Startup India Seed

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Startup India Seed Compute

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Free tier	Up to INR 20 lakh as a milestone-based grant for proof of concept, prototype development or product trials, plus up to INR 50 lakh of investment through convertible debentures, debt or debt-linked instruments for market entry and commercialisation, disbursed through eligible incubators rather than directly by the government. unit none; metered on wall-clock; grant
Price	none stated
Per-object cap	not applicable
Retention	not applicable
Egress	not stated
Identity	institution not published
Limits	write-gated The applicant must be 'A startup, recognized by DPIIT, incorporated not more than 2 years ago at the time of application', and DPIIT recognition requires an Indian incorporated entity, so a person with no Indian company fails before the incubator sees the application. source The applicant must be 'A startup, recognized by DPIIT, incorporated not more than 2 years ago at the time of application', and DPIIT recognition requires an Indian incorporated entity, so a person with no Indian company fails before the incubator sees the application.
Binding	write-gated The applicant must be 'A startup, recognized by DPIIT, incorporated not more than 2 years ago at the time of application', and DPIIT recognition requires an Indian incorporated entity, so a person with no Indian company fails before the incubator sees the application.
Interface	unknown inferred from the tooling the provider documents; not probed
Tooling	not stated
Composes with	The two halves do not stack into one cheque: the INR 20 lakh is a grant and the INR 50 lakh is a repayable instrument, so the free portion is the smaller number. Because disbursement runs through an incubator, the practical gate after DPIIT is an incubator selection, which is a second discretionary review.
Reliability	no reliability event recorded
Notes	The number worth remembering is 20 lakh, because the 50 lakh beside it is debt-like and a reader who takes the pair as a grant overstates the free capacity by a factor of 3.5. Three readings of eligibility were considered. (a) DPIIT recognition is open to foreign founders: refuted, recognition requires an entity incorporated in India. (b) The scheme accepts a sole proprietorship: unresolved, the FAQ says 'incorporated', which in Indian usage usually means a company or LLP rather than a proprietorship. (c) The 2-year incorporation clock can be paused: refuted, it is measured at the time of application.
Evidence rung	documented
Checked	2026-10-22 (live); stale on 2026-11-21

Evidence (4)

date	source	what it proved
2026-10-22	seedfund.startupindia.gov.in/faq	'Up to Rs. 20 Lakhs as grant for validation of Proof of Concept, or prototype development, or product trials'; 'Up to Rs. 50 Lakhs of investment for market entry, commercialization, or scaling up through convertible debentures or debt', quoted
2026-10-22	seedfund.startupindia.gov.in/faq	'A startup, recognized by DPIIT, incorporated not more than 2 years ago at the time of application is invited to apply'
2026-10-22	www.startupindia.gov.in/content/dam/startupindia/homebanners	the DPIIT playbook one-pager repeats 'DPIIT recognised startups' and 'Incorporated not more than 2 years ago at the time of application', quoted
2026-10-22	www.startupindia.gov.in/content/dam/invest-india/brics/gotom	not published

More fields (1)

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Unknown or withheld values (11)

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$.egress.terms not-stated
$.evidence[3].proved withheld
$.identity_cost.detail process
$.interface interface-unknown
$.per_object_cap.notes process
$.per_object_cap.stated not-applicable
$.reliability_note none-observed
$.retention.notes process
$.retention.stated not-applicable
$.tooling not-stated