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Government Funding Schemes

Umbrella schemes run by central and state governments that fund Indian startups — each listing the active and past programs under its umbrella.

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SIDBI-iDEX Seed Fund

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

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.

SIDBIiDEXDefence
Active2 programs

SIDBI Seed Fund

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)

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

SIDBISeed FundDPIIT
Active4 programs

SLINGSHOT Deep Tech Startup Competition

Enterprise Singapore (SLINGSHOT)

Enterprise Singapore's global deep-tech pitching competition at SWITCH, open to Indian startups

PrivateActive1 program

SINE IIT Bombay pre-incubation programme for early-stage deep-tech teams, run in cohorts

PrivateActive1 program

SRCAS Hackathon

Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science

Sri Ramakrishna College of Arts and Science student hackathon, run in numbered editions

PrivateActive1 program

SSIP 2.0 (Student Startup and Innovation Policy 2.0 — Gujarat)

Gujarat Student Startup and Innovation Hub (i-Hub)

State GovtActive2 programs

StartinUp (Uttar Pradesh)

UP Electronics Corporation Ltd (UPLC)

State GovtActive1 program

Startup World Cup

Pegasus Tech Ventures

Pegasus Tech Ventures global pitch competition with recurring Indian regional rounds

PrivateActive1 program

TANSEED

StartupTN

StartupTN seed grant programme for Tamil Nadu startups, run in numbered editions

State GovtActive1 program

Adani Group innovation challenge run in editions for Indian startups and student innovators

PrivateActive1 program

Women Who Master

Aspire For Her

Aspire For Her programme for women in technology, run in recurring editions

PrivateActive1 program

Rural business incubation programme run in cohorts for grassroots and rural enterprises

PrivateActive1 program

Y Combinator's recurring accelerator batches, open to early-stage founders worldwide including India

PrivateActive6 programs