BCDD Grant
Funds OBC graduates up to ₹10 lakh to validate and productize a tech startup idea.
The BCDD Grant is a Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM) programme, run with Kerala's Backward Classes Development Department, for OBC graduates aged 23 to 40 with an innovative, technology-based startup product. It combines a ₹3 lakh Idea Grant for concept validation with a ₹7 lakh Productization Grant for prototyping and market entry, for up to ₹10 lakh total. Applicants pitch to an Expert Committee th…
KSUM and Kerala's Backward Classes Development Department want OBC graduates aged 23 to 40 with an innovative, technology-based startup product. Only one idea can be funded per applicant, and the OBC founder must hold at least 80% of the shares for the Productization Grant portion.
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