Startup Grants & Funding for Individual Companies in India 2026

Startup Grants & Funding programs for Individual Companies in India

Individual innovators and pre-incorporation founders can access DST's NIDHI-PRAYAS grants, Atal Tinkering Lab programs, and state-level innovation awards. Several schemes including the Smart India Hackathon and BIRAC's Biotechnology Ignition Grant accept applications from individuals before formal entity registration.

Showing 412+ programs for Indian startups

Startup Grants & Funding programs for Individual Companies in India

TIDE 2.0 Challenge Grant at SIIC, IIT Kanpur

TIDE 2.0 EiR Grant Program at JECRC Incubation Centre

Himalayan Startup Trek (HST) Grand Challenge 2025 at IIT Mandi Catalyst

IKP-BFI-BIOME Fellowship Program at IKP Knowledge Park

5G/6G Centre of Excellence (CoE) Program at IIT Kanpur

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at IIMA Ventures

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at IIMA Ventures

UN Women Care and Climate Entrepreneurship Accelerator

iDEX Open Challenge

WISE SNDTWU Incubation Cohort (Startup India Seed Fund Scheme, MSIS, SIDBI)

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at IIM Calcutta Innovation Park

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at IIM Calcutta Innovation Park

MEITY TIDE 2.0 EiR & Grant at Chitkara

TIDE 2.0 EIR and Grant at GUSEC

MeitY TIDE 2.0 EiR at IIM Calcutta Innovation Park

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Scheme at IIMV FIELD

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant Scheme at IIMV FIELD

Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at SANDIP TBI

Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Grant at Sandip TBI

India Accelerator Program for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Startups

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at SINE IIT Bombay

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at SINE IIT Bombay