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Non-dilutive capital from govt. & institutions
The ANKURAN program offers non-dilutive pre-seed grants up to ₹5 lakh for farmers, students, and young entrepreneurs with innovative agricultural business ideas.
BIRAC's GCI program provides grants of up to ₹2 crore for developing innovative screening and diagnostic tools for infectious diseases like TB and emerging pathogens.
The Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program at IITM Pravartak offers Indian innovators a monthly stipend of ₹35,000 for up to 12 months to develop Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) prototypes before company incorporation.
PRASFUTAN offers a non-dilutive seed grant of up to ₹25 lakh, covering 85% of project costs, for agricultural startups at the Minimum Viable Product (MVP) stage incubated at R-ABI centers.
Equity-free grant of ₹3 lakh to ₹5 lakh for Andhra Pradesh-based startups and MSMEs, combined with a 4-week intensive sprint to develop an AI prototype.
StartinUp provides grants to foster grassroots innovation and entrepreneurship, primarily supporting startups based in Uttar Pradesh.
Seed funding, accelerators & equity investment
IIMA Ventures' Bharat Inclusion Initiative offers incubation and over ₹45 lakh in milestone-linked funding for startups in fintech, livelihoods, and skilling, focused on low-income segments across India.
Seed funding of up to ₹50 lakh for women-led Indian startups physically incubated at AIC Banasthali.
The GRO8 Cohort 2 by 888VC is an AI-powered accelerator program for pre-seed and seed-stage technology startups, offering investments starting from ₹20.8 Lakhs.
GUSEC offers seed funding up to ₹50 lakh (equity or debt) to deeptech Indian startups incubated at its facility.
The NEEV Startup Kickstart Program offers pre-incubation support for early-stage and student entrepreneurs, providing structured guidance to a limited number of selected ventures.
Equity funding at the pre-seed stage for B2B SaaS and AI technology companies by Forum Ventures.
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