Startup Grants & Funding for One Person Companies

The IIMK LIVE Business Incubation Programme helps aspiring entrepreneurs transform innovative ideas into successful ventures with expert mentorship, incubation support, and investor access.

A global online hackathon by TikTok with a $34,500 prize pool, open to Indian developers and creators.

India's national-level 24-hour offline hackathon at NIT Delhi — ₹1,00,000 prize pool for student teams of 2–5 members.

Eligible textile enterprises in West Bengal can receive a reimbursement of 25% up to ₹1.5 crore for costs incurred on captive Effluent Water Treatment Plants and pollution control devices.

A central government scheme offering financial incentives on incremental sales of pharmaceutical goods and in-vitro diagnostic medical devices to boost India's domestic manufacturing capabilities.

A capital subsidy program under the Gujarat Textile Policy 2024, providing financial incentives to eligible labour-intensive industrial units for their capital expenditures across the textile value chain.

A central government scheme offering financial incentives to food processing companies for increasing the production and sales of value-added millet-based products in India and for export.

A capital subsidy scheme under the Gujarat Textile Policy providing financial assistance to eligible industrial units in the textile sector for their capital expenditures across Gujarat.

The Startup Qatar Investment Program by QDB offers substantial funding and comprehensive support to attract and help tech startups establish or expand in Qatar.

A Ministry of Defence program offering grants up to ₹50 crore for startups and MSMEs to develop cutting-edge indigenous defence technologies and prototypes as part of the 'Make in India' initiative.

35%–50% grant for cold chain, food processing parks and unit infrastructure

A central government scheme by the Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) offering production-linked incentives and branding support to food processing manufacturers, including SMEs, to foster global competitiveness.

Surge offers up to $5M in seed capital, full-stack support, and access to a global network for audacious early-stage founders.

FID offers non-dilutive grants from €50,000 to €4,000,000 to innovations combating poverty and inequality in low- and middle-income countries, providing staged funding and technical support.

EU deep-tech scaleup funding: grant up to ₹26.25 crore plus up to ₹105 crore optional equity. Non-EU startups eligible by relocating to the EU.

A scheme by the Government of Madhya Pradesh providing loans up to ₹2 crore, margin money assistance, and interest subsidies to citizens for establishing new industries.

100Unicorns is India's first Accelerator VC, providing seed funding and extensive acceleration support to early-stage startups across diverse sectors, from idea to angel stage.

Funding up to ₹180,000,000 for startups, with extensive mentorship and networking.

A 16-week hybrid accelerator by EthAum helping post-prototype healthcare startups globally secure pilots, drive revenue, and attract investment with up to $2M SAFE.

A Central Government scheme offering financial assistance through debt/convertible instruments or equity investment to promote entrepreneurship among Scheduled Caste entrepreneurs in manufacturing, services, and allied sectors.

A power tariff subsidy under the Gujarat Textile Policy to reduce electricity costs for eligible labour-intensive industrial units in Gujarat, offering ₹1/unit with a cap of ₹15 crore/year.

Provides credit-linked interest subsidy up to ₹3 crore and capital investment subsidy up to ₹10 crore for vaccine manufacturing units in Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu.