Skip to content
Unclaimed
Discovery tool, not advice. Every figure is the published rule, not a decision on your case.
Grants

iDEA Project Pre-Seed Startup Grant

আইডিয়া প্রকল্প

Status

Status not published

The iDEA portal carries a live 'Apply for Startup Grant' route. Round-specific deadlines are published on the portal; the project has run several application rounds.

Open now
Amount
1,000,000 BDT

Pre-seed grant to early-stage or newly established ventures; publicly documented awards include BDT 10 lakh (BDT 1,000,000) per startup, along with co-working space and mentoring support.

Funder

Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) Project, ICT Division, Government of Bangladesh

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — The iDEA portal carries a live 'Apply for Startup Grant' route. Round-specific deadlines are published on the portal; the project has run several application rounds.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

Who can apply

Bangladeshi early-stage and newly established ventures. Read the iDEA Standard Operating Procedures on the portal for the current round's detailed criteria.

How to apply

  1. Register on the iDEA portal (idea.gov.bd).
  2. Submit the startup grant application with the business idea and team details.
  3. Screening and evaluation by the iDEA selection panel.
  4. Grant disbursed in tranches with co-working space and mentoring.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://idea.gov.bd/

"The provision of coworking space, mentoring support, and a generous grant of BDT 10 lakhs has propelled our startup towards success"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

Similar programmes

iDEA Project SME Grant

Status not published

Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (iDEA) Project, ICT Division, Government of Bangladesh

Bangladesh Bank Startup Fund

Status not published

Bangladesh Bank (central bank)

SME Foundation credit wholesaling and enterprise development support

Status not published

SME Foundation, Ministry of Industries, Government of Bangladesh

Startup Bangladesh Limited (government venture capital)

Open continuously

Startup Bangladesh Limited, ICT Division, Government of Bangladesh

Paid, separate from Unclaimed

Want a human to review your application?

Involve Consulting can help — a paid expert-review service run by the same person behind Unclaimed, entirely separate from this free check. A flat fee, agreed up front; never a cut of what you receive.

Talk to Involve Consulting