Startup Grants & Funding for Health & Life Sciences Startups

15-35% margin-money subsidy to set up a new manufacturing or service micro-enterprise, via KVIC/KVIB/DIC

This Gujarat government scheme offers financial assistance to MSMEs for adopting energy-efficient and water-saving practices through audit cost reimbursements and equipment subsidies.

Capital subsidy and project loan for unemployed youth in Arunachal Pradesh aged 18 to 45 who start a self-employment project, with extra interest subsidy for women.

This Gujarat state scheme provides financial assistance to Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for measures that reduce energy and water consumption, including audit reimbursements and equipment cost subsidies.

Small units in Meghalaya majority-owned by a physically challenged or special category person get an extra 5% on plant and machinery, up to Rs 50 lakh.

Get 40% reimbursement, up to ₹20 lakh, on plant and machinery expenditure for adopting clean production technologies in Uttar Pradesh.

A subsidy scheme from the Government of Chhattisgarh, reimbursing 50% of patent registration costs, up to ₹20 Lakh, for eligible enterprises.

MSME units in Odisha can claim 50% back on technology bought from government research centers, up to ₹20 lakh.

MSMEs in the services sector: get back 50% of patent costs, up to ₹20 lakh, for a registered and sanctioned patent in Chhattisgarh.

Exporting MSMEs in Punjab get 1% of FOB value or actual inland freight, whichever is less, up to ₹20 lakh a year for five years.

For pharmaceutical industries: get back 50% of patent costs, up to ₹20 lakh, for a registered and sanctioned patent.

Mizoram reimburses 60/25/15% of a new MSME's electricity bills by enterprise size, up to Rs 20 lakh a year for 5 years.

StartinUp, run by SIIC IIT Kanpur, gives DPIIT-registered startups in Uttar Pradesh INR 17,500 a month for one year, a prototyping grant up to INR 5 Lakh and marketing seed capital.

A Meghalaya scheme for new business ventures: a 25% upfront subsidy, EMI support and bank loans of up to 70% of project cost, for 50 entrepreneurs.

Receive up to ₹16 lakh in non-repayable grant assistance from Startup Odisha for innovative product development and marketing activities in the state.

Grant of up to ₹15 lakhs for Kerala technology startups with market validation, ₹10 lakhs revenue in 6 months or ₹30 lakhs external equity, ready to scale.

Seed grant of up to ₹15 lakh for DPIIT-recognised startups registered and operating in Punjab, for proof of concept, prototype and early market work.

A 9-month MedTech incubation program by IIITD-IC, uniting early-stage founders, mentors, clinical partners, and investors, offering grants up to ₹15 lakhs and extensive support.

Co-investment of ₹12 Lakh to ₹15 Lakh for DeepTech and Community-Based startups in India, on the same pre-money terms as your lead investor.

Soft loan of up to Rs. 15 lakhs at 6% simple interest for early-stage Kerala startups building innovative products, from the Kerala Startup Mission.

Soft loan for women entrepreneurs in Kerala with government/PSU project orders.

Loans up to ₹15 lakh at 6-8% interest for Backward Classes entrepreneurs with family income up to ₹3,00,000, covering up to 85% of project cost, across India.