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Substantial portion of the funds would be enmarked for startups from tier-2/ 3 cites and women entrepreneurs.

Major objectives of the Scheme:

• Consolidation of startup related schemes and assets of MeitY for greater efficiency, asset utilization and enhanced support for startups.
• Provide Tier-II/ III cities focused funding to critically support Pilot/ Investment, Early-stage and deep-tech startups.
• Strengthening Incubators, building stronger startup ecosystem via capacity building initiatives in Tier II/ III cities.

Peak XV Partners (Formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA) is a leading venture capital and growth investing firm investing across India, South East Asia and beyond.

Kalaari Capital is an early-stage, technology-focused venture capital firm.

The fund aims at catalysing over $150 mn for innovative Indian startups through a venture fund and, in addition to capital, provide technical support to entrepreneurs.

The scheme Provides a complete range of support for women entrepreneurs for scaling up their business activities. The WE- Mission Kerala envisages to spread the spirit of entrepreneurship in women of the state and to bring about more women into entrepreneurship and motivating the existing ones to scale up. WE- Mission is a continuous initiative and programs is being carried out in the various districts of the state.

Support is provided for technology ideas relating to medical/health biotechnology, biopharma and medical devices/biomaterials/diagnostics, agro/biotechnology and animal/marine biotechnology, industrial/ environmental biotechnology and biomass value addition via biotechnology, biotechnology based services/reagents/supplies, bioinformatics and bio-IT interface etc

For investment in startups from India developing breakthrough technologies for food, agriculture, climate-tech, rural/ underserved communities.

Cash award of upto Rs. 3 lakh under various categories

For startups seeking first cheque/ seed funding.

Basic objective of the scheme is to provide financial assistance in the form of loan with Interest subvention through a designated Bank covering whole of Assam. The loan so availed by the beneficiaries will be supported by the State Govt. through Interest Subvention @5% P.A.

Early stage investor having backed founders building companies across B2B, infrastructure and consumer technology.

NSRCEL’s Women Startup Program at IIM Bangalore, a CSR initiative by Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited, aims to support ambitious and innovative women entrepreneurs by enabling them to transform their idea into business ventures. 

The program at NSRCEL begins with Foundations of Entrepreneurship (FOE), providing entrepreneurs with essential business knowledge. Selected candidates then progress through a hybrid pre-incubation program focused on prototype development and MVP design, followed by incubation for product development, scaling, and growth.  

The fund is sector agnostic and focuses on post-revenue startups

The Fellowship proposals can be submitted in any domain including Healthcare, Lifesciences, Diagnostics, Medical Devices, Drugs, Vaccines, Drug Formulations and delivery systems, Industrial Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Agriculture, Secondary agriculture, Waste Management, Sanitation, Clean Energy and Artificial
Intelligence/IoT/ Automation with application in any of these areas. 

This platform will provide capital raising opportunities to credible and fast growing businesses with good governance standards. It will be an ideal platform to raise funds for companies on a growth path, but not large enough to list on the main board.

BSE SME will assist SMEs to raise equity capital for their growth and expansion through the capital market. 

Incubation, acceleration, funding

To stimulate the spirit of inventiveness among the scientific, technical persons, industrial workers, technicians, artisans, craftsman and students in order to recognize the creative talent which could be harnessed to benefit the Nation.

To stimulate the spirit of inventiveness among the scientific, technical persons, industrial workers, technicians, artisans, craftsman and students in order to recognize the creative talent which could be harnessed to benefit the Nation.

To provide support for early stage, pre-proof-of-concept research in biotechnology by industry; and to support new indigenous technologies particularly those related to societal needs in the healthcare, food and nutrition, agriculture and other sectors.

Calls are typically twice a year, 1st April- 15th May and 1st September- 15th October.

https://www.birac.nic.in/webcontent/1745298212_SBIRI_scheme_guidelines_16_04_2025.pdf

15 innovative student projects will receive funding support of upto INR 15 lakhs each. SITARE-GYTI encourages postgraduate and doctoral students to undertake projects with commercial potential leading to creation of biotech startups. The fund recipients are recognized as BIRAC’s SITARE-GYTI beneficiaries.

Frequency of Call: Once a year

Month of announcement: August/September

Call Duration: The call is typically open for 45-60 days

Aavishkaar Capital’s Equity offering’s investment thesis is to leverage the confluence of consumption, financial inclusion and technology across emerging low and middle income populations to build sustainable, impactful and highly scalable businesses, which can create significant value for both the investors and the society across Asia and Africa. 

In addition to equity investing through its seven funds, also extends structured credit through its eighth Fund known as the Global Supply Chain Support Fund

Reimbursement of course fees up to 90% or Rs 1,00,000 (excluding GST or other applicable taxes), whichever is less for SCST entrepreneurs and their wards,  for attending short term (1-30 days duration) training programs fromtop 50 management institutes identified by Ministry of Human Resource Development under the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF).

Celesta Capital has identified and nurtured some of today’s most promising companies around the globe. The firm comprises a team of technologists and business executives with extensive operating experience. Celesta Capital invests early in disruptive technologies and innovative businesses, and mentors young companies to create long-term value for investors.

Innovators who have successfully completed project under PRISM phase-I or Innovators who have successfully demonstrated proof of concept with the support of other Government Institutions / Agencies and who desire to take innovation to market by becoming Technopreneur. The support may be provided for scaling up technology-based innovations, including patenting/design registration/trademark registry/technology transfer to develop a marketable product/process towards enterprise creation.

Funding, nurturing and mentoring early stage innovation.

To facilitate Micro and Small Enterprises to market their goods / services individually or collectively through ‘Consortium’. 

The fund invests in the following sectors: consumer tech, consumer brands, fintech and financial services, B2B SaaS and AI, deep tech, healthcare. Investments in the range of $500k to $35M in Seed, Series A or Growth.