StartupGrants India

Startup Grants & Funding for Veteran-Founded Startups

Veteran-founder startup grants and loans in India route through MUDRA Yojana (₹50,000-₹10 Lakhs across Shishu/Kishore/Tarun tiers), PMEGP (project costs up to ₹50 Lakhs with 15-35% subsidy), and the Department of Ex-Servicemen Welfare's SEMFEX scheme (administered via KVIC and NABARD with concessional interest). The Directorate General of Resettlement (DGR) empanels veteran-run security agencies, logistics firms, and agri-businesses for government contracts under the DGR sponsorship route.

Showing 1170+ programs for Indian startups

Up to ₹7L

MeitY TIDE 2.0 Grants Program at VITTBI

Grant

Ministry of MSME

Up to ₹15L

MSME Idea Hackathon 5.0

Grant

Notion — workspace, docs and AI for startups

Department of Science & Technology

Up to ₹10L

Ignition Grant under the NIDHI iTBI Scheme at AdtU

Grant

Ministry of MSME

₹10L – ₹15Cr

SIDBI Seed Fund Programme for iDEX-Supported Startups

Grant

Apollo — B2B sales intelligence and lead database

SIIC IIT Kanpur

Up to ₹10L

BFI-BIOME & IITK Bioinnovation Program - Cohort 2

Grant

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AIM-ICDK Water Challenge 5.0

Grant

Razorpay — payments and banking for Indian startups

Up to ₹1L

Gramam Thorum Puthozhil Scheme

Grant

Centre for Cellular and Molecular Platforms (C-CAMP)

Varies

CARB-X 2026 Funding Portal

Equity

Funding for innovators tackling Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in therapeutics and diagnostics.

Emergent — build full-stack apps with AI

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

Up to ₹10L

Micro Finance (NEDFL Scheme)

Debt

₹50L – ₹3Cr

NEDFi Equity Fund Scheme

Grant

Make — visual automation and workflow builder

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

₹25L – ₹10Cr

North-East Venture Fund (NEVF)

Grant

Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)

Up to ₹10Cr

Scheme for Accelerating Startups around Post COVID Technology Opportunities (SASACT)

Grant

AI chatbot — automated customer support for startups

₹2L – ₹50L

DSIR - Promoting Innovations in Individuals, Start-ups and MSMEs (PRISM)

Grant

Kerala Startup Mission

Up to ₹2L

Idea Grant (Student Innovator)

Grant

n8n — workflow automation for technical teams

UP Electronics Corporation Ltd (UPLC)

Up to ₹17,500

Sustenance Allowance

Grant

UP Electronics Corporation Ltd (UPLC)

Up to ₹5L

Prototype Grant

Grant

Semrush — SEO and online marketing toolkit

UP Electronics Corporation Ltd (UPLC)

Up to ₹8L

Seed Capital/Marketing Assistance

Grant

UP Electronics Corporation Ltd (UPLC)

Up to ₹2L

Patent Reimbursement (Indian)

Subsidy

Cashfree — payments and payouts for Indian businesses

UP Electronics Corporation Ltd (UPLC)

Up to ₹10L

Patent Reimbursement (International)

Subsidy

Varies

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

Grant

Unbounce — landing page builder and conversion optimization

Varies

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

Grant

WISE SNDTWU Incubation Centre

Up to ₹50L

WISE SNDTWU Incubation Cohort (Startup India Seed Fund Scheme, MSIS, SIDBI)

Grant

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