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.
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.
FIPI · MyGov
A national challenge for DPIIT-recognised energy startups working across hydrocarbons, renewable energy, low-carbon technologies and energy-sector digital innovation.
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.
Startup India
A seed-support scheme delivered through eligible incubators to help eligible startups validate, trial and commercialise innovative ideas.
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.
DSIR
A support pathway for grassroots innovators, startups and MSMEs developing and commercialising technology-led innovations.
BIRAC
An early-stage biotech grant for innovators and startups developing proof-of-concept work in biotechnology and allied areas.
BIRAC
A BIRAC programme for affordable and relevant social-health product innovation.
MeitY Startup Hub
An accelerator-linked support programme for product innovation, development, growth and investment readiness.
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.
Textiles
A grant pathway for innovators and startups developing products and technologies in technical textiles.
BIRAC
An industry-academia biotechnology R&D partnership programme relevant to product-focused biotech ventures.
BIRAC
A biotech R&D support mechanism for companies developing high-risk, high-reward innovation projects.
MeitY Startup Hub
A technology-incubation programme for entrepreneurs and startups working in emerging digital technologies through participating centres.
MSME · SIDBI
A credit-guarantee framework for eligible micro and small enterprises, including startup-relevant businesses meeting lender requirements.
MSME
A support framework for MSME competitiveness, technology upgrading and enterprise development.
MSME
A supplier-development, capability-building and public-procurement support scheme for eligible SC/ST entrepreneurs.
AIM · NITI Aayog
A school-level innovation and tinkering ecosystem that can support the early entrepreneurship pipeline.
MoFPI
A formalisation, credit-linked subsidy and enterprise-development scheme for micro food-processing businesses.
MSME
A technology-development and incubation support route for enterprise innovation and startup capability building.
Rural Development
A rural-enterprise promotion programme for supporting local entrepreneurship, enterprise formation and business services.
DST
A science, technology and entrepreneurship support model for SC/ST community-led development and innovation.
Animal Husbandry
A livestock-enterprise and entrepreneurship support scheme relevant to eligible animal-husbandry and allied startups.
Power
An energy-sector advanced-research and innovation mission relevant to deep-tech and climate-tech ventures.
NCDC
An enterprise-development and innovation support pathway for youth-led cooperative ventures.
MSME
An entrepreneurship capacity-building and skill-development programme for prospective and existing entrepreneurs.
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.
Innovate UK
Competitive grant competitions for ambitious, commercially viable research and development projects across technology sectors.
U.S. DOE
Competitive non-dilutive R&D funding for small businesses developing commercial technologies aligned with U.S. Department of Energy mission areas.
NEDO
Japan’s large-scale support route for deep-tech startup R&D, commercialisation and manufacturing demonstration.