StartupGrants India

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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Accel's pre-seed programme for Indian founders, run in themed cohorts

PrivateActive1 program

Airtel's recurring B-school case and innovation competition, run in year-wise tracks

PrivateActive2 programs

Bihar Startup Policy 2022

Department of Industries, Government of Bihar

State GovtActive4 programs
Central GovtActive2 programs

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

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PrivateActive1 program

DBS Foundation Grant

DBS Foundation

DBS Foundation grant programme for social enterprises and impact-driven businesses

PrivateActive1 program
Get DPIIT recognition for your startup

ELEVATE Karnataka

KBITS, Government of Karnataka

State GovtActive6 programs

Entrepreneurs First

Entrepreneurs First (EF)

Talent-first company-building programme that recruits individual founders into recurring cohorts

PrivateActive1 program

Exim Bank Ubharte Sitaare Programme (USP)

Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank)

Exim Bank initiative identifying future export champions and supporting them with equity, debt and technical assistance.

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Central GovtActive1 program

Google's equity-free accelerator for Indian growth-stage startups, run in recurring classes

PrivateActive1 program

Galderma programme for early-career innovators in dermatology, run in numbered editions

PrivateActive1 program

GrowX Acceleration Program

AI Centre of Excellence

Acceleration programme at the AI Centre of Excellence, GIFT City, run in cohorts

PrivateActive1 program
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Hacker House

2:47PM Studio

Residential builder programme for early-stage founders and developers, run in city editions

PrivateActive1 program

HackerRank's recurring AI engineering hackathon series, held in monthly editions

PrivateActive3 programs

Haryana Startup Policy 2022

Department of Industries & Commerce, Government of Haryana

State GovtActive6 programs

Hub71 Abu Dhabi soft-landing programme for international startups, run in recurring intakes

PrivateActive1 program

iDEX (Innovations for Defence Excellence)

Defence Innovation Organisation

Central GovtActive11 programs

Sustainability hackathon run in annual editions by the IIT Bombay–Honeywell Centre of Excellence for Future Skills & Innovation (IHCFSI)

PrivateActive1 program
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InnovaHack

Elite Forums

Recurring innovation hackathon run in chapters for student and early-stage teams

PrivateActive1 program

Jharkhand Startup Policy

Department of IT and E-Governance, Government of Jharkhand

State GovtActive5 programs

Karnataka Startup Policy

KBITS, Government of Karnataka

State GovtActive3 programs
State GovtActive5 programs

Madhya Pradesh Startup Policy 2022

Department of MSME, Government of Madhya Pradesh

State GovtActive5 programs

MSME Idea Hackathon

Ministry of MSME

National hackathon under the MSME Innovative Scheme to validate and incubate innovative ideas, with up to Rs. 15 lakh per approved idea provided to the Host Institute.

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Central GovtActive2 programs