Provided by: Startup India / SIDBI
Verified by our research team on 7 Jul 2026
Funding Support
₹10,000 crore corpus at scheme level (indirect via AIFs)
Application Deadline
Open / Rolling
Official Website
Not listed
A ₹10,000 crore corpus managed by SIDBI that provides indirect capital to startups by investing in SEBI-registered Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs). Startups cannot apply directly to this fund. This is the version of the scheme as documented directly on the Startup India portal's own scheme PDF, administered with SIDBI as the operating agency; the core mechanic is unchanged from the broader FFS 2.0 structure — SIDBI commits to SEBI-registered AIFs, which must in turn deploy capital into DPIIT-recognised startups. Because there genuinely is no startup-facing application form for this scheme, founders are better served tracking which AIFs publicly disclose an FFS commitment and building a relationship with those fund managers directly.
Startup Stage
All stages
Industry Sectors
All sectors
State Limitation
Pan-India
DPIIT & MSME Recognition
DPIIT Not Mandatory • MSME Not Mandatory
Faculty Innovation & Startup Traction (FIST)
Up to ₹75 Lakhs
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