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Equity

Tamil Nadu SC/ST Startup Fund

Status

Status not published

No call dates are published on the StartupTN page.

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Amount
Not published

Investment fund for startups founded solely by Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe entrepreneurs. The StartupTN page does not publish a ticket size, so no amount is stated here.

Funder

Tamil Nadu Startup and Innovation Mission (StartupTN / TANSIM), Government of Tamil Nadu

public · regional

Deadline: One call a year — No call dates are published on the StartupTN 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

Startups founded solely by SC/ST entrepreneurs. Detailed criteria and ticket size are not published on the StartupTN page.

How to apply

  1. See the StartupTN site for the current SC/ST Startup Fund call. — link

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Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://startuptn.in/

"A fund for investing in startups founded solely by Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe entrepreneurs."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

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

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