Development
B-Hub co-working studio for startups opens at Maurya Lok, Patna
B-Hub is a 13,800 sq ft co-working studio for startups on the fifth floor of Maurya Lok Complex, A-Block, in Patna. The state industries department set it up under the Bihar Start-up Policy 2022, and CIMP's Business Incubation and Innovation Foundation manages it. It has operated since 2 January 2023, startups apply for seats through the Bihar startup portal, and the Chief Minister formally inaugurated it on 8 February 2023.
- Stage
- Operational
- Confidence
- High
- Latest news
- Sources
- 4 cited
Journey so far
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Good to know: Operating since January 2023, with seats allotted to startups as reported by TOI that month. No occupancy figure after January 2023 was found.
What's confirmed
6 facts backed by sources
- The state industries department established B-Hub, and CIMP's Business Incubation and Innovation Foundation manages it (TOI, 17 January 2023; ETV Bharat, 8 February 2023).
- It covers 13,800 sq ft on the fifth floor of Maurya Lok Complex, A-Block, and has operated since 2 January 2023.
- TOI reported 185 seats, of which 104 had been allotted to 62 startups by mid-January 2023.
- ETV Bharat reports that it was built under the Bihar Start-up Policy 2022 and formally inaugurated by the Chief Minister on 8 February 2023.
- Startups in health, waste management, travel and tourism, natural products and finance were given space (ETV Bharat).
- DPIIT's States' Startup Ranking 2022 report for Bihar names B-Hub as the state's co-working space for startups.
Still to be confirmed
4 things to watch for
- Current occupancy, and how many startups have used B-Hub since January 2023. A 2026 figure of 374 startups supported since January 2023 covers CIMP's whole incubation programme and was seen only in syndicated reporting, so it is not used.
- The cost of fitting out the space and who pays the running costs.
- Whether startups pay for seats. The 2022 policy allows free or chargeable space, and no B-Hub tariff was found.
- TOI said in January 2023 that the formal inauguration would be in March; ETV Bharat reports it on 8 February 2023. The later, eyewitness report is used.
How it unfolded (3)
Each step as a dated source records it, oldest first
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B-Hub began operating as a shared workspace for startups, with seats allotted through the Bihar startup portal.
The Times of India · ETV Bharat (Hindi)
- Operational
Chief Minister Nitish Kumar formally inaugurated B-Hub, with industries minister Samir Mahaseth present.
ETV Bharat (Hindi)
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The industries department held the first day of its Bihar Connect '23 startup-investor meet at B-Hub, with 45 registered startups and 15 investors.
The Times of India
Sources (4)
Who reported it, when, and what they cover
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The Times of India Established news |
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ETV Bharat (Hindi) Established news |
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The Times of India Established news |
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Startup India (DPIIT), States' Startup Ranking 2022, Bihar state report Official government |
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Record ID: BIHAR-TECH-2023-01-001Dataset last checked Spotted an error? Report a correctionHow corrections work