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Equity

Fund of Funds for Startups (FFS), operated by SIDBI

स्टार्टअप्स के लिए फंड ऑफ फंड्स

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open

Amount

Not published

No direct grant: the Fund of Funds for Startups invests via SEBI-registered Alternative Investment Funds from an approved corpus of INR 10,000 crore, and a Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 with a corpus of INR 10,000 crore has been announced. Startups receive money from the AIFs, not from SIDBI directly.

Funder

Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), on behalf of DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — AIF managers approach SIDBI Venture Capital for commitments; there is no application route for individual startups.

Your odds

Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort

quick

Quick — mostly identity and bank details.

Who can apply

Stage: seed, Series A and growth
Locally registered entity required

Indirect instrument. The startup-facing eligibility condition is that the investee must qualify as a startup under the DPIIT definition for the AIF's FFS-attributable investment to count, so DPIIT recognition is effectively required for the FFS-linked portion. Terms are set by the AIF, not by SIDBI or DPIIT.

How to apply

Startups: identify and pitch to Alternative Investment Funds that have received an FFS commitment from SIDBI. — link
Fund managers: apply to SIDBI Venture Capital Ltd for a commitment from the Fund of Funds for Startups. — link

What you will need

For AIFs: SEBI AIF registration and fund documents

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.sidbivcf.in/en/funds/ffs

"It has approved corpus of Rs 10,000 crore for contribution to various Alternative Investment Funds (AIFs) registered with SEBI."

Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026

Source: www.sidbivcf.in

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