MIXED#1
Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS)
DPIIT, M/o Commerce & Industry
- Stage:
- Seed / early
- Amount:
- Up to ₹20 lakh grant (PoC); up to ₹50 lakh convertible debt
- Who can apply:
- DPIIT-recognised early-stage startups (via approved incubators)
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Government schemes for startups
69 central schemes across ministries — grants, equity, credit guarantees, incubation, and market access. Amounts and eligibility are summarised; always confirm the live scheme guideline before acting.
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EQUITY#2
Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS)
DPIIT, M/o Commerce & Industry
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- ₹10,000 cr corpus; invested via SEBI-registered AIFs
- Who can apply:
- Growth-stage startups, indirectly through AIFs
EQUITY#3
Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0
DPIIT, M/o Commerce & Industry
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- ₹10,000 cr corpus (new window)
- Who can apply:
- Startups via SEBI-registered AIFs (deep-tech, mfg, growth)
LOAN/CREDIT#4
Credit Guarantee Scheme for Startups (CGSS)
DPIIT, M/o Commerce & Industry
- Stage:
- Seed to growth
- Amount:
- Guarantee cover up to ₹20 cr per borrower
- Who can apply:
- DPIIT-recognised startups borrowing from eligible lenders
IP#5
Scheme for Facilitating Startups IP Protection (SIPP)
DPIIT, M/o Commerce & Industry
- Stage:
- Any stage
- Amount:
- Facilitator fees borne by govt; rebates on filing
- Who can apply:
- DPIIT-recognised startups
MARKET ACCESS#6
GeM Startup Runway
Dept. of Commerce
- Stage:
- Any stage
- Amount:
- Access to public procurement (no direct grant)
- Who can apply:
- DPIIT-recognised startups as GeM sellers
MIXED#7
NIDHI – Seed Support Program (SSP)
DST
- Stage:
- Seed / post-incubation
- Amount:
- Seed support via incubators
- Who can apply:
- DPIIT-recognised startups incubated ≥ 3 months
GRANT#8
NIDHI – PRAYAS 2.0
DST
- Stage:
- Ideation to prototype
- Amount:
- Up to ₹20 lakh/innovator; up to ₹4 cr/yr per APC
- Who can apply:
- DPIIT startup or individual innovator
GRANT#9
Research, Development & Innovation (RDI) Scheme
DST
- Stage:
- Growth / deep-tech
- Amount:
- ₹1 lakh cr total outlay (private-sector R&D)
- Who can apply:
- Organisations in high-impact / strategic tech R&D
GRANT#10
National Quantum Mission (NQM)
DST
- Stage:
- Deep-tech R&D
- Amount:
- Mission grants (project-based)
- Who can apply:
- Startups in quantum tech, preferably DPIIT-registered
GRANT#11
PRISM – Promoting Innovations in Individuals, Startups & MSMEs
DST (via CSIR)
- Stage:
- Ideation to prototype
- Amount:
- ₹2 lakh–₹50 lakh across phases
- Who can apply:
- Individual innovators, startups, MSMEs
GRANT#12
Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG)
DBT / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Ideation to PoC
- Amount:
- Up to ₹50 lakh grant
- Who can apply:
- Startups & innovators in biotech (national call)
EQUITY#13
Biotech Innovation Fund – Accelerating Entrepreneurs (AcE)
DBT / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- Via daughter funds (2x BIRAC commitment)
- Who can apply:
- Biotech startups through AcE daughter funds
EQUITY#14
BIRAC Incubator SEED Fund (SEED)
DBT / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Seed
- Amount:
- Up to ₹30 lakh per startup
- Who can apply:
- Early-stage biotech startups via BIRAC incubators
GRANT#15
LEAP Fund
DBT / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Commercialisation
- Amount:
- ₹30 lakh–₹5 cr range
- Who can apply:
- Biotech entrepreneurs scaling affordable products
GRANT#16
SPARSH – Social Innovation Programme (Social Health)
DBT / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Ideation to validation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹50 lakh
