AgriTech grants for startups
50 grants, prizes and schemes written for AgriTech startups. Grants open to every sector are on the main grants page.
- Open all yearGrant
ACT Grants (Catalyst and Momentum Grants)
ACT Capital Foundation for Social Impact - Open all yearSubsidy
Agri Clinics and Agri Business Centres Scheme (AC&ABC)
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (training by MANAGE, subsidy via NABARD) - Open all yearSubsidy
Animal Husbandry Infrastructure Development Fund (AHIDF)
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying - Open all yearEquity
BIRAC LEAP Fund (via BioNEST incubators)
BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology - Open all yearEquity
BIRAC SEED Fund (via BioNEST incubators)
BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology - Open all yearGrant
C-CAMP Wadhwani Innovation Network (WIN) Centre of Excellence
C-CAMP Bengaluru with Wadhwani Foundation - Closes 12 Nov 2026Prize
Chief Minister's Innovation Contest (Meghalaya)
PRIME Meghalaya, Planning Department, Government of Meghalaya Meghalaya - Open all yearPrize
Curt Bergfors Food Planet Prize
Curt Bergfors Foundation - Open all yearGrant
DIV Fund (successor to USAID Development Innovation Ventures)
DIV Fund (independent non-profit, ex USAID DIV team) - Open all yearReimbursement
Export Promotion Mission: LIFT Freight Reimbursement
Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Department of Commerce - Open all yearGrant
Grant for Agroecology Program (GAP) Fund
ACCESS Development Services - Open all yearGrant
IIMA Ventures Women's Economic Empowerment Program
IIMA Ventures, supported by the Gates Foundation - Open all yearGrant
Karnataka Grassroot Innovation Programme
Department of Electronics, IT, BT and S&T, Government of Karnataka Karnataka - Open all yearGrant
KSUM AgriNext Agri-Tech Startup Grant (KERA Project)
Kerala Startup Mission, Government of Kerala (KERA project, with the World Bank) Kerala - Opening soonSubsidy
National Livestock Mission: Entrepreneurship Development
Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying - Open all yearGrant
PM Matsya Kisan Samridhi Sah-Yojana (PM-MKSSY) Performance Grants
Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying - Open all yearGrant plus other support
Rainmatter Foundation Grants and Fellowships
Rainmatter Foundation (Zerodha founders) - Open all yearGrant
RKVY-RAFTAAR Innovation and Agri-Entrepreneurship Programme
Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare - Open all yearFellowship
Social Alpha Entrepreneur in Residence Fellowship
Social Alpha - Open all yearGrant
WFP Innovation Accelerator Challenge
UN World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator - ClosedGrant
100+ Accelerator (AB InBev, Coca-Cola, Unilever and partners)
Anheuser-Busch InBev with The Coca-Cola Company, Colgate-Palmolive, Danone, Mondelez International and Unilever - ClosedGrant
AgriDISQovery (Digital Impact Square)
Digital Impact Square and Sahyadri Rural Development Foundation, supported by Maharashtra State Innovation Society - ClosedGrant
Biotechnology Ignition Grant (BIG)
BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology - ClosedGrant
Biotechnology Industry Partnership Programme (BIPP)
BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology - ClosedLoan
BIRAC Product Commercialization Program Fund (PCP Fund)
BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology - Closes 27 Oct 2026Grant
C-CAMP Call for Validation of Field-Ready Climate Solutions
C-CAMP Centre of Excellence for Sustainability and Climate Action, with Ashraya Hastha Trust - Closes 20 Oct 2026Prize
D.E.S.I.G.N. for BioE3 Challenge
Department of Biotechnology, BIRAC and BRIC - ClosedGrant
DBT-BIRAC BioE3 Biomanufacturing Joint Calls
Department of Biotechnology and BIRAC, Ministry of Science and Technology - ClosedPrize
Earthna Prize
Earthna Center for a Sustainable Future (Qatar Foundation) - ClosedGrant
EPAM Social Impact Innovation Program (AIC-IIITH)
AIC-IIITH Foundation (IIIT Hyderabad) with EPAM Systems India - ClosedGrant
Global Grand Challenges (Gates Foundation)
Gates Foundation - ClosedGrant
Grand Challenges India (GCI)
BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology, with the Gates Foundation - ClosedPrize
Greenovation Challenges (EarthON Foundation)
EarthON Foundation with Greenovation Hub (SwitchON Foundation) - ClosedGrant
HDFC Bank Parivartan Start-up Grants
HDFC Bank Parivartan (CSR), through partner incubators - ClosedGrant
IIMA Ventures North East Growth Lab
IIMA Ventures - ClosedGrant
India-Canada Collaborative Industrial R&D Programme
DST India via Technology Development Board, with NRC IRAP and Global Affairs Canada - ClosedGrant
Kemin and Venture Center CSR Grant (One Health)
Kemin Industries South Asia (CSR), run by Venture Center Pune - Closes 31 Oct 2026Grant
Kotak BizLabs Season 3
Kotak Mahindra Bank CSR, with IIMA Ventures, NSRCEL, T-Hub, FITT and IIM Calcutta Innovation Park - ClosedGrant
Krishi Mangal (Social Alpha and Cisco CSR)
Social Alpha with Cisco CSR - ClosedPrize
Land Accelerator India
WRI India, with Villgro - ClosedPrize
MAGIC Bharat AgriTech Innovation Challenge (BATIC)
Marathwada Accelerator for Growth and Incubation Council (MAGIC), Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar - ClosedGrant
NSRCEL Impact Orbit: Tech-Enabled Social Innovations
NSRCEL IIM Bangalore, powered by Capgemini - ClosedGrant
Pitch 2Konnect: Prototype-to-Market Grant
KonguTBI (TBI@KEC, Kongu Engineering College) with Karur Vysya Bank CSR - ClosedGrant
Promoting Academic Research Conversion to Enterprise (PACE)
BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology - ClosedGrant
SBIF Innovators for Bharat (SBI Foundation)
SBI Foundation (CSR arm of State Bank of India), run through partner incubators - ClosedGrant
Small Business Innovation Research Initiative (SBIRI)
BIRAC, Department of Biotechnology - ClosedGrant
Social Alpha Techtonic: Innovations for Agriculture and Rural Livelihoods (with MSSRF)
Social Alpha and M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation - ClosedGrant plus other support
Social Alpha Techtonic: Innovations for Animal Husbandry and Rural Livelihoods
Social Alpha - ClosedSubsidy
Tamil Nadu Agri-Tech Grant Scheme
Department of Agricultural Marketing and Agri Business, Government of Tamil Nadu (with StartupTN) Tamil Nadu - ClosedGrant
Unnati AI 2.0 (Unnati se Pragati): Startup Acceleration
FITT IIT Delhi with Microsoft India (CSR)