Startup Funding Programs in India

A loan scheme by the Haryana government providing up to ₹1 lakh to women entrepreneurs from minority communities for establishing or expanding their micro-enterprises.

This scheme offers loans up to ₹1,00,000 at 13% interest for Small-Scale Industries (SSI) Units and Other Non-Farm Sector (NFS) Activities in Tamil Nadu.

Small loans of ₹1,00,000 are provided to members of Self-Help Groups (SHGs) from minority communities who are permanent residents of Haryana for micro-enterprise needs.

A loan and subsidy scheme by HSFDC and NSKFDC for women Safai Karamcharis or their dependents in Haryana to establish self-employment initiatives.

Financial assistance with 50% subsidy and 50% loan up to ₹1,00,000 for unemployed Scheduled Caste leather artisans in Karnataka to start or expand small businesses.

Loan and subsidy scheme for Safai Karamcharis and their dependents in Haryana to establish small businesses or income-generating activities, with project costs up to ₹1 lakh.

A loan scheme by PIPDIC, Puducherry, offering up to ₹1 lakh to Launderers and Barbers for purchasing essential worktables and furniture for their micro-enterprises.

A self-employment loan scheme by GTKVN for women from Thakor and Koli communities in Gujarat, providing up to ₹1 lakh at 5% interest for starting a business.

A financial assistance scheme by the Gujarat Government providing ₹1 lakh loans at 4% interest to female Safai Kamdars and their dependents to start small businesses.

HACKWAVE 2.0 is a 36-hour offline hackathon organized by GDG GTBIT, challenging developers, designers, and innovators to build impactful solutions with a ₹1 lakh+ prize pool.

A solo coding hackathon with a ₹1,00,000 prize pool — for individual builders who love to code and experiment.

India's first consumer growth competition where students get a real budget to execute their ideas and win ₹2,00,000 in total prizes.

A loan scheme by the Tamil Nadu government to support farmers engaged in sericulture within irrigated areas, offering credit from ₹49,000 to ₹79,000 per acre at competitive interest rates.

A scheme by the Social Welfare Department, Government of Uttarakhand, offering grants, subsidized loans, and margin money to persons with disabilities for self-employment and livelihood generation.

This scheme offers financial assistance as a loan to farmers in Tamil Nadu for acquiring fishing boats (catamarans), with amounts ranging from 15,000 to 60,000.

A no-interest medium-term loan up to ₹60,000 provided by the Tamil Nadu government to tribal members through Large Sized Multi Purpose Cooperative Societies for livelihood support.

This scheme by GTKVN provides low-interest loans up to ₹60,000 to women from Thakor and Koli castes who are members of Self Help Groups (SHGs) in Gujarat, to foster self-employment.

Low-interest micro-loan scheme by GTKVN to empower women entrepreneurs from Thakor and Koli communities in Gujarat for self-employment.

A Uttarakhand government scheme providing subsidized bee boxes, bee colonies, and training support to farmers to promote beekeeping and enhance farm income.

Hack&Chill 3.0 is a multi-day offline hackathon in New Delhi, organized by GDGC ADGIPS, where teams build and compete for a ₹55,800 cash prize.

A Puducherry scheme offering up to ₹50,000 as margin money to entrepreneurs setting up silk weaving units, reducing their initial financial burden for capital loans.

Rajasthan's scheme offering financial assistance up to ₹50,000 to beneficiaries of the Palanhar Scheme for establishing self-employment ventures after completing skill training.