A Collaboration between ARC Net and REON Skills
Take your early-stage idea—hypothesis, thesis, or concept—and turn it into a proof-of-concept (PoC) with a defined road to market. ARC-Net is an idea incubatory and entrepreneurship grooming institution for early-stage science and engineering ideas.
This program at ARTPARK, IISc supports students and researchers with entrepreneurial intent to move from early-stage ideas to a PoC with a clear road to market. ARC-Net focuses on nurturing builders in domains where India needs more indigenous invention and venture creation.
Strengthening India’s STEM entrepreneurship ecosystem by nurturing foundational innovators.
A gateway for students to take early-stage ideas—even at the hypothesis or research stage—and build a road to market.
REON Skills functions as the strategic channel partner and assessment engine for ARC-Net.
Unlike traditional accelerators, ARC-Net is an Idea Incubator focused on the Zero-to-One journey.
Ideas at research, concept, or hypothesis stage are welcome—your thesis can become a startup.
Selected teams receive structured guidance, stipends, and access to advanced resources.
Direct access to IISc professor ecosystem and extended founder networks.
Curated sessions with distinguished domain experts to build from first principles.
We are seeking builders in high-impact deep-tech sectors:
Foundational AI models, novel architectures, and Edge AI.
Robotics, drones, and autonomous vehicles.
Advanced data engineering and product engineering.
To identify the brightest innovators, we use a two-phase selection process.
Assessing reasoning ability, technical depth, and ownership mindset.
Hackathon-style selection event at ARTGarage (ARTPARK @ IISc).
We are selecting for two roles in the cohort:
• Brings a technically grounded problem statement (often from a thesis).
• Demonstrates entrepreneurial intent and leadership mindset.
• Strong technical capability & motivation to join an early-stage venture.
• High agency, reliability, and readiness to collaborate on a founding team.
Post-selection, teams enter a high-accountability environment to build a robust MVP/PoC.
Stipend support to enable focused execution.
Access to world-class equipment and resource enablement.
A structured path from MVP to fundraising or full incubation.