About the Program

Semiconductor Startup Incubation and Acceleration Program's purpose is to identify, facilitate, mentor, establish semiconductor and IP design startups across India. A Joint initiative of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, NXP Semiconductors (NXP India), and Fabless Chip Design Incubator (FabCI).

Key Program Benefits


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Idea Validation & Visibility

  • Idea Validation from Industry Experts
  • Opportunities to showcase products in various events, including a demo day for pitching to investors, corporate & ecosystem partners.
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Support

  • Need based access to NXP India (in Noida, Bengaluru, Pune, and Hyderabad) and FabCI facilities in Hyderabad.
  • Post Program - 3 months of continued engagement after the demo day that includes mentoring and connection with relevant stakeholders
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Mentoring & Coaching

  • One-one mentoring from Principal/Senior Principal Engineers from NXP India R&D
  • One-one business coaches to be assigned to each team, in addition to in-house support
  • Mentoring from domain experts from the industry for the challenges nominated by the industry collaborators
  • Expert sessions on business & technology development aspects Networking events with entrepreneurs and industry experts
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Access to Ecosystem

  • Connect with ecosystem with product development tool provisioning, design service companies support, and discounted foundry access for manufacturing
  • Access to Tools, Reference design collaterals, test & debugging equipment will be provided to selected participants post bootcamp.
  • Opportunity to work with industry challenges defined by corporates and PSUs
  • Access to business network

Program Success Elements


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NXP Mentor-Own-a-Startup Element
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Access to Full Suite of EDA Tools
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NXP as Trusted Industry Partner for Startups
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Need based NXP India Site Post-silicon Lab Access Enablement
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Bridging with Subject Matter Experts at NXP
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Visibility to ecosystem partners with NXP Demo Day

Program Eligibility


  • Program Focus: Semiconductor Chip Design Startups, IP Design Startups, Design Services focus. Chip Design Tool related Startups
  • Startups of Technology focus areas: AI, ML, IoT, 5G, Edge Computing, Functional Safety, Human Machine Interface, IoT Security, Motor Control, Ultra-Wideband, Voice, Wifi-6.
  • Startups of Industry focus areas: Automotive, Industrial, Communication Infrastructure, Mobile, Smart City, Smart Home
  • Stage can be in the range of Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to Pilot trial stage.
  • Startups must have high potential to scale (i.e. have IP and/or a clear competitive advantage addressing a large potential market).


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Registration closes by October 15th 2023