State of Startup Funding in India
Updated live · last generated 30 October 2026
Every number on this page is computed directly from ZeedFund's own tracked dataset of verified, currently open Indian startup funding opportunities, not a survey or a one-time study. As the underlying data changes, so does this page.
617
Open opportunities
343
Organisations funding startups
216
Investors you can pitch directly
10
States with active state-specific schemes
Funding by type
Grants remain the dominant form of early-stage Indian startup funding, non-dilutive and the most accessible for first-time founders.
Grant
390 · 63%
Equity
60 · 10%
Debt
53 · 9%
Other
42 · 7%
Competition
28 · 5%
Incubation
24 · 4%
Accelerator
20 · 3%
Funding by category
Incubators
310 · 50%
Government Grants & Schemes
157 · 25%
CSR & Corporate Giving
58 · 9%
Government Credit & Guarantee Schemes
24 · 4%
Accelerators
23 · 4%
International / Global Opportunities
19 · 3%
DFIs & Development Institutions
8 · 1%
Venture Debt
7 · 1%
Hackathons, Challenges & Pitch Competitions
7 · 1%
Uncategorised
2 · 0%
Crowdfunding & P2P Lending
1 · 0%
Venture Capital
1 · 0%
Who is offering funding
Incubator
309 · 50%
Government
183 · 30%
CSR Foundation
50 · 8%
Other
35 · 6%
Accelerator
21 · 3%
Corporate
9 · 1%
Bank
7 · 1%
University
1 · 0%
NBFC
1 · 0%
Venture Capitalist (VC)
1 · 0%
Funding by startup stage
Ideation
198 · 32%
Pre Seed
188 · 30%
Early Stage
182 · 29%
Seed
137 · 22%
Growth
75 · 12%
Any Stage
14 · 2%
Late Stage
8 · 1%
Top 10 states by active schemes
Counts state-specific schemes only, excludes Pan-India and central government programmes available everywhere.
Kerala
19 · 3%
Karnataka
14 · 2%
Tamil Nadu
13 · 2%
Maharashtra
11 · 2%
Gujarat
10 · 2%
Telangana
6 · 1%
Delhi
6 · 1%
Uttar Pradesh
5 · 1%
Rajasthan
4 · 1%
Haryana
3 · 0%
Using this data
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