All under one roof: Startup Factory India
Beginning of 2025, Startup Factory has also started its presence in India with its proven soft-landing pad concept consisting of a management package and rental space. In Sunguvachatram, Greater Chennai, Startup Factory India started with its first customer, a German mid-sized manufacturing company, on 4,500 m2 production and office space. The customers of Startup Factory Services India Pvt. Ltd benefit from the many years of operational management experience of our local joint venture partner, the team of GPS Procurement India Pvt. Ltd. They have a solid background in working with European SMEs on procurement projects, quality management and support in setting up distribution channels and production facilities. Together we will shape your market entry in India. Our Startup Factory partners responsible for India are Jayalakshmi Udayakumar, Bernd Reitmeier and Carolin Hambrügge. Our locations are flanked by Christian Haug in our liaison office in Germany.
Customers can start with small sales, service and logistics subsidiaries as well as set up production facilities under our umbrella, also in India along our claim – Sharing Success!
Some facts
70 companies
incubated in total
| Total invest | 100 Mill. USD |
| Total sales | 120 Mill. EUR |
| Jobs created | 1000 |
45 companies currently under Startup Factory management
| Startup Factory sites | 3 |
| Startup Factory team | 45 |
Our Services in Detail
The service offer in India consists of the full Startup Factory service package, which includes all centralizable overhead functions from management, finance & tax, human resources to technical support and which is compensated according to a fair, fixed monthly fee adapted to the project. In detail, our team takes over:
Operative Management
Local resident director (requirement in India), managing operations, reporting, implementing business processes, access to standardized business process landscape
Finance
Bookkeeping, payroll accounting, tax returns, liquidity planning, monthly reporting, partly in cooperation with partners
Human Resources
Employee selection, recruiting, employee management, compliance with Indian laws, further training, remuneration system, shift organization
Quality & Technical Support
Process development, preparation of customer audits, internal audits, support with the implementation of ISO9001, IATF, ISO 14001; support with production layout, logistics (internal), warehousing, customs clearance import/export, purchasing localization, production planning and control, local procurement
Startup Factory India lease areas and supporting services
The 4,500 m2 production and office building is ready for occupancy and all offices are air-conditioned. Our philosophy of shared resources naturally also applies in India, particularly for infrastructure and technical equipment such as central loading docks, forklift trucks, pallet stacker, central reception and access control and meeting rooms.
Lease space
Production and logistics areas 50-1,000 m2, central loading docks, reception
Offices
Closed offices 20 – 60 m2 airconditioned, meeting rooms for 8 – 25 people, central reception and access control, tea kitchen
Supporting services
Technical equipment can be booked additionally
forklift truck, pallet stacker, further shared equipment in planning
Location
Startup Factory India is located near Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Distances
Chennai International Airport 38 km
Chennai Central Railway Station 50 km
Chennai Port 56 km
Ennore Port 76 km
NH 48 Highway 1 km
Surroundings
Chennai is the capital of the southernmost Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the fourth largest metropolitan area in India with a population of around 9 million. In the per capita gross national product statistics, Chennai even ranks third among all major Indian cities. More than 100 German companies have already settled in Tamil Nadu and the state generates 20% of India’s industrial value added.
Region
The Greater Chennai area is the industrial powerhouse of India’s south. With over 500 companies, including six global automotive manufacturers, the Sriperumbudur-Oragadam belt has seen tremendous industrial growth in recent years, making it one of the most developed industrial areas in India.
Connections
Sriperumbudur and Oragadam are very well connected to international trade routes via the two ports of Chennai Port and Ennore Port. Chennai International Airport offers direct flights to numerous European cities. For handling domestic logistics, Sriperumbudur is ideally located on the NH 48 Highway, which connects Chennai with Bangaluru and Mumbai.
