TIDE 2.0 E-i-R Grant / Seed Fund for Women Entrepreneurs
Gives Indian women tech founders seed grants up to Rs 7 lakh to build an MVP.
AIC Banasthali runs this scheme as the incubating partner under the national MeitY TIDE 2.0 program, and it selects two women founders each year for each of its two funding tiers. The Entrepreneur-in-Residence tier pays up to Rs 4 lakh over one year to take a technology idea to proof of concept; a separate Seed Fund tier pays up to Rs 7 lakh over one year for founders who already have a proof of c…
The programme backs women innovators and early-stage startups turning a technology idea into a working proof of concept or MVP, with priority areas including healthcare, education, agriculture, environment and clean-tech, and clean energy. It's run through AIC Banasthali's incubator under the national MeitY TIDE 2.0 scheme.
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