Government Funding Schemes

BIRAC grant of up to ₹50 lakh for individual innovators and early-stage biotech startups at the pre-company stage

BIRAC fund for biotech and pharma startup scale-up and technology translation, implemented through empanelled incubators

Corporate challenge by Bosch and BML Munjal University to identify innovators solving sustainable mobility problems across electrification, connectivity, safety, and inclusive mobility.

DST stipend program placing early-stage innovators in NIDHI-empanelled Technology Business Incubators for up to 12 months

DST pre-incubation grant up to ₹10 lakh for proof-of-concept development, channeled through NIDHI-empanelled EIR hubs and TBIs

GOI scheme providing collateral-free loans up to ₹10 lakh to micro and small enterprises through MUDRA Ltd and partner banks

GOI agri-startup incubation and funding scheme under DARE/ICAR, implemented through empanelled R-ABIs and host institutes nationwide

Equity/equity-like seed funding (₹10 lakh–₹1.5 crore) for iDEX challenge-winner MSMEs and startups in defence and related sectors, to promote import substitution and domestic defence manufacturing.

SIDBI equity/CCPS seed funding (₹25 lakh–₹1 crore) channelled through partner incubators to help early-stage incubatee startups scale up.

DPIIT scheme providing seed funding of ₹20–50 lakh grant and up to ₹5 crore convertible debenture through empanelled incubators