- Who can apply:
- Social-health biotech innovators / startups
EQUITY#17
AgriSURE – Agri Fund for Startups & Rural Enterprises
M/o Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- ₹750 cr blended fund (₹250+₹250+₹250)
- Who can apply:
- Agri startups & rural enterprises
GRANT#18
Innovation & Agri-Entrepreneurship Program (RKVY)
M/o Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
- Stage:
- Ideation to seed
- Amount:
- ₹5 lakh (idea) to ₹25 lakh (seed)
- Who can apply:
- Agri startups & innovators via knowledge partners
EQUITY#19
SAMRIDH – Startup Accelerators of MeitY
MeitY
- Stage:
- Seed / scaling
- Amount:
- Up to ₹40 lakh matched investment per startup
- Who can apply:
- Product startups via selected accelerators
INCUBATION#20
GENESIS – Gen-Next Support for Innovative Startups
MeitY
- Stage:
- Ideation to scaling
- Amount:
- ₹10 lakh–₹1 cr support
- Who can apply:
- Tech startups in Tier II/III towns
INCUBATION#21
STPI – Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS)
MeitY
- Stage:
- Seed / early
- Amount:
- Up to ₹25 lakh per startup
- Who can apply:
- Software-product startups
INCUBATION#22
Chips to Startup (C2S) Programme
MeitY
- Stage:
- R&D to prototype
- Amount:
- Manpower training + tool/IP support
- Who can apply:
- Academia & startups in chip / VLSI design
GRANT#23
Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX)
M/o Defence / DIO
- Stage:
- Prototype to procurement
- Amount:
- ₹1.5 cr (SPARK) up to ₹10 cr
- Who can apply:
- Startups/MSMEs solving defence problem statements
GRANT#24
ADITI – Acing Dev. of Innovative Tech with iDEX
M/o Defence / DIO
- Stage:
- Advanced prototype
- Amount:
- Up to ₹25 cr (critical & deep-tech)
- Who can apply:
- Startups in strategic defence tech
GRANT#25
Technology Development Fund (TDF)
DRDO, M/o Defence
- Stage:
- Prototype to product
- Amount:
- Up to ₹10 cr per project
- Who can apply:
- MSMEs & startups developing defence tech
GRANT#26
IN-SPACe Seed Fund Scheme
IN-SPACe, Dept. of Space
- Stage:
- Seed
- Amount:
- ₹50 lakh–₹1 cr
- Who can apply:
- Space-tech startups
GRANT#27
Digital Communication Innovation Square (DCIS)
Dept. of Telecommunications
- Stage:
- Prototyping to pilot
- Amount:
- ₹50 lakh–₹10 cr
- Who can apply:
- Telecom / digital-comm startups & innovators
GRANT#28
GREAT – Grant for R&E in Technical Textiles
M/o Textiles
- Stage:
- Prototype to commercialisation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹50 lakh grant (₹100 cr scheme)
- Who can apply:
- Startups/innovators in technical textiles
MARKET ACCESS#29
BHARATI – Hub for Agritech (Export Innovation)
APEDA, M/o Commerce & Industry
- Stage:
- Growth / market access
- Amount:
- Market linkage & export support
- Who can apply:
- Agritech startups targeting exports
GRANT#30
S&T-PRISM – R&I in Mining, Minerals & Recycling
M/o Mines
- Stage:
- Prototype to pilot
- Amount:
- ₹2 cr–₹10 cr
- Who can apply:
- Startups/innovators in mining & recycling
GRANT#31
NIDHI – Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR)
DST
- Stage:
- Ideation
- Amount:
- ₹10,000–₹30,000/month; up to ₹39.6 lakh per host
- Who can apply:
- Aspiring entrepreneurs at NIDHI incubators
GRANT#32
NM-ICPS – Technology Innovation Hubs
DST
- Stage:
- Prototype to scaling
- Amount:
- Hub-routed grants
- Who can apply:
- Startups & researchers via TIHs (cyber-physical systems)
INCUBATION#33
NIDHI – Technology Business Incubator (TBI)
DST
- Stage:
- Incubation
- Amount:
- Setup grant to host institutions
- Who can apply:
- Institutions setting up incubators; startups incubated
INCUBATION#34
NIDHI – Inclusive-TBI (i-TBI)
DST
- Stage:
- Incubation (underserved)
- Amount:
- Up to ₹5 cr per i-TBI
- Who can apply:
- Incubators in underserved regions; their startups
