Startup Grants & Funding for Education & Skilling Startups

Financial incentive for new and expanding manufacturing or service units in Jammu & Kashmir, offering up to 50% of capital investment with a maximum of ₹7.5 crore.

A loan scheme by PIPDIC, Puducherry, offering financial assistance of up to ₹1.5 crore with an interest concession for existing 'B' category good borrowers to acquire assets, set up new units, or expand.

Provides up to ₹7 crore as a 25% subsidy on eligible Fixed Capital Investment for New Micro, Small, and Medium enterprises in Andhra Pradesh.

A Tamil Nadu government scheme offering subsidized bank loans up to ₹14.25 lakhs and a maximum subsidy of ₹2.5 lakhs for migrant returnees to establish micro-enterprises.

A subsidy scheme from the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board offering 40% capital investment subsidy up to ₹5 crore for private investors establishing ropeway infrastructure in tourist or forest areas.

Funding for AI solutions that accelerate charitable giving, with a focus on global health and development.

Silicon Valley-based accelerator with ₹1.4 crore investment for early-stage startups.

Tripura reimburses 100% of net GST actually paid, with an annual ceiling of Rs.80 lakhs (non-thrust) or Rs.125 lakhs (thrust) per enterprise.

Higher financial assistance under CMEGP in Maharashtra: up to ₹1 crore for manufacturing projects and up to ₹50 lakh for service projects.

A grant of up to ₹1 crore for startups in Karnataka collaborating with academia and industry on research and development projects under the Triple Helix Model.

Equity-based seed funding up to ₹1 Crore, with mentoring and incubation, for technology startups through NIDHI SSP at PDEU Innovation & Incubation Center.

A Goa government scheme offering up to ₹1 crore in repayable capital contribution for local entrepreneurs and existing industrial units focusing on locally developed technology.

This Bihar government scheme provides up to "₹10 lakh in financial assistance, combining a non-repayable grant and an interest-free loan, to male entrepreneurs from Extremely Backward Classes for setting up new businesses.

A refinance scheme by PIPDIC, Puducherry, providing loans up to ₹1 crore to businesses for technology development, modernization, and capital equipment acquisition.

Soft loan for tiny, micro, and small units establishing new enterprises in thrust areas in Nagaland, offering up to ₹1 crore at 6% interest.

Eligible MSME units in Maharashtra can claim up to 5% per annum interest subsidy, capped at ₹1 crore annually, under the Maharashtra Industries Investment and Services Policy 2025.

New MSME units in Maharashtra's Group D, D+ and below areas get a power tariff subsidy of ₹1 per unit for three years, capped at ₹1 crore.

Reimburses 50% of patent, copyright, trademark and GI registration costs, up to ₹1 Crore, for Uttar Pradesh industrial undertakings and R&D units with in-house R&D.

This incentive scheme offers 1-1.5% of incremental turnover to Export Oriented Units for 5 years, capped at 10% of Fixed Capital Investment, with MSMEs receiving up to ₹1 crore annually.

Under the IT and ITeS Policy of Uttar Pradesh 2022, IT/ITeS units get 100% of EPF contributions reimbursed for eligible employees, up to ₹2,000 per employee per month.

New enterprises in Odisha get 50% of the interest on term loans reimbursed for 5 years, up to a maximum of ₹1 crore, under the Odisha MSME Development Policy 2022.

Employers in Chhattisgarh get 75% of their EPF contribution for skilled and semi-skilled employees reimbursed for up to five years, capped at ₹1 Crore per year.