Veteran-Founded Startup Grants & Funding in India 2026

Veteran-Founded Startup Grants & Funding programs in India

Veteran-founded startups benefit from the MUDRA Yojana, PMEGP priority processing, and the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare's self-employment schemes. Several state startup policies and CSR programs offer reserved slots and additional seed capital for military veterans transitioning to entrepreneurship.

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Veteran-Founded Startup Grants & Funding programs in India

MeitY TIDE 2.0 EiR at IIM Calcutta Innovation Park

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Scheme at IIMV FIELD

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant Scheme at IIMV FIELD

Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at SANDIP TBI

Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Grant at Sandip TBI

India Accelerator Program for Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) Startups

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at SINE IIT Bombay

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at SINE IIT Bombay

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at iTIC Incubator

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at iTIC Incubator

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) at IIITB-IC

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Startup Grant at IIITB-IC

MediSarthi CSR Grant by FITT, IIT Delhi

NIDHI Accelerator Program for Agri Startups at AIC ISB

NIDHI PRAYAS Program at DERBI Foundation

HP Udgam Cohort 2025 (Round-1) by HPCL

Karnataka Grassroot Innovation Programme

Envalior CSR Grant at Venture Center

6th Open Challenge Program (OCP) of Electropreneur Park, Bhubaneswar

Nidhi PRAYAS Grant at IIEC IIT Gandhinagar

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grant at PSG-STEP

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