Non-dilutive government schemes and institutional grants for Indian startups — capital you never repay and never give up equity for. Filter by sector, amount, stage and deadline.
Milestone-based grants and capacity-building for early to growth-stage fintech startups fostering financial inclusion in India, powered by NSRCEL IIM Bangalore and HDFC Bank Parivartan.
Startup Odisha offers grants up to ₹16L for recognized startups, including monthly allowance, product development, and subsidised incubation.
S&T-PRISM offers grants up to ₹2Cr for startups and MSMEs in mining, mineral processing, metallurgy, and recycling to turn research into prototypes.
A DPIIT-approved national challenge for Indian startups with grants up to ₹5L, mentorship, and incubation.
A statewide innovation competition run by Startup Haryana that invites students, startups, professionals and citizens to solve Haryana's public and industrial problems, with cash awards of up to ₹5 lakh.
An 8-week hybrid boot camp run by DST and GDC, IIT Madras, that helps deep-tech teams and early-stage startups turn STEM research into market-ready ventures through mentorship, customer discovery and business training.
Scaling-stage startups can win grant support of as much as ₹3 crore by coming through an open Uttar Pradesh Grand Challenge, run by the State Government under the UP Startup Policy 2026.
An annual Uttar Pradesh government competition where two startups in each selected sector win a paid work order, worth up to ₹15 lakh and ₹10 lakh, to prove their concept.
Deep-tech startups registered with StartinUP that earn a Centre of Excellence recommendation can have their Prototype or Seed Grant raised up to 2x.
The Department of Pharmaceuticals' PRIP scheme funds R&D and commercialisation work on drugs and medical devices, offering MSMEs and startups grants of up to ₹100 crore per project for TRL 1-6 work.
A nine-month MedTech incubation cohort run by the IIITD Innovation & Incubation Center, offering grants of up to ₹15 lakhs along with prototyping labs, clinical validation and investor access.
A rolling grant from the Government of Andhra Pradesh's Department of Industries & Commerce that covers 20% of eligible Fixed Capital Investment — up to ₹5 Crores — for MSMEs expanding, diversifying or modernising in the state.
A rolling grant from the Chhattisgarh Department of Industries covering 35-45% of fixed capital investment, up to ₹8 crore, for new services-sector MSMEs set up in the state.
A Chhattisgarh incentive that lets large enterprises in Textiles, Electronics & Electrical or IT choose either a 12-year Net SGST reimbursement or a 35% fixed capital investment grant, with ceilings reaching ₹300 crore.
The Government of Chhattisgarh offers up to ₹5 lakh in non-repayable seed funding to recognised startup units, on the recommendation of an approved incubation centre.
A rolling, equity-free grant of up to ₹30 lakh from the Government of Rajasthan, matching 10% of the external capital raised by startups in notified Sunrise Sectors.
State grant-in-aid covering half the capital cost, up to ₹5 crore per laboratory, for Quality, Testing and Certification Laboratories set up in Maharashtra.
A one-time cash grant of ₹5 lakhs to ₹25 lakhs from the Government of Maharashtra for MSMEs scaling from Micro to Small, Small to Medium or Medium to Large Scale Industry, covering 50% of the additional investment. Applications run on a rolling basis.
A one-time cash grant from the Government of Maharashtra that covers 50% of an MSME's additional investment — up to ₹5 lakh, ₹10 lakh or ₹25 lakh — for enterprises scaling up within the state.
A Government of Maharashtra grant covering up to 25% of Fixed Capital Investment for industrial units that invest at least ₹500 crore and create 500 new jobs in Zone 1 or Zone 2.
A Government of Maharashtra incentive that supplies tertiary-treated water free of charge for three years to industries in the state that commit to reusing it, under the Maharashtra Industries Investment and Services Policy 2025.
A Maharashtra government grant that covers 50% of a manufacturing unit's R&D expenditure, capped at ₹30 crore and paid out in 10 equal instalments.
A Government of Maharashtra incentive under CMEGP that raises grant limits to ₹1 crore for manufacturing projects and ₹50 lakh for service projects.
A Government of Uttar Pradesh grant of up to ₹75 lakh that pays for half the cost of Zero Liquid Discharge equipment installed by MSMEs in the state.