Provided by: PIEDS, BITS Pilani
Funding Support
Up to ₹1.5 Crore
Application Deadline
Open / Rolling
Official Website
Not listed
Equity or equity-linked seed funding for defence and aerospace startups that have received eligible iDEX support. Eligibility: DPIIT-recognised private limited startups, generally with prior iDEX grant support and solutions in defence, aerospace or deeptech. Official verification — Batch 02: Programme and fund manager verified; current intake partially verified. PIEDS and the SIDBI-iDEX seed fund pathway were confirmed; exact 2026 application route requires final confirmation. Final conditional resolution — Checkpoint 22: Official PIEDS SIDBI-iDEX seed-fund programme verified. Official PIEDS programme information confirms the funding ceiling; exact intake timing is call-based.
Startup Stage
All stages
Industry Sectors
All sectors
State Limitation
Pan-India
DPIIT & MSME Recognition
DPIIT Required • MSME Not Mandatory
Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0
₹10,000 crore corpus at scheme level (indirect via AIFs)
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Pitch deck / proposal
Founder / applicant KYC
Certificate of incorporation / registration
DPIIT recognition certificate
Cap table / shareholding pattern
Traction and unit economics
Historical financial statements / projections