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Startup India Fund of Funds for Startups 2.0 (FFS 2.0)

Status

Status not published

Operational guidelines issued 25 April 2026. AIF managers apply to the Implementation Agency on a rolling basis; two-stage selection with screening by SIDBI followed by a Venture Capital Investment Committee.

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Amount
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INR 10,000 crore corpus announced in Union Budget 2025-26, deployed through SEBI-registered AIFs across four segments: deep tech funds, micro-VC funds for early-growth startups, innovative manufacturing funds, and sector/stage-agnostic funds. Startups raise from the backed AIFs, not from DPIIT.

Funder

Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), implemented by SIDBI

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Deadline: Open all year — Operational guidelines issued 25 April 2026. AIF managers apply to the Implementation Agency on a rolling basis; two-stage selection with screening by SIDBI followed by a Venture Capital Investment Committee.

Your odds
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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
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Applicants to FFS 2.0 are SEBI-registered AIFs. Downstream investee startups must be DPIIT-recognised.

How to apply

  1. AIF manager applies to SIDBI as Implementation Agency.
  2. Initial screening by the Implementation Agency.
  3. Evaluation by the Venture Capital Investment Committee on team track record, fund management capability and investment strategy.
  4. Capital commitment and drawdown; the AIF then invests in DPIIT-recognised startups.

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · DPIIT recognition for Indian startups, explained

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2255545&reg=3&lang=1

"SIDBI will act as the initial Implementation Agency"

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: www.pib.gov.in

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