Grants & Funding Opportunities

Bharat Safety: Design. Deploy. Deliver. by AIC IIT Delhi & Honda India Foundation

Sector: Deep-tech startups

Fund: Upto: โ‚น10,00,000

Deadline: January 31, 2026

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๐’๐จ๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ | ๐€๐ˆ๐‚-๐ˆ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐“๐‡ & ๐„๐๐€๐Œ

Sector: Social startups in the Greentech space

Fund: Up to Rs. 5 Lakhs

Deadline: Rolling

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๐๐ก๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ & ๐Œ๐จ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ | ๐€๐ˆ๐‚ ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐“ ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฅ๐ก๐ข

Sector: ๐ŸŽฏ Eligibility: Deep-tech startups, researchers, developers & student teams

Fund: Deep-tech startups, researchers, developers & student teams

Deadline: 31.01.2026

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#SPARK Program by Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship -SINE IIT Bombay,

Sector: โžก๏ธ Mobility & EVs โžก๏ธ Energy & Battery Tech โžก๏ธ Advanced Materials โžก๏ธ Power Electronics โžก๏ธ Semiconductors โžก๏ธ Quantum Tech โžก๏ธ Bioengineering โžก๏ธ Healthcare โžก๏ธ CleanTech & Sustainability โžก๏ธ Robotics โžก๏ธ Smart Manufacturing โžก๏ธ Deep Tech

Fund: Grant funding up to โ‚น50 Lakhs

Deadline: 15 January 2026

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TANSEED 8.0 by StartupTN

Sector: Green Tech, Rural Impact, and Women-led Startups.other sectors.

Fund: * Up to โ‚น10 lakh for startups across sectors * Up to โ‚น15 lakh for Green Tech, Rural Impact and Women-led startups

Deadline: January 10, 2026

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๐ˆ๐ˆ๐ˆ๐“๐ƒ-๐ˆ๐‚ ๐…๐ข๐ง๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ง๐ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž

Sector: Finance Technology

Fund: 5 Lakhs Grant

Deadline: Jan 31st 2026

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Carbon Zero Challenge

Sector: Water Quality Sensors Innovation Challenge, Plastic Waste Innovation Challenge

Fund: 3 Lakhs grant

Deadline: 27th Jan 2025

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USHUS Seed Grant

Sector: Early Stage Maritime Startups

Fund: Upto 30 Lakhs Grant

Deadline: 25 th Jan 2026

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FICCI Mercedes-Benz India โ€œBharat Innovation & Business Ideas Challenge Programmeโ€

Sector: startups solving real-world challenges through sustainable, future-ready solutions.

Fund: Upto 30 Lakhs

Deadline: January 15, 2026

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HDFC Bank Parivartan Program for Startups

Sector: Carbon Removal / Management in Agriculture, Construction, and Textiles

Fund: Upto Rs. 30 Lacs

Deadline: 20 th Jan 2026

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๐„๐ง๐ญ๐ซ๐ž๐ฉ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ข๐ง ๐‘๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž (๐„๐ˆ๐‘) by TiHAN-IIT Hyderabad

Sector: Aspiring founders

Fund: Rs. 3 Lakhs (Grant)

Deadline: Rolling

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๐ƒ๐’๐“ ๐๐ˆ๐ƒ๐‡๐ˆ ๐’๐ž๐ž๐ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ by Chitkara Innovation Incubator

Sector: Startups with scalable solutions

Fund: Upto Rs. 25 Lakhs (CCD/Equity)

Deadline: 10 Jan 2026

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๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ

Sector: Startups in Agriculture, Climate & Sustainability that can drive financial Inclusion

Fund: Upto Rs. 1 Crore (Grant)

Deadline: 15 Jan 2026

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๐ƒ๐ƒ๐–๐’ ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Sector: Startups, MSMEs, Innovators and Research Teams

Fund: Rs. 3 Lakhs (Grant)

Deadline: 27 th Jan 2026

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๐—•๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—•๐˜†๐˜๐—ฒ: ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ. ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ. ๐—”๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ. by AIC IIT DELHI

Sector: Deep-tech startups, student teams & developers, researchers, and innovators

Fund: Upto Rs. 10 Lakhs (Grant)

Deadline: 31 st Jan 2026

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Calling Assistive Tech Startups!

Sector: Early-stage startups building inclusive technologies for Persons

Fund: ๐Ÿ’ก Grants of up to โ‚น20 lakhs ๐Ÿ’ก Investments of up to โ‚น50 lakhs through convertible debentures

Deadline: Rolling

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๐“๐ก๐ž ๐†๐„๐๐„๐’๐ˆ๐’ ๐„๐ˆ๐‘ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐Ž๐๐„๐!

Sector: Any Sector

Fund: Upto 10 Lakhs

Deadline: 23rd January 2026

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SUSTAINOVATION CHALLENGE 2.0

Sector: DPIIT-recognized startups with MVP or market-ready solutions in climate, green, circular, water, or social impact sectors.

Fund: Seed Funding Support: Two (2) winning startups will receive INR 5 Lakhs each as seed funding

Deadline: 31 JAN, 2026

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FITT CLEANTECH & DEEPTECH STARTUPS

Sector: climate, cleantech, and deeptech startups

Fund: Equity investments up to โ‚น8 crore

Deadline: 31 Jan 2026

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Calling All Startups Raising Funds, DeepTech & Beyond!

Sector: DeepTech: Defence Tech, CyberTech, Robotics, EVs, CleanTech, ClimateTech, SpaceTech, HealthTech, Advanced Manufacturing High-Growth Sectors: FinTech, EdTech, AgriTech, FoodTech, Consumer, Mobility, SaaS

Fund: Pre Seed, Seed to Series B), this opportunity is for you.

Deadline: 5th February, 2026

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