[October 2025]
India’s business landscape is evolving rapidly, offering incredible potential for entrepreneurs and investors alike. That is why we have curated a selected listing of the top unmissable business opportunities in India — to help you discover where success awaits.
Submit Applications for Digital Track and Trace for Tyres Challenge – India
Deadline: November 15, 2025
CEAT Limited, in collaboration with the Government of India’s DPIIT, is inviting startups to participate in the “Digital Track and Trace for Tyres” challenge to develop innovative solutions for tracking tyres from production to point of sale, with the goal of boosting productivity, preventing theft, and enhancing end-to-end visibility…[more]
CIMSME Fintech Challenge to empower Startups and MSMEs (India)
Deadline: February 28, 2026
The CIMSME Fintech Challenge has been launched to discover, develop and scale innovative Fintech solutions that empower Startups and MSMEs in getting timely and adequate finance from the formal sector with the preparation of bankable business project reports and financial projections…[more]
Apply for Brandworks Concept to Commercialisation Challenge (India)
Deadline: November 25, 2025
Startup India, DPIIT, and Brandworks Technologies Private Limited have launched a program that gives India’s electronics hardware founders a true launchpad, helping startups move from MVP to PMF while building innovative and cost-effective Make in India products…[more]
Shell-GDC I-GNITE Program: AI for Science and Low-Carbon Innovations in India
Deadline: November 16, 2025
The Shell-GDC I-GNITE Program, launched by Shell GameChanger in partnership with the Gopalakrishnan-Deshpande Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (GDC), IIT Madras, invites early-stage Indian startups and late-stage translational research projects to apply for support in developing AI-based STEM innovations that contribute to energy decarbonisation and low-carbon solutions, aiming to accelerate India’s journey towards Net Zero by providing mentorship, funding, and technical resources…[more]
Request for Applications: BioVerse Challenge 2025 (India)
Deadline: January 31, 2026
Thermo Fisher Scientific is launching the BioVerse Challenge 2025 to accelerate high-potential biotech startups in India…[more]
Brandworks Concept to Commercialisation Challenge 2025 (India)
Deadline: November 25, 2025
Startup India, DPIIT and Brandworks Technologies Private Limited have launched a comprehensive program designed to support India’s electronics hardware founders in transitioning from minimum viable product to product-market fit while developing innovative and cost-effective Make in India products…[more]
CFAs: Global Centre of Excellence for Steel Decarbonisation (India)
Deadline: December 11, 2025
BHP, a leading global resources company, and Steel Authority of India Limited, India’s largest government-owned steel producer, invite proposals for the development of a Global Centre of Excellence for Steel Decarbonisation…[more]
BIRAC Bio-NEST Incubation Program (India)
Deadline: 31 March 2026
Applicants are now invited to submit applications for the BIRAC Bio-NEST Program…[more]
Entries Open for TIDES TBI Incubation Program (India)
Deadline: 30 December 2025
TIDES TBI is the flagship program of NSTEDB, DST to promote technology based startup ideas…[more]
Open Call: STPI NEURON CoE – GENESIS Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Cohort 2.0 (India)
Deadline: November 10, 2025
The Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) has launched a call for applications under its NEURON Centre of Entrepreneurship (CoE) for the GENESIS – Entrepreneur-in-Residence (EiR) Cohort 2.0, inviting tech startups to develop innovative solutions in emerging technologies…[more]
Grant for Agroecology Program (GAP) – Regular Fund in India
Deadline: Ongoing
Applications are now open for the GAP- Regular Fund programme to strengthen Smart Agro-Ecology practices that enhance productivity, reduce environmental impact, and improve the livelihoods of smallholder farmers…[more]
Applications open for Social Alpha Entrepreneurs-in-Residence Fellowship Programme (India)
Deadline: Ongoing
The Social Alpha Entrepreneurs-in-Residence (EiR) Fellowship Programme is a year-long immersive programme that equips passionate ‘entrepreneurs-in-the-making’ with end-to-end capacity building and resources to leverage India’s deep science, innovation, and entrepreneurship environment…[more]
XDC Network Finternet Accelerator Program (India)
Deadline: Ongoing
The T-Hub is accepting applications for its XDC Network Finternet Accelerator Program to support and nurture Web3 startups, leveraging the combined strengths of T Hub and the XDC Network…[more]
60-Day Special Skill Development Program (SSDP) under T-DRIVE Initiative – India
Deadline: Ongoing
T-Hub is now inviting applications for its 60-day Special Skill Development Program (SSDP) under the T-DRIVE initiative…[more]
Apply for Launchpad Startup Program (India)
Deadline: Ongoing
The Nadathur S Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) is pleased to announce the Launchpad Startup Program designed to help your startup move from an idea to implementation stage…[more]
Calling all Agritech Startups to collaborate with Farmers (India)
Deadline: Ongoing
Do you have the solutions that farmers need? Are your products designed to make a difference in the agricultural sector? Kerala Startup Mission is inviting Expression of Interest (EOI) from startups to collaborate with farmers…[more]
