NIDHI Seed Support System (NIDHI-SSS)
Open continuously
No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.
Seed support of up to about INR 1 crore per startup, provided by a DST-supported technology business incubator as equity, a convertible instrument or a soft loan out of an SSS corpus granted to that incubator.
Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India
public · national
Deadline: rolling — Applications go to the individual incubator holding an SSS corpus; each incubator runs its own selection.
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
- Under 5 years old
- Sectors: deeptech, any
- Stage: pre_seed, seed
- Locally registered entity required
Startup must be physically incubated at the DST-supported incubator, incorporated in India with majority Indian shareholding, and have a technology-based product at or near market readiness. DPIIT recognition is commonly expected by host incubators.
Source. https://nidhi.dst.gov.in/ — checked 2026-08-14 · not human-checked