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STPI Next Generation Incubation Scheme (NGIS) Seed Funding

Status

Status not published

Open through NGIS challenges and calls; dates are not published on the portal page.

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Amount
2,500,000 INR

Seed/risk funding of up to INR 25 lakh for promising tech startups, plus incubation infrastructure, labs, mentoring, startup-connect, marketing support and internship grants, delivered from 12 STPI centres.

Funder

Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

public · national

Deadline: One call a year — Open through NGIS challenges and calls; dates are not published on the portal page.

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
quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Technology startups building software products. NGIS runs from 12 STPI centres: Agartala, Bhilai, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Dehradun, Guwahati, Jaipur, Lucknow, Prayagraj, Mohali, Patna and Vijayawada. Intake is through All India Start-up Challenges/Hackathons.

How to apply

  1. Apply through the NGIS programme page or an All India Start-up Challenge. — link

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://startup.stpi.in/

"Avail upto Rs.25 Lakh of Seed/Risk Funding for promising startups."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

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

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