Startup Grants & Funding programs for Private Limited Companies in India

NSRCEL Launchpad 30 at IIM Bangalore

NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore

5-month sector-agnostic pre-incubation with ₹5L grants for top 3 teams at NSRCEL IIM Bangalore.

Blockchain India Challenge - MeitY & C-DAC

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

National blockchain and Web3 startup challenge for citizen-centric solutions

AgriTech Acceleration Program 2026

IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre (IIML EIC)

₹1 lakh grant accelerator for AgriTech startups expanding in Uttar Pradesh

Youth Co:Lab National Innovation Challenge 2026

UNDP, Citi Foundation, Atal Innovation Mission, T-Hub Foundation

Jagriti Enterprise Centre Purvanchal Incubation Program 2026-27

Jagriti Enterprise Centre Purvanchal

Incubation for MSMEs & startups in Purvanchal; women-led priority

LVPEI BioNEST Incubator Start-Up Challenge 2026

LV Prasad Eye Institute (LVPEI) BioNEST Incubator, All India Ophthalmological Society (AIOS)

Climate Finance Accelerator (CFA) India 2026 by UK Government

UK Government

GENESIS Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Program Cohort 2 – InFED IIM Nagpur

InFED, IIM Nagpur

Up to ₹10L for first-generation deeptech founders at ideation or prototype stage.

IHH Catalyst Program – Fortis IndiaEdition

IHH Healthcare, Fortis Healthcare

Hospital pilot program for healthcare startups with hospital-ready solutions.

PayU inFINity 3.0 Fintech Accelerator

PayU

Zero-equity fintech accelerator for MVP-stage startups raising Seed–Series A.

BOSCH–BMU Innovation Challenge Cohort 2

BOSCH and BML Munjal University

Sustainable mobility innovation challenge.

SIDBI Seed Fund Programme at TIDES IIT Roorkee

TIDES IIT Roorkee, SIDBI

IITK FinTech Spark Program at SIIC IIT Kanpur

Startup Incubation and Innovation Centre, IIT Kanpur

HP Udgam Cohort 2025 Round-II

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)

Arabian Accelerator Program

India Accelerator, National Technology Development Program (NTDP)

Startup Exploration Program 2026 - IIT Mandi Catalyst

IIT Mandi Catalyst

3-month exploration program for prototype-stage innovators

DST–NIDHI Seed Support Scheme (SSS) at IIMK LIVE

IIMK LIVE

Innovate with SSDI Program at Incubation Centre IIT Patna

Sharp Software Development India Pvt Ltd (SSDI), Incubation Centre IIT Patna

MSInS-Bhau Seed Fund 2026

COEP’s Bhau Institute of Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Leadership

Seed funding up to ₹9 lakhs for tech startups in healthcare, EV, IoT, cyber security and energy.

Innovate with SSDI 2026

Incubation Centre IIT Patna, Sharp Software Development India Pvt Ltd

Prototype to revenue startups in enterprise & AI solutions

ELEVATE NXT 2026 Deeptech Grant-in-Aid Program

Department of Electronics, IT, BT

Avaana – Startup India Grand Challenge for Deep Tech Innovation 2025-26

Avaana Capital, Startup India