Funding for prototype and MVP-stage startups in India — grants for founders who have a working build or pilot and need capital to harden the product and find early customers.
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.
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.
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.
Seed funding of up to ₹50 lakh for women-led Indian startups physically incubated at AIC Banasthali.
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.
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.
The Uttishthati Foundation i-TBI Ignition Grant 2.0 offers up to ₹10 lakh in seed funding for early-stage startups focusing on deeptech, energy, agritech, and healthtech.
Indian startups developing cutting-edge mobile technology can apply for an equity-free Proof-of-Concept grant of up to ₹45 lakh from Samsung.
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.
The Startup Srujan Seed Support (S4) program provides grants from ₹2.5 lakh to ₹10 lakh for young innovators and early-stage startups in Gujarat.
Jharkhand Startup Policy provides a one-time marketing grant of up to ₹10 Lakh for startups registered in the state, operating for less than five years with an annual turnover under ₹25 Crore.
This is the densest stage for non-dilutive capital: seed-fund schemes, prototype grants and incubator cheques all cluster here, bridging idea validation to first revenue.
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