Opportunity database
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DoT · TCOE India
DoT-supported participation for eligible telecom, ICT and allied-tech startups and MSMEs at India Mobile Congress 2026.
TDB · DST
A bilateral R&D call for Indian companies and Finnish partners working in sustainable energy, digital technologies, microelectronics and power electronics.
JETRO GSAP
An equity-free international acceleration route for Japanese B2B, SaaS and B2B2C technology startups expanding overseas.
DST · USISTEF
A bilateral call for commercially relevant U.S.–India technology initiatives in critical minerals and quantum technologies.
European Innovation Council
Flagship European deep-tech scale-up funding for high-risk innovations at technology readiness levels 6 to 8.
DST · JSPS
A call for joint India–Japan research projects and workshops spanning science, agriculture, materials and engineering.
Eureka · Eurostars
International collaborative R&D funding for innovative SMEs and their commercialisation-focused technology project partners.
Innovative Solutions Canada
A technology challenge for an uncrewed ground system supporting surveillance and reconnaissance.
Innovative Solutions Canada
A technology challenge for infrared quantum-light solutions for material characterisation and secure communication.
FIPI · MyGov
A national challenge for DPIIT-recognised energy startups working across hydrocarbons, renewable energy, low-carbon technologies and energy-sector digital innovation.
Innovative Solutions Canada
A technology challenge seeking an uncrewed air-system solution for Arctic operations.
iDEX · MoD
An open innovation route for startups, MSMEs and innovators developing solutions relevant to national defence and security.
NASA SBIR/STTR
A current NASA Phase II technology-commercialisation opportunity for eligible STTR teams advancing mission-relevant innovations.
NSF Seed Fund
America’s Seed Fund for deep-technology startups commercialising science and engineering innovations.
Startup India
A seed-support scheme delivered through eligible incubators to help eligible startups validate, trial and commercialise innovative ideas.
DST · NIDHI
Seed support delivered through selected incubators for technology-based startups progressing toward market validation and commercialisation.
DST · NIDHI
Prototype-development support for innovators and startups through PRAYAS Centres and Advanced PRAYAS Centres.
Govt. of India
A government R&D and innovation support pathway included in the official startup schemes baseline.
DST
Quantum-technology ecosystem and innovation support linked to the National Quantum Mission.
DSIR
A support pathway for grassroots innovators, startups and MSMEs developing and commercialising technology-led innovations.
MeitY Startup Hub
An accelerator-linked support programme for product innovation, development, growth and investment readiness.
MeitY Startup Hub
A MeitY programme focused on supporting innovative startups, including those outside the largest startup hubs.
STPI · MeitY
A technology-startup incubation and support programme run through the STPI ecosystem.
MeitY
A semiconductor and systems-design capacity-building programme that supports technology and startup development through participating institutions.
iDEX · MoD
A defence-innovation framework supporting startups, MSMEs and innovators through challenge-led product development and procurement pathways.
iDEX · MoD
A defence deep-tech support route under the iDEX ecosystem for strategically important technologies.
DRDO
A defence technology-development funding route for industry, MSMEs and startups working on indigenous defence systems and subsystems.
IN-SPACe
A seed-support pathway for Indian space-sector startups and innovators under the IN-SPACe ecosystem.
DoT
A telecom and digital-communications innovation support pathway for startup and research-led solutions.
Textiles
A grant pathway for innovators and startups developing products and technologies in technical textiles.
Mines
A science and technology innovation support pathway for mining, minerals and recycling-sector solutions.
DST
Technology Innovation Hubs supporting cyber-physical systems research, translation, incubation and entrepreneur access.
DST · NIDHI
A networked centre model for specialised technology innovation, prototyping and startup support.
BIRAC
A route for translating academic research into enterprise and commercial outcomes in biotechnology and allied fields.
MeitY Startup Hub
A technology-incubation programme for entrepreneurs and startups working in emerging digital technologies through participating centres.
MeitY
A semiconductor-design support scheme for domestic design companies, startups and related innovation entities.
ISRO · IN-SPACe
A space-sector venture-capital route in the official government startup schemes baseline.
ISRO · IN-SPACe
A support pathway for adopting and commercialising space technologies across Indian enterprise and startup use cases.
MSME
A technology-development and incubation support route for enterprise innovation and startup capability building.
Power
An energy-sector advanced-research and innovation mission relevant to deep-tech and climate-tech ventures.
Karnataka
Karnataka’s startup-support and funding programme for innovative ventures, with themed editions and live-call availability on the official portal.
Kerala Startup Mission
A Kerala seed-support scheme providing early-stage startups a soft loan against purchase orders for product development, customer development, marketing and scaling.
NRC IRAP
Technology innovation advice, connections and project funding for Canadian SMEs taking innovations to market.
Innovate UK
Competitive grant competitions for ambitious, commercially viable research and development projects across technology sectors.
Innovate UK
Patient innovation finance for UK SMEs pursuing business growth through innovation, awarded through competitive loan competitions.
Innovate UK
Public-sector challenge competitions that fund feasibility studies, prototypes and demonstrators for new technology solutions.
U.S. DOE
Competitive non-dilutive R&D funding for small businesses developing commercial technologies aligned with U.S. Department of Energy mission areas.
ARPA-E
Energy-innovation support for early-career innovators working on transformative technology ideas.
NEDO
Japan’s large-scale support route for deep-tech startup R&D, commercialisation and manufacturing demonstration.
Global Startup Center
Commercialisation and expansion support for foreign-founded tech startups entering the Korean market.