# DLabs at the Indian School of Business

> DLabs is the Indian School of Business’s not-for-profit incubation and acceleration company, established with support from India’s Department of Science and Technology. It supports early-stage ventures through physical and virtual incubation, mentoring, seed-support programmes and sector-specific accelerators, connecting founders with academia, industry partners and investors.

- **Founded:** 2015
- **Headquarters:** Hyderabad, India
- **Products:** Business Incubation Cohort, Build for Billions, FinChAIn @ ISB, I-HEAL, ISPROUTE
- **Notable:** DLabs reports supporting over 200 startups., Build for Billions received over 150 applications by January 2024, according to RBIH’s 2023-24 annual report., DLabs reported 15 startups, 15 investors and over 75 one-to-one investor meetings at the first FundRays demo event.

## Products & services

- **Business Incubation Cohort** — Physical and virtual incubation, mentorship, fundraising support and potential seed support through the DST-backed NIDHI Seed Support Program.
- **Build for Billions** — 50-day, equity-free financial-inclusion accelerator with RBIH and Union Bank of India; includes regulatory readiness, product clinics and potential bank pilots.
- **FinChAIn @ ISB** — Approximately nine-week global accelerator with Broadridge for AI, blockchain and DeFi ventures, including go-to-market and internationalisation support.
- **I-HEAL** — Healthcare accelerator supported by CitiusTech, offering clinical validation, regulatory advice, product refinement and market-access support.
- **ISPROUTE** — Ten-week pre-incubation programme; current edition targets the ISB PGP class of 2027 and offers structured experiments and proof-of-concept support.
- **FundRays** — Investor-readiness programme with Maruti Suzuki Innovation; first cohort included 15 alumni startups.
- **EduRISE 2.0** — 12-week edtech accelerator covering product refinement, industry mentoring, compliance and investor connections.
- **Agri & Food Accelerator** — Pan-India programme with Deshpande Startups including field immersions, product trials and supply-chain access.
- **Liftoff Propel** — Programme jointly designed with Wadhwani Foundation for market-tested MVP startups, focused on business-model and product-market-fit validation.
- **DiscoverShe** — Women micro-entrepreneurship initiative covering digitisation, financial literacy, microfinance access and post-financing mentorship.

## Achievements

- DLabs reports supporting over 200 startups.
- Build for Billions received over 150 applications by January 2024, according to RBIH’s 2023-24 annual report.
- DLabs reported 15 startups, 15 investors and over 75 one-to-one investor meetings at the first FundRays demo event.
- I-HEAL reports 45+ startups accelerated and ₹180 crore+ in funding raised; these are programme-level claims, not DLabs revenue or funding.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — ISPROUTE programme page announced applications for the ISB PGP class of 2027 from July 20, 2026.
- **2025-09** — FundRays launch announcement described 15 selected Maruti Suzuki Innovation alumni startups.
- **2025-09** — DiscoverShe advertised a Bengaluru bootcamp for September 18-19, 2025.

## Links

- Website: https://isbdlabs.org/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/school/isbdlabs/
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/DLabs_Incubator

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Last updated: 2026-10-08