Tata Steel

TomorrowLAB

Jamshedpur, India

About Tata Steel

Tata Steel is a global steelmaker headquartered in Jamshedpur, India, with operations spanning mining, manufacturing and sustainability initiatives.

Source: tatasteel.com

How Tata Steel works with startups

TomorrowLAB is Tata Steel's channel for startups with deep-tech and process-innovation solutions in decarbonisation, mining, supply chain, operational excellence and sustainability. Launched in 2019, it has run around 40 proof-of-concept and pilot projects, taking startups through onboarding, technical evaluation, a proof of concept, a pilot and potential scale-up across Tata Steel's operations. In August 2025 Tata Steel added the TomorrowLAB Accelerator Programme as its first dedicated startup accelerator.

Source: tatasteel.com

Reported program details

Since 2019
~40 PoC and pilot projects

Reported figures and terms may describe an earlier period. Confirm current availability with the team.

How to approach the team

Ecosystem onboarding
Technical evaluation
Proof-of-concept development
Pilot implementation
Scale-up across operations

Source: tatasteel.com

Areas of interest

Decarbonisation
Mining technology
Supply chain optimization
Operational excellence

Selected startup collaborations

Gloat

Unlocked 214,000 productivity hours

Tata Steel's stepUP talent marketplace, built on Gloat, unlocked 214,100 productivity hours, staffed over 2,500 projects, and lifted employee engagement scores by 10 points.

Source: resources.gloat.com

These are selected publicly described collaborations, not a complete procurement record or a measure of spending.

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