INCUBATION#35
NIDHI-Accelerator
DST
- Stage:
- Acceleration
- Amount:
- ₹10–₹40 lakh support to accelerators
- Who can apply:
- Accelerators & the startups they cohort
INCUBATION#36
NIDHI-Centres of Excellence (CoE)
DST
- Stage:
- Scaling
- Amount:
- Up to ₹50 cr per CoE
- Who can apply:
- Leading incubators scaling to CoE
EQUITY#37
BioAngels
DBT / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Early stage
- Amount:
- Angel-style co-investment
- Who can apply:
- Early-stage biotech startups
INCUBATION#38
BioNEST Programme
DBT / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Incubation
- Amount:
- Bio-incubator setup & operations support
- Who can apply:
- Biotech incubators & incubatees
MIXED#39
Biotechnology Industry Partnership Programme (BIPP)
DBT / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Validation to commercialisation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹50 lakh (cost-share)
- Who can apply:
- Biotech companies on high-risk R&D
GRANT#40
E-YUVA – Empowering Youth (Translational Research)
DBT / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Ideation (students)
- Amount:
- ₹30,000–₹50,000 fellowship; up to ₹3 lakh
- Who can apply:
- Student innovators via E-YUVA centres
GRANT#41
SITARE – Student Innovations (SITARE-GYTI)
DBT / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Ideation to translation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹15 lakh; ₹1 lakh awards
- Who can apply:
- Student innovators in biotech
EQUITY#42
PACE – Promoting Academic Research Conversion to Enterprise
DBT / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Research translation
- Amount:
- Cost-share to enterprises
- Who can apply:
- Academia-to-enterprise biotech ventures
GRANT#43
SBIRI – Small Business Innovation Research Initiative
DBT / BIRAC
- Stage:
- Prototype to validation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹50 lakh (Ph-I); more in Ph-II
- Who can apply:
- Small biotech businesses in R&D
INCUBATION#44
TIDE 2.0 – Technology Incubation & Dev. of Entrepreneurs
MeitY
- Stage:
- Early stage
- Amount:
- ₹4–₹7 lakh EiR; up to ₹40 lakh grant
- Who can apply:
- ICT/emerging-tech startups via incubators
GRANT#45
Design Linked Incentive (DLI) Scheme
MeitY
- Stage:
- Prototype to commercialisation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹15 cr (product); incentives to ₹30 cr
- Who can apply:
- Semiconductor-design startups & MSMEs
EQUITY#46
Antariksh Venture Capital Fund / Space VCF
IN-SPACe (Dept. of Space)
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- ₹1,005 cr fund (initial close)
- Who can apply:
- Space-tech startups
GRANT#47
Space Technology Adoption Fund (TAF)
IN-SPACe (Dept. of Space)
- Stage:
- TRL advancement
- Amount:
- ₹500 cr fund; up to ₹25 cr per project
- Who can apply:
- Space startups advancing tech readiness
LOAN/CREDIT#48
Credit Guarantee Trust Fund for Micro & Small Ent. (CGTMSE)
M/o MSME
- Stage:
- Any stage
- Amount:
- Guarantee up to ₹10 cr per unit
- Who can apply:
- Micro & small enterprises seeking collateral-free loans
EQUITY#49
Self-Reliant India Fund (SRI Fund)
M/o MSME
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- ₹10,000 cr govt + ₹40,000 cr leverage
- Who can apply:
- MSMEs with growth potential (via daughter funds)
MIXED#50
MSME Champions Scheme (erstwhile CLCS-TU)
M/o MSME
- Stage:
- Competitiveness
- Amount:
- Tech-upgradation subsidy support
- Who can apply:
- MSMEs upgrading technology & quality
MARKET ACCESS#51
International Cooperation Scheme
M/o MSME
- Stage:
- Growth / market access
- Amount:
- Reimbursement for global expos/exhibitions
- Who can apply:
- MSMEs, associations exploring export markets
MIXED#52
National SC-ST Hub Scheme
M/o MSME
- Stage:
- Capacity building / market access
- Amount:
- 25% subsidy or ₹25 lakh on plant & machinery
