Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre BBC

Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (BBC) is an entrepreneurship and translational research centre catering to the needs of entrepreneurs/ startups in the areas of Life Sciences. BBC is an initiative of Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka with funding support from Department of Biotechnology, Government of India and is located in Bangalore Lifesciences Park at Electronic city in the state of Karnataka, South India. The centre provides and crucial link between academic Institutions such as Centre for Human Genetics (CHG)/ Institute of Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB) and Bio-cluster to promote Technology Entrepreneurship and Commercialization.

Ever since it started functioning in April 2015 the centre has supported 100+ startups/Individuals through government schemes, physical incubation, funding and mentoring. BBC is the only State run standalone Bioincubator fostering the growth of bio-based startups in the country.