Startup Grants & Funding for Health, Pharma & Biotech Startups

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

NSIC's Raw Material Assistance Scheme provides repayable credit support to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) for procuring indigenous and imported raw materials, helping them overcome working-capital constraints.

A term loan scheme by PIPDIC, Puducherry, offering financial assistance up to "₹10 crore" for new and existing Micro, Small, or Medium enterprises for fixed asset acquisition and business expansion.

Karnataka State Financial Corporation offers an interest subsidy on business loans up to ₹10 crore for SC/ST entrepreneurs to establish or expand micro/small enterprises, reducing the effective interest rate to 4%.

The PIPDIC Scheme for Hospitals/Nursing Homes offers financial assistance to entrepreneurs in Puducherry for establishing small healthcare facilities with 10-50 beds, for projects up to ₹5 crore.

A subsidy scheme from the Madhya Pradesh Tourism Board offering 40% capital investment subsidy up to ₹5 crore for private investors establishing ropeway infrastructure in tourist or forest areas.

A scheme by the Government of Tamil Nadu to assist educated first-generation youth entrepreneurs with training, capital subsidy up to ₹75 lakhs, and 3% interest subvention for setting up new manufacturing or service enterprises.

SOSV invests in pre-seed and early-stage deep tech startups focused on human and planetary health, offering world-class labs, intensive mentorship, and a vast investor network across its global accelerator locations.

AI-enabled accelerator for pre-seed/seed tech-enabled startups, ₹23.25 lakh+ investment.

A Haryana government scheme providing loans up to ₹25 lakhs to persons with disabilities for purchasing vehicles for commercial hiring or special category vehicles.

A Gujarat government scheme offering 75% reimbursement up to ₹25 lakh for patent registration expenses to individuals and MSMEs, fostering innovation and global competitiveness.