Startup Grants & Funding for One Person Companies

Financial support scheme by DITC, Government of Goa, offering reimbursement for water and energy audits and capital costs for energy conservation equipment to manufacturing units.

Financial support for industrial units in Gujarat's textile sector to obtain national and international quality certifications and procure testing equipment.

Gujarat government scheme offering subsidies up to ₹10 lakh to SC/ST-led MSMEs for quality certifications and ERP system implementation.

This scheme by the Department of Tribal Welfare, Government of Goa, offers up to 40% subsidy on business loans and entrepreneurship training to educated unemployed tribal youth in Goa for micro and small enterprises.

A credit-linked subsidy scheme by Coir Board and Ministry of MSME for setting up coir production units, offering up to ₹10 lakh project cost plus working capital, with a 40% subsidy.

The Mahila Udyam Nidhi (MUN) scheme by PIPDIC provides term loans and seed capital up to ₹9 lakh for women entrepreneurs establishing new Small Scale Industrial units or service activities in Puducherry.

This Goa government scheme offers manufacturing enterprises up to 60% reimbursement of training costs for prospective Goan employees, capped at ₹60,000 per employee and ₹7.20 lakh per unit annually.

Grant up to ₹7 lakhs for manufacturing MSMEs/startups in Tamil Nadu.

This scheme provides a 25% capital investment subsidy, up to ₹6.25 lakhs, to local entrepreneurs for establishing Micro and Small Enterprises in Lakshadweep.

This scheme provides monthly payroll assistance as a fiscal incentive to labour-intensive industrial units in Gujarat's textile sector, promoting employment and green growth.

A Goa government scheme offering reimbursement to startups for co-working space, incubator, or accelerator seat costs up to ₹6000 per seat.

A 3-day offline hackathon in Bengaluru for experienced developers to build production-grade AI solutions on edge devices — $6,000 prize pool.

Grant for women/transgender-led startups in Kerala to productize MVP, up to ₹5 lakhs.

The NIEPA Grant-in-Aid Scheme provides non-dilutive funding to educational institutions, universities, research organizations, and NGOs for studies, evaluations, and conferences in educational planning and administration.

A Kerala state government scheme providing financial and handholding support up to ₹5 lakh to revive stressed and sick micro, small, and medium manufacturing enterprises.

Collateral-free business loan ₹50,001–₹5 lakh for growing micro-enterprises

A loan scheme by the Tamil Nadu government providing up to ₹5 lakh at 12% interest to women entrepreneurs for their businesses.

A scheme by Mission Youth J&K to provide financial assistance up to ₹5 lakh to young women (18-35 years) for setting up or expanding self-employment ventures.

The Big Loan Scheme by DSFDC offers term loans up to ₹5 lakh to marginalized residents of Delhi for establishing non-polluting income-generating businesses.

The Self Employment Scheme by Gujarat's Tribal Development Department offers affordable loans up to ₹5 lakh to unemployed Scheduled Tribe individuals to start businesses.

A low-interest loan scheme by GTKVN to promote self-employment among professionally educated unemployed youth from Thakor and Koli communities in Gujarat.

The Swayam Saksham Yojana by GBCDC offers low-interest loans up to ₹5 lakh to educated unemployed youth from Socially and Educationally Backward Classes (SEBC) in Gujarat to establish their own self-employment ventures.