Established in 2016, Deshpande Startups of Deshpande Foundation is Section 8 – Not-for-profit Technology Business Incubator (TBI) affiliated to Department of Science and Technology(DST), Govt. of India and supported by K Tech, Govt. of Karnataka, which endeavours to support student innovators, budding entrepreneurs, and market focussed founders who are building solutions for BHARAT (rural and small towns). As India’s Largest Technology Business Incubator In Bharat, it is an ecosystem of knowledge, domain expertise, mentorship, funding, infrastructure, technology labs, and one-stop services to incubate and scale their startups by understanding the divergent needs, culture, and capabilities of communities.