- Who can apply:
- Existing & aspiring SC/ST entrepreneurs
GRANT#53
Atal Innovation Mission – Atal Tinkering Labs
AIM, NITI Aayog
- Stage:
- Ideation (school-level)
- Amount:
- ₹20 lakh grant per ATL school
- Who can apply:
- Schools (Grades 6–12)
INCUBATION#54
Atal Incubation Centres (AICs)
AIM, NITI Aayog
- Stage:
- Incubation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹10 cr per AIC
- Who can apply:
- Institutions running incubators; their startups
INCUBATION#55
Atal Community Innovation Centres (ACIC)
AIM, NITI Aayog
- Stage:
- Ideation to incubation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹2.5 cr per ACIC
- Who can apply:
- Community-led innovation hubs in Tier II/III
INCUBATION#56
Scheme for Scale-up Support to Established Incubation Centres
AIM, NITI Aayog
- Stage:
- Incubation
- Amount:
- Up to ₹10 cr scale-up support
- Who can apply:
- Established incubators
LOAN/CREDIT#57
Agriculture Infrastructure Financing Facility (AIF)
Dept. of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- Interest subvention on loans up to ₹2 cr
- Who can apply:
- Agri-entrepreneurs, FPOs, agri-startups
LOAN/CREDIT#58
Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY)
M/o Finance
- Stage:
- Seed to growth
- Amount:
- Loans up to ₹20 lakh (Shishu/Kishor/Tarun)
- Who can apply:
- Micro / small non-corporate businesses
LOAN/CREDIT#59
Stand-Up India
Dept. of Financial Services
- Stage:
- Seed to growth
- Amount:
- Loans ₹10 lakh–₹1 cr
- Who can apply:
- SC/ST & women entrepreneurs (greenfield)
MIXED#60
PM Formalisation of Micro Food Processing Ent. (PMFME)
M/o Food Processing Industries
- Stage:
- Formalisation / scaling
- Amount:
- 35% credit-linked subsidy up to ₹10 lakh; ₹40k seed/SHG member
- Who can apply:
- Micro food-processing units, SHGs, FPOs, co-ops
GRANT#61
IFSCA Fintech Incentive Scheme
IFSCA
- Stage:
- Prototype to market
- Amount:
- ₹15 lakh–₹50 lakh across grant types
- Who can apply:
- Fintechs operating from / into GIFT-IFSC
INCUBATION#62
Technology Development-cum-Incubation Centres
Dept. of Atomic Energy
- Stage:
- Incubation
- Amount:
- Incubation & infrastructure support
- Who can apply:
- Startups leveraging DAE technologies
MIXED#63
Startup Village Entrepreneurship Programme (SVEP)
M/o Rural Development (DAY-NRLM)
- Stage:
- Ideation to enterprise
- Amount:
- Community Enterprise Fund capital + CRP-EP support
- Who can apply:
- Rural SHG members & families (non-farm)
EQUITY#64
Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Castes (VCF-SC)
M/o Social Justice & Empowerment
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- ₹750 cr fund; ₹50 lakh–₹10 cr per unit
- Who can apply:
- SC entrepreneurs / SC-owned enterprises
INCUBATION#65
STI Hubs for SC & ST Communities
DST
- Stage:
- Incubation / livelihood
- Amount:
- Hub-routed incubation & livelihood support
- Who can apply:
- SC/ST innovators & entrepreneurs
LOAN/CREDIT#66
National Livestock Mission
Dept. of Animal Husbandry & Dairying
- Stage:
- Growth / scaling
- Amount:
- Credit-linked capital subsidy
- Who can apply:
- Livestock/poultry entrepreneurs, FPOs
GRANT#67
Mission on Advanced & High-Impact Research (MAHIR)
M/o Power & M/o New & Renewable Energy
- Stage:
- R&D to pilot
- Amount:
- Project grants for power-sector tech
- Who can apply:
- Startups/researchers in power & clean energy
LOAN/CREDIT#68
Yuva Sahakar – Cooperative Enterprise Support
M/o Cooperation (via NCDC)
- Stage:
- Seed to growth
- Amount:
- Concessional loans via co-op route
- Who can apply:
- Cooperative-based young entrepreneurs
INCUBATION#69
Entrepreneurship & Skill Development Programme (ESDP)
M/o MSME
- Stage:
- Capacity building
- Amount:
- Free training (no direct cost to trainee)
- Who can apply:
- Existing & aspiring entrepreneurs (40% weaker sections)