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Needs Index

“What do you need?”

Start from what you need — a grant, equity, a loan, lab space, IP help or buyers — and jump to the schemes that provide it. Updated for October 2026.

Grant Funding with no repayment

BIGPRAYAS 2.0iDEX (Between calls)ADITI (Between calls)DCIS (Between calls)IN-SPACe Seed FundRKVY (Open now)SPARSHGREAT (Open now)NQMANIC (Between calls)
Startup-relevant
TIDE 2.0BIPP (Between calls)SBIRI (Between calls)PRISMPACE (Between calls)E-YUVA (Open now)SITARENM-ICPSMAHIRPRIP (Open now)TTDF (Between calls)Startups for Railways

Equity Investment VC/angel

FFSStartup India FoF 2.0 (Open now)AcEAgriSURE (Open now)BIRAC SEEDLEAP FundSAMRIDH
Startup-relevant
Antariksh VCF (Open now)SRI Fund (Open now)SBIRI (Between calls)RDI Scheme (Between calls)

Loan or Credit Support

CGSS (Open now)
Startup-relevant
CGTMSE (Open now)PMMY (Open now)Stand Up India (Renewal awaited)PMFME (Renewal awaited)NLMYuva SahakarPMEGP (Open now)MCGS-MSME (Open now)TReDS (Open now)RDI Scheme (Between calls)Agri Infra Fund (Open now)

Incubation / Lab / Mentoring

GENESIS (Open now)SAMRIDHSTPI-NGISC2S
Startup-relevant
NIDHI-TBIi-TBIBioNESTAICs (Between calls)ACICs (Between calls)EICsTIDE 2.0NM-ICPSESDP

IP Protection Patents, Trademarks

SIPP (Renewal awaited)BIRAC-PATH (Open now)
Startup-relevant

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Market Access / Sell to Government

GeM Startup Runway
Startup-relevant
International Cooperation SchemeBHARATI (Between calls)Startups for RailwaysTReDS (Open now)

Sector-Specific Support

iDEX / ADITI / TDF (Defence) (Between calls)IN-SPACe Seed Fund / NQM (Space/Quantum)RKVY / AgriSURE (Agri) (Open now)DCIS (Telecom) (Between calls)DLI (Open now)Chips to Startup (C2S)IndiaAI (AI compute) (Open now)
Startup-relevant
BioNEST (Biotech)MAHIR (Energy)NLM (Livestock)SVEP (Rural)PRIP (Pharma) (Open now)TTDF (Telecom) (Between calls)