Grant Programs for Indian Startups

Grant program backing AI and technology solutions that improve income, capital access, and market linkages for women workers and micro-entrepreneurs in agriculture, informal work, the gig economy, and care services.

12-week hybrid accelerator for early-stage sector-agnostic startup

Incubation support with lab access, mentorship, and grant opportunities for early-stage startups at IIT Patna.

4–6 week AI residency for STEM undergraduates at IIM Ahmedabad.

Pre-incubation for early-stage & student founders, limited cohort.

Zero equity subsidized incubation for tech startups in Haryana.

Market access program offering hands-on guidance within Reliance ecosystem, no equity, no charges.

Incubation for Indian deeptech startups in Cyber Physical Systems, Robotics, IoT, and AI.

Accelerates market entry for healthcare social enterprises with market-ready innovations.

Accelerator program for DPIIT-registered drone startups across India.

Virtual incubation for TRL 5+ deeptech startups in India

Incubation for deeptech, climate-tech & biotech startups across all stages

Global venture client unit connecting startups with BMW Group for paid PoCs and long-term partnerships.

Incubation program for early-stage founders demonstrating clarity, commitment, openness, and intent.

Zero equity incubation for Indian startups in emerging technologies, with special support for female founders.

Research-to-market incubation for deep tech startups in climate, biotech, materials, and other emerging technologies.

24-week paid SpaceTech incubation at AIC T-Hub with mentorship from ex-ISRO scientists and global market access.

Supports individuals and teams with scalable 'zero to one' ideas for social improvement.

IIM Nagpur Foundation for Entrepreneurship Development (InFED) offers equity-free incubation support, mentoring, and funding facilitation to startups, women entrepreneurs, rural youth, and aspiring entrepreneurs in Maharashtra's Vidarbha region.

A 4-month hybrid accelerator for startups building responsible, inclusive, and impactful AI solutions, offering mentorship, market access, investor connections, and AWS cloud credits.

Cisco LaunchPad is a B2B Corporate Accelerator program designed to propel deep-tech startups working in disruptive technologies through grants, mentorship, and extensive tech and investor access.