NIDHI Accelerator
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Cohort-based acceleration run by DST-selected accelerators, generally with a small cash grant to each participating startup plus intensive mentoring and investor connects. Amount is set per accelerator.
Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India
public · national
Deadline: rolling — Each NIDHI Accelerator announces its own cohort dates.
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.
Quick — mostly identity and bank details.
Who can apply
- Sectors: deeptech, any
- Stage: pre_seed, seed
- Locally registered entity required
Indian technology startups with a working product seeking market traction.
Source. https://nidhi.dst.gov.in/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked