Multiply · Collaborate · Create

Where ideas multiply,institutes collaborate andvisionaries create energy ventures.

India's flagship energy innovation platform, uniting seven of the country's largest energy majors to carry ventures from the lab bench to industrial scale.

Built on Partnerships Across India’s Innovation Ecosystem

WHAT WE PROVIDE

Four pillars. One mission: from idea to industrial deployment.

O1 Infrastructure

Shared access to world-class R&D labs, testing rigs, fabrication workshops and technical facilities across India's energy majors and research institutions.

O2 Capital

Structured access to seed funding for early validation and scale-up capital for ventures demonstrating commercial traction.

O3 Mentorship

Deep mentorship and research partnerships with premier institutions and enterprises, shortening the path from lab to deployment.

O4 Market Access

Structured pathways to field pilots, procurement and first reference customers across the energy majors' operating sites.

WHO IT’S FOR

Built for every builder in India’s energy story.

Whether you are an early-stage aspiring entrepreneur, a researcher with a lab‑stage IP, or an institution ready to co-build the next decade of energy technology – MC²+ is for you.

01

Startups &
Founders

Validate, pilot and scale your energy technology with India’s largest energy majors behind you.

02

Researchers & Scientists

Turn lab‑stage IP into venture-ready technology through the MC²+ Fellows Entrepreneur-in-Residence track.

03

Academic &
R&D Institutions

Bring your labs, faculty and pipeline of innovators into a national energy-innovation platform.

04

Corporates & Investors

Co-invest, co-pilot, or plug into a sourcing pipeline built on real industrial validation.

Building in energy?Translate it with MC²+

The first MC²+ cohort launches soon. Bring a defensible technology and a real problem worth an industrial pilot.

MC²+ Ignite — applications open

Apply to MC²+ Ignite

MC²+ Ignite — India's flagship energy innovation accelerator. Up to 50 lakh convertible funding plus up to 1.5 crore milestone-based funding for selected start-ups, supporting up to 30 high-potential early-stage start-ups across seven themes: AI-driven subsurface intelligence; next-gen drilling and well completion technologies; refinery process intensification and analysis; digital asset management; bioenergy with a focus on CBG; hydrogen and mobility; and other innovation in the energy sector. From start-up selection to pilot and procurement: mentoring support throughout the innovation journey, a pilot opportunity to test solutions in real operating environments, a pathway to procurement with an oil and gas PSU, and access to PSU, experts and ecosystem partners. Implementation partner: IIT Madras. Incubation partners: IIT Kanpur, Venture Center, C-CAMP and IIMA Ventures. Launching on 5 August 2026 — applications open, last date 31 August 2026.