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.
Oil India Limited's Start Up Fund, under the 'SNEH' program, offers technical and financial support along with incubation to DPIIT-recognized startups across ideation, early traction, and scale-up stages.
Global online hackathon by RevenueCat with ₹3.95 crore prize pool for mobile apps and games.
Global AI hackathon offering ₹27.9L+ in cash & API credits, plus ₹1.4Cr+ in API credits for participants.
India's premier 4-day builder residency in Goa for top developers, designers, and AI/Crypto creators, focused on shipping real products with ₹46.5 lakh+ in bounties.
Global online hackathon for water health with ₹2.79L prize pool. Open worldwide to developers, data scientists, and innovators. Themes: Health, ML/AI, Social Good.
Grants from US$7,000 to US$20,000 for community-philanthropy organizations globally, with rolling applications and focus on organizational strengthening.
The Renewable Energy Incubation Centre by NSRCEL and partners empowers clean energy startups with tailored mentorship, lab access, market entry, and funding support to validate, pilot, and scale solutions for India's energy future.
A solo coding hackathon with a ₹1,00,000 prize pool — for individual builders who love to code and experiment.
An AI & Deep-Tech Innovation Challenge by nasscom CoE, seeking solutions for a large port terminal operator to detect foreign objects in bulk cargo unloaders, leading to a potential paid Proof-of-Concept.
An offline designathon in Delhi for college students to showcase their creativity and innovation, with cash prizes for top designs.
A global online hackathon hosted by Rice University with ₹16.28 lakh prize pool focused on urban sustainability. Open to all.
A global prize by Wellcome and Nature for groundbreaking interventions in mental health science, offering up to ₹9.52 crore for a winner and ₹2.38 crore for finalists, along with significant visibility and support.
Supports up to 8 early-stage climate-tech startups with ₹40 lakh grant, mentoring, and resources over 2 years.
A 48-hour national-level hackathon in Hyderabad for students and professionals, featuring a significant cash prize pool and diverse innovation themes.
A beginner-friendly online hackathon with a ₹9.3 lakh prize pool, open to global participants including Indian teams.
Week 3 of Locus' virtual Paygentic Hackathon, focusing on CheckoutWithLocus, with a share of ₹3.72 lakh in prizes.
The global environmental prize founded by Prince William, awarding ₹10.5Cr to five groundbreaking solutions annually across categories like nature, air, oceans, waste, and climate.
Global virtual hackathon using Claude Code with Opus 4.7, offering a ₹93 lakh prize pool and ₹46,500 API credits for participants. Open to Indian builders.
A global challenge prize offering up to £6.25 million (approx. ₹65.6 crore) to multi-disciplinary teams developing innovative solutions to improve outcomes for people affected by snakebite in high-burden settings.
Global venture-philanthropy firm that funds early-stage, high-impact social enterprises with up to US$300,000 in unrestricted grants and three years of hands-on support.
Uttar Pradesh's biggest startup reality show is back for Season 2 — UP-based founders pitch to a panel of investors for funding of up to ₹1 Cr per startup, mentorship and on-screen visibility.
GSInC provides a grant of up to ₹20,000 for prototyping technology-based innovative products/ideas registered under the Virtual Innovation Register (VIR). This scheme supports students, startups, innovators, research faculty, and entrepreneurs across Goa.
IIM Nagpur InFED offers equity-free incubation with mentoring, market support, and funding facilitation for startups in Vidarbha, Maharashtra.
Pre-incubation cohort by Maruti Suzuki & IIM Calcutta Innovation Park for early-stage startups in mobility, manufacturing, sustainability and social impact — ₹13 lakh cash rewards, paid PoC and Japan immersion.