Startup Seed Funding

Highlighted papers are required by at least one scheme.

Implementing departments are not linked to these schemes yet.

No bank products are linked to this opportunity yet — bank intelligence is not ingested.

What to do, in order

1. Today

   • Get the registrations every application asks for

     Aadhaar — UIDAI (Before applying) · PAN — Income Tax Dept (Before applying) · Bank account — Any scheduled bank (Before applying) · Udyam registration — Ministry of MSME (To register the enterprise). The bracket is each authority's own wording on when it is needed — we hold no processing times for any of them.

2. This week

   • Collect the documents these schemes ask for

     136 documents appear across this opportunity's schemes; 136 of them are marked mandatory: Aadhaar card, PAN card, Bank account details, Component, GST registration, Passport-size photograph, Self-declaration / affidavit, A declaration of non-availment of incentives under other schemes (except SSIP, if applicable), A video about your startup describing your product, service or business model, Address proof, Agreement between incubator and startup, Appointment Letter or Proof of Full-Time Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Arunachal Pradesh Scheduled Tribe (APST) Certificate, Audited Annual Report for last 2 years, Audited Balance Sheet for the previous financial year, Audited Profit and Loss statement for the previous financial year, Balance Sheet, Birth / age proof, Board Resolution / Authorisation letter / PoA, Board resolution/Authorization Letter/PoA, BPL certificate from DESME, Business proposal document, Business proposal document with innovative idea details, Business Registration Certificate, Caste certificate, Certificate of completion of the training program, clearly indicating the name of the participants (founder/co-founders of startup), Certificate of Incorporation, Certificate of Incorporation / Registration documents of the startup, Certificate of incorporation/ partnership deed, Company Incorporation Certificate, AoA and MoA(in case of Pvt. Ltd./ Public limited company), Company incorporation documents (Incorporation Certificates, MoA, AoA, DIN nos), Competition analysis – key competitors, the advantage of product/ service over competition, etc, Compliance Documentation For Tribal Sub Plan And Scheduled Caste Sub Plan Guidelines of Government of India, Contract of Employment (Should Be of at Least 12 Months for a Technical Work Profile)*, Copy of Memorandum of Understanding, CVs of full-time employees Working for the Incubation Center, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Registration Certificate, Description of product/ service, Detailed project cost breakup, Detailed Project Report (DPR), Details of fees to be paid for participating in the acceleration program – preferably on the letterhead of the host organization, Details of soft Loan sought from KSUM, Details of the Expenditure (For Budget Recurring, Estimating For Year 1 And Year 2), Documentary evidence for verification by BIG Partners, Documentation Regarding the Good Incubation Centre, Documents are required as per the Startup Policy guidelines to avail the benefits of the scheme, DPIIT recognition, DPIIT Recognition Certificate, DPIIT registration/valid MSME certificate, Educational certificates and mark sheets, Educational qualification Certificate, Email Identification of the Institute, Evaluation matrix by Nodal Institution, Evidence of access to key samples needed to execute the project (eg, Evidence of access to the unique facility(ies) needed to execute a project, Faculty Identification (ID) Details, Financial documents, including projected revenue and funding requirements, Financial feasibility report/certification (if any), Financial statements, For Implementing Agencies, For Startups, Formal agreements/ MoUs with other key facility(ies) providers/ suppliers, Given format filled with details and signature, Govt. Issued ID Card of applicant, How does it work?, HR Letter Certifying That Employment Contracts of Employees Fulfill Conditions Mentioned in the Policy Regarding the Period of Contract and Work Profile*, Income certificate, Income Tax Return for the previous financial year, Incorporation Certificate, Incubator Pitch deck, Informative document of the acceleration program (brochure, leaflet, a letter from the host organization, etc.), Informative document of the training program (brochure, leaflet, a letter from the host organization, etc.), Institution/Department Credentials (Including Details On Accreditation, Research Projects, Consultancy Projects, And Type of Institute Under TEQIP-I/II), Justification Document (Details Regarding Various Parameters/Criteria), KSUM Unique ID, Land lease agreement or Land Parcha, if applicable, Latest Audited Balance Sheet, ITR, P&L statements of the Company, if applicable, Letter of acceptance or MoU with incubator, Letter of commitment from Scientific Advisors/ Mentors to serve as honorary advisors, Letter of intent of key members of the technical team, Letter of interest/intent from the incubator, Loan sanction letter, MeitY Startup Hub (MSH) Registration Certificate or proof of being a beneficiary of a MeitY Scheme, No dues certificate from Arunachal Pradesh State Co-Operative Apex Bank, NOC from SABCO/SIDICO, Objective for the startup or innovation, Original hard copy of Invoice & Receipt with authorized seal and signature from the research organization, Percentage Grant Received From Government, Pictures of facilities, Pitch deck, Pitch Deck / Business Plan, Pitch presentation with the following details, Post Expert Selection Panel (ESC), Problem statement, Product Demonstration / Market-Readiness Document (applicable for categories requiring market-ready products and seeking funds for commercialisation), Proof of All India Council For Technical Education Approval (Institute Status), Proof of assistance from Central/State Government, Proof of business address, Proof of engagement in supporting startups (such as details of incubation/acceleration programmes run by the entity), Proof of entity (If the entity is registered), Proof of Identity, Proof of Institute/University Department Existence (Must Be At Least 10 Years), Proof of legal entity Incubator, Proof of Matching Funds from Private Sector (applicable for Investment Support component only — 1, Proof of Registered Company/Start-Up In Student’s Name, Proof of residence, Proof of startup registration (Startup India or equivalent), Proof of Student Enrollment (Final Year Degree/Diploma Course), Proposal Details (Including Title, Technical Field, Abstract, Objective, And Expected Outcome), Receipt of fees paid for enrolling and participating in the acceleration program, Receipt of fees paid for participating in the training program, Recommendation form by Nodal Institution (revised format is attached for reference), Recommendation letter from a Nodal Institution, Records of Incubation Centre Activities (Must Be Ongoing For At Least 5 Years), Records of Student Enrollment (Minimum 50 Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe Students On Average During the Last 3 Years), Reference of Extension of Approval Letter For the Current Year, Required Documentation and Data (Financial and Institute Identity), Required Documentation and Data (General), Required Documentation and Data (Principal Investigator/Coordinator), Required Documentation and Data (Student/Startup Specific), Residence Proof details of the director(s)/ applicant(s), Revenue projections for the next 3-5 years, Salary Slips of Concerned Employees*, Scanned Image of, Shareholding Pattern Document, evidencing at least 51% shareholding by Indian promoters at the time of application (as per the Companies Act, 2013), Sikkim Subject Certificate/COI/Residential Certificate, Target market and customers, Technical feasibility/ product testing report/certification (if any), Technology Transfer Agreement with a research organization, Tentative action plan for the next 3-5 years, The following non-mandatory documents are desirable to be attached to the application form, The Form and Documents as Mentioned in Annexure 1*, Trading License, Unemployment Card from respective BAC, USP/Uniqueness of the product/service, Valid Email ID (the email should be valid for at least 1 year). Gathering them once serves every application.

3. This month

   • Apply to the schemes recorded against this opportunity

     18 schemes on record. 2 of them carry credit-guarantee cover — name it in the application if you have no collateral to pledge.

4. When you expand

   • Grow into the businesses this one opens up

     Manufacturing — Scaling a validated product into your own manufacturing unit is the classic next step · AI & Deep Tech — AI and deep-tech tracks carry dedicated startup support · Biotech — Biotech ventures have their own startup support ecosystem. Each is a full opportunity in its own right, with its own schemes.

Not mapped yet: After the loan · Once you're producing · Once you're selling.

These phases are an order, not a schedule. The corpus carries no approval times, processing windows or dates, so nothing here tells you how long a step takes — only what comes before what. Phases listed as unknown have no supporting data yet, so they are left empty rather than filled in with a guess.