Deadline Date: April 30, 2026
The Startup India Seed Fund Scheme under STPI Electropreneur Park CoE provides financial assistance to eligible DPIIT-recognized startups to support early-stage innovation, product development, and market expansion in the electronic system design and manufacturing ecosystem.
The programme focuses on funding support of up to Rs. 20 lakhs as a grant for proof-of-concept validation, prototype development, product testing, and building a market-ready product, along with seed funding of up to Rs. 50 lakhs for market entry, commercialization, and scaling through convertible debentures or debt or debt-linked instruments, while targeting multiple focus sectors including 3D printing and additive manufacturing, autonomous connected electric shared systems, agri-tech, assistive technology, battery systems and charging infrastructure, clean energy, consumer electronics, cognitive computing and social sensing, embedded systems, emerging technologies, energy technology, electronic system design and manufacturing, Internet of Things, medical healthcare, networking, renewable energy, robotics, smart home solutions, space technology, telecommunications, vehicle telematics, waste management, green electronics, semiconductor design, and PCB design.
The Startup India Seed Fund Scheme initiative is supported through the Software Technology Parks of India and the Centre of Excellence Electropreneur Park, which operates as a Centre of Excellence in Electronic System Design Manufacturing. It has been officially designated as a Seed Fund Partner under the national scheme to strengthen early-stage startup development in India’s technology and electronics ecosystem.
The programme is designed to support DPIIT-recognized startups that are less than two years old and operate with tech-driven, scalable business models. The focus is on enabling startups to move from early-stage validation to commercialization and growth by providing structured financial assistance at critical stages of development.
The funding support is structured to address multiple stages of startup development. Early-stage assistance is provided for activities such as validating concepts, building prototypes, testing products, and developing market-ready solutions. Further funding is available to support startups in entering the market, scaling operations, and commercializing their products through structured financial instruments.
Eligible startups must not have received prior government funding exceeding Rs. 10 lakhs, ensuring that the scheme primarily supports early-stage ventures that require initial capital to accelerate their innovation journey.
The programme covers a wide range of emerging and strategic sectors, including advanced manufacturing, clean energy, robotics, IoT, renewable energy, semiconductor design, smart systems, healthcare technology, space technology, and other deep-tech domains. This broad sectoral focus reflects the initiative’s aim to support innovation across critical areas of technological development.
Through this structured funding mechanism, the scheme aims to strengthen India’s startup ecosystem by enabling early-stage ventures to develop, validate, and scale innovative solutions in high-impact technology sectors.
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