Andhra Pradesh RTIH-SIDBI Seed Fund

Andhra Pradesh's ₹20-22 crore seed fund for deep-tech startups in collaboration with SIDBI and RTIH, supporting emerging technologies like AI, electronics, and quantum. Andhra Pradesh has paired this RTIH-SIDBI collaboration with a separate but complementary vehicle, AP-FIRST (Andhra Pradesh Future Innovation, Research, Science & Technology), a Section 8 company seeded with an initial ₹5 crore and mandated to focus on high-value frontiers such as semiconductors, quantum computing, and AI. Applicants evaluating this seed fund should be aware that Andhra Pradesh's deep-tech funding ecosystem is still consolidating across multiple newly launched vehicles (RTIH, AP-FIRST, and the SIDBI angel-fund structure), so eligibility criteria and disbursement timelines may evolve as these bodies formalize their operating processes.