ups
c. To encourage technology transfer and commercialization.
d. To sustain job creation and support the “Make in India” Model
e. To provide R & D support to SMEs of the region and business incubators
f. To forge a close linkage between new business & academia R & D

Our Services:

a. Technical due-diligence
b. Training Programs
c. Mentoring
d. Legal advice
e. IP Creation & Protection
f. Funding Support
g. Networking support