Startup Grants & Funding for Student-Founded Startups

The Founder Institute, in collaboration with IIIT Hyderabad, CIE, offers an 11-week AI-native company-building program to help early-stage entrepreneurs transform ideas into fundable, global businesses through a structured, in-person accelerator.

An online visual intelligence case challenge where participants capture and categorize images from their surroundings for guaranteed cash rewards.

A token-efficiency hackathon on Devpost with a $630 prize pool — open to global participants including Indian teams.

A 24-hour national-level online hackathon hosted by BVRIT-N with a ₹50,000 prize pool for teams of 2–3.

A multi-track hackathon for B.Tech students across India with a ₹50,000 prize pool, hosted by B V Raju Institute of Technology.

A hybrid Algorand hackathon for Indian students — build agentic payment solutions with x402 and compete for a $500 prize pool.

India's national strategy case competition for students — solve real business challenges for a high-growth consumer startup and win cash prizes plus internship opportunities.

The NIDHI i-TBI Ignition Grant, supported by DST and INIF, provides up to ₹10 Lakhs in equity-free funding alongside comprehensive incubation and mentorship for innovative technology-based ideas.

A global competition offering ₹9.3 lakh cash grants and mentorship for startups building solutions for safer, fairer, and more scalable labor mobility across South and Southeast Asia.

An online open-innovation hackathon for students, developers, startups, and tech enthusiasts — ₹8 L+ cash prizes, internships, and certificates.

An 8-hour international online hackathon for developers, students, and creators — compete globally in Generative AI, AI, or Web Development.

An 18-hour hackathon for Indian university students to solve real-world problems — ₹25,000 prize pool.

A B-school supply chain case challenge for 2nd-year MBA/PGDM students from select Indian institutes — ₹3,00,000 cash prizes plus PPIs.

A B-school supply chain case challenge for first-year MBA/PGDM students from select Indian institutes — ₹3,00,000 cash pool plus PPIs.

Build native iOS, macOS, or visionOS apps and compete for ₹1,00,000 plus hardware prizes at the Bengaluru finale.

A one-day hackathon at VET Institute of Arts and Science, Erode, where participants pitch tech and business ideas across 12 tracks for a ₹10,000 prize.

A 12-hour online game development hackathon for Indian students — build a playable game from scratch and compete for cash prizes and recognition.

A one-day in-person hackathon in Bengaluru focused on building audacious products with Anthropic's Claude, backed by Elevation Capital.

A hackathon by IIIT Pune to build LLM interfaces — win USD $500 in prizes.

A two-day management fest case study competition by Tezpur University for UG, PG, and PhD students across India — ₹40,000 prize pool.

A high-stakes hackathon in Pune with Engineering and Design tracks — ₹2.5 crore prize pool.

A virtual hackathon focused on neurodiversity, organised by IncludEDU in partnership with Stanford NNEA — $3,000 prize pool.