DefenseTech Startup Grants & Funding in India 2026

Startup Grants and Funding programs for DefenseTech startups in India

Defence technology startups receive iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence) grants up to ₹1.5 Crore, DRDO’s ATAGS scheme, and the Technology Development Fund (TDF). Dual-use technology startups in cybersecurity, drones, electronic warfare, and advanced materials are priority sectors.

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Startup Grants and Funding programs for DefenseTech startups in India

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence at PSG-STEP

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Grant at VITTBI

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grants Program at VITTBI

NewGen IEDC Grant Support

MSME Idea Hackathon 5.0

Ignition Grant under the NIDHI iTBI Scheme at AdtU

SIDBI Seed Fund Programme for iDEX-Supported Startups

BFI-BIOME & IITK Bioinnovation Program - Cohort 2

AIM-ICDK Water Challenge 5.0

Gramam Thorum Puthozhil Scheme

Idea Grant (Student Innovator)

Sustenance Allowance

Prototype Grant

Seed Capital/Marketing Assistance

Patent Reimbursement (Indian)

Patent Reimbursement (International)

Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Investment Fund (Scheme I)

Bharat Ratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Investment Fund (Scheme II)

Maharashtra Innovation and Technological Development Fund

Atal New India Challenge 2.0

NIDHI Promoting and Accelerating Young and Aspiring Innovators and Startups (PRAYAS)

NIDHI Entrepreneur-in-Residence