Lemon Ideas offerings

One ecosystem. Five ways in.

Choose the pathway that matches where you are today—testing an idea, building a venture, finding a community or creating an innovation programme.

Contest

01Discover

Contest

High-energy platforms where young innovators and founders test ideas, pitch boldly and gain national visibility.

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Cohort

02Build

Cohort

Incubation, structured journeys, mentoring and practical milestones that move promising ventures from intention to execution.

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Community

03Connect

Community

A trusted circle of founders, mentors and partners who exchange experience and create opportunities together.

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Consulting

04Transform

Consulting

Purpose-built innovation and entrepreneurship programmes for schools, institutions and organisations.

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K–12 Programs

05Inspire

K–12 Programs

School programmes that turn students into confident young innovators.

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How to choose

Start where you are.

I have an idea and want to test itContest →I am building a venture and need structureCohort →I want peers, mentors and opportunitiesCommunity →My institution wants an innovation programmeConsulting →I am a school, parent or studentK–12 Programs →I want to learn entrepreneurship skillsTraining (LSE) →

Prominent partners

Trusted by institutions in India and abroad.

  • AIC Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini Foundation
  • AIC SMU Technology Business Incubation Foundation
  • AIQoD
  • Assam down town University
  • Campus Fund
  • Draper University
  • E-Cell IIT Madras
  • E-Cell IIT Bombay
  • FAAD Network
  • Fontierz
  • Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship (GAME)
  • GCEC Global Foundation
  • GINSEP: German Indian Startup Exchange Program
  • GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft f�r Internationale Zusammenarbeit)
  • Gulu University
  • IIT Palakkad Technology IHub Foundation
  • Inflection Point Ventures
  • The Maldives National University
  • Muni University
  • NEN (National Entrepreneurship Network)
  • Nalanda University
  • Pitch Karo India
  • SKUAST-Kashmir
  • E-Cell VNIT Nagpur
  • Zoho

Find your fit

A startup ecosystem with more than one way in.

Testing startup ideas? Start with a startup contest. Building a venture? Look at startup incubation and mentoring. Looking for peers? Join the community. Schools can explore entrepreneurship for children, and institutions can ask about programme design.

Choose your next step

An idea needs more than inspiration.

It needs the right environment to be tested, challenged, connected and grown.

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