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Semiconductors grants in India

Explore Semiconductors grants for companies in India. This list brings together funding for chip design, fabrication, packaging, photonic and power electronics from Indian innovation agencies, research funders and foundations, international programs open to applicants in India, and competitions any company can enter, with the deadline, award size and eligibility on every listing. Grants aimed at Semiconductors in India come first.

Showing 49-72 of 117 grants

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Womenpreneur For Bharat

🇮🇳PIEDS · India

Backs women-led startups in smaller Indian cities with up to ₹15 lakh in funding plus mentorship, incubation and strategic support.

₹1.5M
GI
Closed

Assistance to Enroll and Participate in Acceleration Program (Gujarat Startup Scheme)

🇮🇳Gujarat Industries Dept · India

Funds Gujarat startups up to ₹3 lakh to join a recognized acceleration program.

₹300K
GI
Closed

Assistance to Startups having a Significant Impact on Society (Gujarat)

🇮🇳Gujarat Industries Dept · India

Funds Gujarat startups building innovative projects that create a measurable social impact.

₹1M
LI
Closed

DST NIDHI Seed Support Scheme (SSS) at IIMK LIVE

🇮🇳LIVE · India

Awards up to INR 1 crore in milestone-based seed funding to IIMK LIVE incubatees.

₹10M
KI
Closed

ELEVATE Shakti 2026

🇮🇳KITS · India

Awards women-led Karnataka startups up to INR 50 lakhs in early-stage seed grant-in-aid.

₹5M
IK
Closed

Future Stars U25 Grant

🇮🇳IKP · India

Pays five under-25 Indian founders up to Rs. 5 lakh each to build their idea.

₹500K
GO
Closed

Google for Startups Accelerator: India

🇮🇳Google · United States

Backs India-based AI startups with a three-month, equity-free accelerator program.

DR
Closed

HackNexus'26

🇮🇳Droidecks · India

Pays a ₹70,000 total cash prize, split among winning student teams, in a three-round national online hackathon for Indian college students.

IF
Closed

Naaripreneur for Her Program Cohort 2

🇮🇳IIMV FIELD · India

Awards up to INR 5 lakh total in grants plus 6 months' incubation to women-led Indian startups.

IE
Closed

NIDHI Seed Support Program (NIDHI-SSP) — Call 2

🇮🇳IKP EDEN · India

Pays Indian tech startups up to Rs. 1 crore in seed funding to hit product and market milestones.

₹10M
AI
Closed

NIDHI-Seed Support System (SSS)

🇮🇳Amity Incubator · India

Funds up to Rs. 50 lakh in equity-free seed money for early-stage startups.

₹5M
GI
Closed

Scheme for Assistance for Start Ups/Innovation (Gujarat)

🇮🇳Gujarat Industries Dept · India

Funds Gujarat startups up to ₹50 lakh across seed, social-impact and acceleration tracks.

₹5M
IG
Closed

Startup Srujan Seed Support (S4) – Cohort 3

🇮🇳i-Hub Gujarat · India

Funds Gujarat student and startup prototypes with ₹2.5-10 lakh grants to reach market.

₹250K – ₹1M
Pegasus Tech Ventures logo
Closed

Startup World Cup 2026 — Bangalore Regional

🇮🇳Pegasus · United States

Lets Bangalore-based founders pitch for a spot at the global Startup World Cup Grand Finale in Silicon Valley, where the ultimate winner receives a ₹9.3 crore investment award with no equity taken.

₹93M
GI
Closed

Sustenance Allowance (Scheme for Assistance for Start Ups/Innovation, Gujarat)

🇮🇳Gujarat Industries Dept · India

Funds Gujarat startups up to ₹30 lakh for prototyping, market research and event costs.

₹3M
IF
Closed

TIDE 2.0 Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Scheme

🇮🇳IIMV FIELD · India

Awards up to INR 4 lakh in grants plus a year of incubation to India-based tech startups.

₹400K
SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India) logo
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SIDBI Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS)

🇮🇳SIDBI (Small Industries Develo · India

Funds India's startup ecosystem indirectly by committing government-backed capital to qualified fund managers in a mother fund structure.

$1.0M – $26M
SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India) logo
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Stand-Up India Scheme

🇮🇳SIDBI (Small Industries Develo · India

Supports socially underrepresented founders in India with blended term and working capital loans for new greenfield enterprises.

$10K – $104K
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Open

Defence Rapid Impact

UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom

Funds innovators from any country developing near-term defence technology prototypes at TRL 6 or 7 through the MOD Defence Innovation Fund.

DefenseAI+9
£350K
Lockheed Martin Corp logo
Open

Lockheed Martin Ventures

Lockheed Martin Corp · United States

Invests in hardware, aerospace, and defense innovation founders through a corporate venture platform tied to Lockheed Martin.

DefenseSpace+4
$500K – $50M
MIT.nano logo
Open

MIT.nano Industry Consortium / Foundry Access

MIT.nano · United States

Provides Massachusetts startup teams access to advanced prototyping and fabrication through MIT.nano collaboration.

SemiconductorsAdvanced Materials+3
$50K – $500K
UK Defence Innovation (formerly DASA) logo
Between cycles

Open Call for Innovation

UKDI / DASA · United Kingdom

Funds organisations worldwide developing novel defence and security innovations across any technology area from TRL 1 to TRL 8.

DefenseAI+11
AR
Between cycles

Arm Silicon Startups Contest

Arm · United Kingdom

Awards up to $250,000 in Arm technology credit to the winner and $150,000 to the runner-up among early-stage semiconductor startups building Arm-based chip designs worldwide, with automatic consideration for Silicon Catalyst's own incubator.

Semiconductors
$150K – $250K
XT
Closed

AI:360 Global Startup Competition 2026

XTC · United States

Gives selected applied-AI startups a live pitch slot at XTC's AI:360 Summit plus investor and partner introductions.

AIEnergy Tech+6

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