Karnataka IT/BT Dept announces 11 new business incubators

Bengaluru: The fifth edition of ‘HDB Techceleration’, the flagship initiative of the Government of Karnataka’s Beyond Bengaluru Mission, on Friday set the stage for accelerating the Hubballi–Dharwad–Belagavi (HDB) cluster into India’s next digital growth corridor.

Anchored by the Karnataka Digital Economy Mission (KDEM), Techceleration serves as a platform to unite key stakeholders in shaping a collaborative ecosystem that drives innovation, generates quality jobs, and attracts global enterprises.

This year’s edition, inaugurated by Priyank Kharge, Minister for IT/BT & Rural Development, at the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi brought together policy leaders, innovators, semiconductor industry experts, global capability centres (GCCs), startups, academia, and investors who converged to spotlight HDB’s rapid evolution from a promising regional hub into a global innovation powerhouse, driven by distributed growth, world-class infrastructure, and unique cross-border talent mobility.

The inaugural day of HDB Techceleration marked key milestones with the signing of one strategic MoU and a Letter of Intent (LoI) with industry stakeholders, reinforcing confidence in the cluster’s growth potential.

Under the Government of Karnataka’s Department of Electronics, IT/BT, 11 new Technology Business Incubators (TBIs) were announced, of which 5 are dedicated to the HDB cluster and 3 specifically to Belagavi, with the remaining progressing through active discussions with industry and academia. Plans are also underway for a LEAP (Learning, Employment, and Acceleration Program) to strengthen the talent pipeline in emerging technologies.

Parallely, GCCs, startups, R&D centres, and investors announced their intent to expand in the region—underscoring Karnataka’s $1 trillion digital economy vision and demonstrating how distributed clusters like Hubballi–Dharwad–Belagavi are driving innovation, quality jobs, and inclusive growth beyond Bengaluru.