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An ecosystem needs somewhere to actually happen: a building, a desk, a room where a founder can meet an investor without either of them booking a flight. This building block is the physical layer: campuses, cafés and eventually entire innovation districts, built with state partners so the ecosystem reaches beyond the handful of cities that already have one.

Around two hundred people gathered on the steps of iQue Startup Park Bengaluru beneath the Startup Park sign, many in Kerala festival dress

48%

of DPIIT-recognised startups now come from Tier II and Tier III cities

DPIIT/PIB, 2026

72%

of India's internet users are in Tier II, Tier III and rural India

Nasscom-Redseer, 2025–26

The National Gap

Infrastructure Without Integration

Why building assets is easier than connecting ecosystems.

India has invested heavily in roads, railways, airports, industrial corridors and digital infrastructure. These investments are strengthening the country's economic foundation. The next challenge is ensuring that infrastructure enables stronger collaboration between governments, industries, universities, researchers, entrepreneurs and communities, creating ecosystems rather than isolated assets.

The physical layers, and what is standing today.

0130 INNOVATION CAMPUSES NATIONALLY

Startup Park

Live

Innovation campuses bringing entrepreneurs, investors, institutions and corporates into one environment.

02

Startup City

Envisioned

A full urban district built around company formation rather than a single campus inside one.

03

Quantum City

Envisioned

Quantum research, its supply chain and the companies commercialising it, in one place.

04

Robotictech City

Envisioned

Robotics and automation, from prototyping floors through to manufacturing partners.

05

Agritech City

Envisioned

Agricultural technology beside the farms, processors and markets it has to work with.

06

Skill Park

Envisioned

Vocational and technical training built into the ecosystem rather than sitting outside it.

071,000 SPACES

Startup Cafe

Envisioned

Informal, everyday spaces to meet and build, the ecosystem's ground floor.

08

HealthTech City

Envisioned

Health technology alongside the hospitals, research and regulators it depends on.

30 Startup Parks, 1,000 Startup Cafés, 10 Innovation Cities

Flagship

Startup Park is the flagship campus model this building block is built around.

One ecosystem. Six blocks that build it.

Infrastructure is one of six. Each block is built to stand on its own and to hold up the others.

Come build the ground floor with us.

States, campuses, developers and operators build this block. Tell us where you stand and we will bring you into it.