Veteran-Founded Startup Grants & Funding programs in India

IFCI Scheme for Scheduled Tribe Innovators

IFCI Venture, IIT Mandi Catalyst

NIDHI Seed Support Program (NIDHI-SSP)

IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre, DST - NIDHI

THT Conservation Grant for Critical Habitats 2026

The Habitats Trust

For Indian conservation organisations working on lesser-known species and critical habitats

Avinya Ventures Pitch Day

Avinya Ventures, T-Hub

ImpactNest 2.0 Accelerator Program

IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre, BHARAT IMPACT, Jubilant Bhartia Foundation

DST NIDHI i-TBI Ignition Grant 2.0 at CSVTU-FORTE

CSVTU Foundation for Rural Technology and Entrepreneurship

DDWS Innovation Challenge 2025–26

Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation (DDWS), IIT Madras

MahaGAD AI Sahayak Grand Challenge

Maharashtra State Innovation Society (MSInS)

Chiratae Sonic DeepTech Program

Chiratae Ventures

BluePrint Startup Funding & Incubation Program

Startup India, DPIIT, apna, Venture Catalysts++

Bharat Byte Semiconductor Accelerator at AIC IIT Delhi

AIC IIT Delhi

Bharat Safety: Design. Deploy. Deliver. by AIC IIT Delhi & Honda India Foundation

AIC IIT Delhi

ARAMBH - Student Program at ICAR-CIRCOT R-ABI

ICAR-CIRCOT R-ABI

UDAY - Pre-seed Stage Program at ICAR-CIRCOT R-ABI

ICAR-CIRCOT R-ABI

ANKUR - Seed Stage Program at ICAR-CIRCOT R-ABI

ICAR-CIRCOT R-ABI

FITT–Circulus Initiative at FITT, IIT Delhi

Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) IIT Delhi

Roche Drishti HealthTech Challenge by Roche India

Roche Products

Karnataka Acceleration Network (KAN) Cohort 2 at DERBI Foundation

Government of Karnataka, DERBI Foundation

Bengal Business Accelerator Program Cohort 3.0

IIM Calcutta Innovation Park

UDBHAV 2.0 Program

IIM Lucknow Enterprise Incubation Centre (IIML EIC)

TECHPIONEER Grant Program

IIT Madras Incubation Cell, HDFC Bank Parivartan

Green Energy & Climate Action Challenge under Bharat Startup Grand Challenge

Startup India