Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal<\/a> on Monday launched the Startup India Seed Fund<\/a> scheme and said the scheme will support India<\/a>’s domestic entrepreneurs and their business ideas who often can’t take off due to the absence of critical capital at an early stage. He also asked startups<\/a> to not get sold very cheap, particularly to foreign investors.
The Rs 945-crore scheme aims to provide financial assistance to startups<\/a> for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market entry and commercialisation and has been approved for the period of next four years starting April 1, 2021. It is expected to support about 3600 startups and 300 incubators. The call for incubators opened Monday while that for startups would open July 1.
“Don’t get sold very cheap, particularly to foreign investors or savvy investors who are able to identify a good idea and are able to buy out at an early stage of funding required,” Goyal said, adding that a very good idea often gets bought out by international venture capitalists at throwaway prices.
“I do hope the scheme will support our domestic entrepreneurs and their business ideas who often can’t take off due to the absence of critical capital at an early stage,” he said and asked startups to build a ‘crisis-proof’ business for the country.
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal<\/a> on Monday launched the Startup India Seed Fund<\/a> scheme and said the scheme will support India<\/a>’s domestic entrepreneurs and their business ideas who often can’t take off due to the absence of critical capital at an early stage. He also asked startups<\/a> to not get sold very cheap, particularly to foreign investors.
The Rs 945-crore scheme aims to provide financial assistance to startups<\/a> for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market entry and commercialisation and has been approved for the period of next four years starting April 1, 2021. It is expected to support about 3600 startups and 300 incubators. The call for incubators opened Monday while that for startups would open July 1.
“Don’t get sold very cheap, particularly to foreign investors or savvy investors who are able to identify a good idea and are able to buy out at an early stage of funding required,” Goyal said, adding that a very good idea often gets bought out by international venture capitalists at throwaway prices.
“I do hope the scheme will support our domestic entrepreneurs and their business ideas who often can’t take off due to the absence of critical capital at an early stage,” he said and asked startups to build a ‘crisis-proof’ business for the country.
As per the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), the government will provide grants of up to Rs 5 crore to eligible incubators in three or more tranches and the quantum of the first instalment maybe upto 40% of the approved commitment.
“A component of management fee at 5% of the seed fund grant to the incubator will be provisioned,” the department said.
Under the scheme, grants up to Rs 20 lakh will be provided to the startups for 'Proof of Concept' whereas funding up to Rs 50 lakh can also be availed through convertible debentures or debt-linked investments for commercialization or scale up support. Not more than 20% of total grant to incubator shall be given as grants to startups.
An incubator will be responsible for the holistic development of the incubatee, according to the department, including physical infrastructure, support testing and validation of ideas and mentorship.
The sector-agnostic scheme doesn’t require physical incubation and allows startups to apply to three incubators simultaneously.
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