Trapped: The Founder Zone

Vande Bharatam is a national movement by Gautam Adani to discover and empower India's next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs, offering a prize pool, mentorship, and significant visibility.

StartUp Xcelerate is a curated platform designed to accelerate startup growth by providing direct investor access and strong retail & market linkages.

The WCT-BEES Grants Programme offers small, equity-free grants of up to ₹3.5 lakh to Indian researchers and organizations for critical conservation research and grassroots projects across India, focusing on endangered species and threatened habitats.

The WCT-BEES Grants Programme provides small grants up to ₹3.5 lakh to Indian researchers, conservationists, and organizations for critical conservation research and grassroots projects focused on endangered species and biodiversity in India.

A national-level online hackathon by Elite Forums for India's top developers, innovators, and startups, offering cash prizes, funding opportunities, and valuable credits.

The FIST program by BITS BioCyTiH Foundation provides up to INR 75 Lakhs in combined grants and equity investment to faculty-led translational research aiming to commercialize TRL 7+ technologies in healthcare, agriculture, and environment.

NIDHI-SSS provides seed funding of up to ₹50 Lakhs to early-stage, innovation-driven startups incubated at IIT Mandi Catalyst for product development and commercialization.

A funding and incubation program by SIDBI and WISE SNDTWU Incubation Centre supporting innovative women-led startups across India with up to ₹10 Lakhs, expert mentorship, and strong ecosystem connections to scale their ventures.

A 30-day Indo-Israel Innovation Sprint for high-potential Healthcare and MedTech startups to become investment-ready and globally connected.

The Earthna Prize is a global award by Earthna, a Qatar Foundation center, recognizing traditional and indigenous knowledge in addressing critical sustainability challenges with a prize pool of US$1,000,000.

Seed funding (loan) for early-stage Kerala startups working on innovative tech products.

Interest-free seed loan for Bihar-registered validation-stage startups, with bonus for women/SC/ST/differently-abled.

Funding for Kerala-registered revenue-stage tech startups with collateral-free debt.

Soft loan for women entrepreneurs in Kerala with government/PSU project orders.

Collateral-free credit guarantee up to ₹2 crore for micro & small enterprises

Collateral-free loans up to ₹20 lakh for micro and small non-farm businesses

₹10 lakh–₹1 crore greenfield loans for women and SC/ST entrepreneurs

Below-market soft loans from ₹10 lakh for MSMEs in manufacturing and services

Subordinate debt with 90% CGTMSE guarantee for stressed/NPA-classified MSMEs

Vande Bharatam is a national movement by Gautam Adani to discover and empower India's next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs, offering a prize pool, mentorship, and significant visibility.

A national-level online hackathon by Elite Forums for India's top developers, innovators, and startups, offering cash prizes, funding opportunities, and valuable credits.

A 30-day Indo-Israel Innovation Sprint for high-potential Healthcare and MedTech startups to become investment-ready and globally connected.

The Earthna Prize is a global award by Earthna, a Qatar Foundation center, recognizing traditional and indigenous knowledge in addressing critical sustainability challenges with a prize pool of US$1,000,000.

A virtual hackathon to build projects using LingoQL — ₹46,500 prize pool for the best submission.

An opportunity for India-based innovators to develop and deploy impactful 5G solutions addressing real-world challenges across rural connectivity, healthcare, climate, agriculture, and manufacturing in India.

A national-level innovation challenge for Indian students, organized by SRCAS Coimbatore, with ₹1.80 L cash prize and a chance to visit Singapore.

A national-level 8-hour offline hackathon in Gurugram for Indian students — ₹30,000 cash prize pool.

Asia's deep tech startup pitching competition (10th edition) by Enterprise Singapore — Startup SG grant prizes up to ₹2.88 crore, finals at SWITCH 2026, Singapore.

India's premier startup reality show is back for Season 2 — revenue-generating Indian founders pitch to a panel of investor "Tycoons" for capital from a ₹100 Cr+ pool. Streams on Amazon MX Player.