Startup Grants & Funding in Puducherry

Join the world's most prestigious startup accelerator, Y Combinator, for its Fall 2026 batch in San Francisco, offering seed funding, intensive mentorship, and unparalleled access to a global network of founders and investors.

A free 2-month virtual incubation program by ICAR-CIRCOT for innovators and startups in Farm Mechanisation and Post-Harvest Technology across India.

SHITIJ 2.0 is a national-level incubation programme by ICAR-CIRCOT, offering intensive incubation, mentorship, and funding connections for innovators and startups in Farm Mechanisation and Post-Harvest Technology.

Vande Bharatam is a national movement by Gautam Adani to discover and empower India's next generation of innovators and entrepreneurs, offering a prize pool, mentorship, and significant visibility.

The Startup Agribusiness Incubation Program (SABIP) offers seed-stage agri-startups comprehensive incubation support, expert mentoring, and grant-in-aid up to ₹25 Lakh.

APIIC's 2nd Incubation & Ignition Call offers grant funding up to ₹10 lakh and structured incubation support for innovators and early-stage startups in healthcare and medical technology.

This pre-seed Agripreneurship Orientation Program by IEF CCS NIAM offers incubation support, expert mentoring, and a grant-in-aid of up to ₹5 lakh to aspiring agripreneurs.

The Student Orientation Program (SOP) by IEF CCS NIAM offers orientation, incubation support, expert mentoring, and grant-in-aid up to ₹4 Lakh to students with innovative agricultural ideas under the PM-RKVY Scheme.

UdyogTech Synapse 2026, by IHFC IIT Delhi, fuels deep-tech innovation in industrial robotics and advanced manufacturing, offering project funding up to ₹5 Crore and crucial industry collaboration.

The SIDBI-iDEX Seed Fund offers equity/equity-linked funding up to ₹1.5 Crore and incubation support to early-stage DPIIT-recognized private limited companies with prior iDEX grants, focusing on Defence, Aerospace, and DeepTech innovations.

India's premier startup reality show is back for Season 2 — revenue-generating Indian founders pitch to a panel of investor "Tycoons" for capital from a ₹100 Cr+ pool. Streams on Amazon MX Player.

Equity investment program for impact-driven technology startups solving health, agriculture, climate, and deep technology challenges across India.

The Lab-to-Market (L2M) Program by IITI DRISHTI CPS FOUNDATION offers financial and developmental support to faculty members and researchers for transforming prototype-ready medical devices into market-ready solutions.

a-IDEA (Agri-Business Incubator, ICAR-NAARM) offers equity funding up to ₹1 Crore for innovative early-stage agri-tech and agri-business startups with mentoring and enterprise development services.

Get ₹10-50 Lakhs in seed funding via Convertible Compulsory Debentures (CCD) and 2-year incubation support for technology-driven startups at the Go-To-Market (GTM) stage.

A 12-month venture-building program by IKP Knowledge Park offering up to INR 30 Lakhs in equity investment and comprehensive support for deep science startups at TRL 2-3.

IEF of CCSNIAM offers up to ₹25 lakh grant and incubation support to seed-stage agri-startups under the PM-RKVY Innovation and Agri-Entrepreneurship Programme.

SoilBox Cohort 4, anchored at riidl SVU and funded by OmniActive, offers Agritech startups grants up to ₹10 Lakhs, mentorship, and extensive ecosystem support to tackle critical agricultural challenges.

A data challenge for Indian high school students to analyze exoplanet data — ₹9.58 lakh prize pool.

Pre-seed stage agri-entrepreneurship grant program offering up to ₹5 Lakhs, mentorship, and incubation support under PM-RKVY.

A government grant of up to ₹4 lakhs for Indian student innovators with transformative ideas in the agriculture sector, supported by PM-RKVY and incubated by CCSNIAM.

A monthly online pitch competition for kids to showcase business ideas — ₹55,800 prize pool.