Government Funding Schemes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NXP Semiconductors challenge for Indian hardware and embedded-tech startups, run in editions

Odoo's recurring hackathon for student and developer teams building on the Odoo platform

PhysicsWallah School of Startups challenge for AI-first early-stage startups, run in editions

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

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

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

Pegasus Tech Ventures global pitch competition with recurring Indian regional rounds

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

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

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

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