RABI Program 2025 - SAHAS (Pre-Seed Stage)
Funds Indian agri-business ideas with up to Rs. 5 lakh to build and validate a prototype.
FIED, IIM Kashipur runs SAHAS as the earliest of several stages inside its RABI Program 2025 agribusiness incubation cycle. Selected incubatees receive equity-free grant funding of up to Rs. 5 lakh to validate their business model and build a prototype. This cycle's window has already closed; the program has historically reopened in later cycles.
SAHAS is the pre-seed category of the RKVY-RAFTAAR Agri-Business Incubation Program. It backs idea-stage founders who have a viable concept for a product, service or proof of concept in agriculture, and helps them move toward a working prototype.
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