Startup Grants and Funding programs for IoT startups in India

MANAGE-CIA RKVY-RAFTAAR Student Orientation Program (SOP) Cohort 15

MANAGE Centre for Innovation and Agripreneurship

Grant up to ₹4L for students with agri-innovation ideas

MANAGE-CIA RKVY-RAFTAAR Agripreneurship Orientation Program (AOP) Cohort 15

MANAGE Centre for Innovation and Agripreneurship

Grant up to ₹5L for agripreneurs with agri startup ideas

MANAGE-CIA RKVY-RAFTAAR Startup Agribusiness Incubation Program (SAIP) Cohort 15

MANAGE Centre for Innovation and Agripreneurship

Grant up to ₹25L for DPIIT agri startups with MVP

Moonshots for Development (M4D) Open Innovation Challenge

IFAD, IDB Lab

Open innovation challenge for growth-stage enterprises in agritech, climate, and rural development.

NIDHI PRAYAS Cycle 4 at TIDES Business Incubator, IIT Roorkee

TIDES Business Incubator, IIT Roorkee

DST grant up to ₹10L for idea-stage innovators needing prototype development support.

Blockchain India Challenge - MeitY & C-DAC

Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC)

National blockchain and Web3 startup challenge for citizen-centric solutions

NXP India Tech Startup Challenge 2026 - NXP Semiconductors

NXP Semiconductors

Deeptech challenge for Indian semiconductor, AI, robotics and EV startups

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.

STPI EmTek Call for Proposal 7.0 - STPI EmTek CoE Bhubaneswar

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI)

Industry 4.0 startup incubation and support program by STPI EmTek CoE

herSTART 5th Edition

Gujarat University Startup and Entrepreneurship Council (GUSEC), UNICEF, SBI Mutual Funds

Women-led startups: grants up to ₹50L, investments up to ₹5Cr.

Saksham – Women Entrepreneurship Support Program

Oxyzo Financial Services and PIEDS, BITS Pilani

Up to ₹10 lakhs for women-led startups from Tier 2/3 India.

Startup Exploration Program 2026 - IIT Mandi Catalyst

IIT Mandi Catalyst

3-month exploration program for prototype-stage innovators

ELEVATE NXT 2026 Deeptech Grant-in-Aid Program

Department of Electronics, IT, BT

WE-Escalate Women in Life Sciences Acceleration Program

Bangalore Bioinnovation Centre (BBC), K-tech, Startup Karnataka

ArthX Program at AIC ISB

AIC ISB, HDFC Bank Parivartan

Bosch-BMU Innovation Challenge

Bosch, ACIC-BMU Foundation

V-FUND 6.0 – Women 2026 Accelerator Program

VELS Innovation Council, StartupTN

Investor Readiness Program (IRP) – Cohort 4

Venture Center, Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Ltd.

WE START Pre-Incubation Program at Kerala Startup Mission

Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM)

Sustainovation Challenge 2.0 at AIC RAISE

AIC RAISE, Startup India

FutureSites Innovation Program by CII CIES

CII Centre of Excellence for Innovation Entrepreneurship and Startups

Punyashlok Ahilyadevi Holkar Women Startup Scheme

Maharashtra State Innovation Society, Government of Maharashtra