StartupTN Innovation Voucher

StartupTN Innovation Vouchers help Tamil Nadu startups pay for R&D, lab testing, prototyping and technical services from approved institutions, with support up to around Rs 10 lakh, reducing the cost of validation. The Innovation Voucher model StartupTN runs is structured in stages — typically a smaller voucher to help take an idea to a working prototype and a larger voucher for prototype-to-market activities such as product testing, quality validation and certification — redeemed against services from an approved knowledge-partner institution rather than paid out as cash to the startup. This keeps the support tied to actual R&D/testing spend with the empanelled institution, so applicants should confirm current voucher tiers and the list of approved service providers on the StartupTN portal before budgeting a specific project around it.