Venture Center

NIDHI SSS (Seed Support Scheme)

Organization
Entrepreneurship Development Center (DST NSTEDB)
Fund type
Equity | Debt | Preference | Debentures
Source
Government
Status
Live
Focus area
Biotech, Medtech, Health & rehabilitation | Agriculture, food and nutrition | Cleantech, energy, environment, waste, sanitation | Automation, mobility | Hardware, software, IOT, data, AI, ML | Industrial Products | Material Tech, textiles | Space and Aviation | Edtech, Fintech | Other sectors | Electric vehicles
Target
Private Limited Company | Limited Liability Partnership
Fund range
Rs. 10 lakhs- Rs. 25 lakhs | Rs. 25 lakhs- Rs. 50 lakhs | Rs. 50 lakhs- Rs. 2cr
Fund stages
A. Technology Development | B. Patent Protection | D. Technology Scale-up/ Validation / De-risking | E. Market Entry

Up to Rs. 100 lakh (Avg. Seed Fund Amount for Startups is Rs. 25 Lakhs which goes Upto 100 Lakhs per startup). Loan, Equity or Equity-linked instruments as the mode of financing/investing into start- ups..

Purpose

Aims to provide financial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market entry and commercialization.