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One-time grant up to ₹50L for any Karnataka startup to build a proof-of-concept.
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Submit the application on the official ELEVATE portal with incorporation/registration details, business and innovation details, founding team credentials, financials, a grant utilisation plan and all mandatory documents.
YouData Sufficiency & Eligibility Screening
The Program Management Unit (PMU) verifies legal eligibility, startup age (10 years or less), turnover cap (₹200 crore or less) and ownership norms. Eligible applications advance to evaluation.
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Our vetted grant expert can co-write your entire application — founders using this have a 40% higher selection rate than the baseline.
ELEVATE 2026 is the open call of the Government of Karnataka's flagship grant-in-aid scheme for early-stage startups, run by the Karnataka Innovation and Technology Society (KITS) under the Department of Electronics, IT, BT & S&T.
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Yes. A startup can apply to multiple calls, but a single pitch presentation is evaluated across all applied calls and the total grant is capped at ₹50 lakh.
No. ELEVATE is a grant-in-aid and is fully non-dilutive — no equity is taken.
No. Any startup registered in Karnataka can apply. Startups registered outside Bengaluru Urban are also eligible for the ELEVATE Aspire track.
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