ISB awarded funding under Startup India Seed Fund Scheme
The scheme would enable startups to graduate to a level where they will be able to raise investments from angel investors or venture capitalists or seek loans from commercial banks or financial institutions.
Hyderabad: ISB’s DLabs Incubator has been awarded Rs 5 crores under the ‘Startup India Seed Fund Scheme’ by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
The scheme would enable startups to graduate to a level where they will be able to raise investments from angel investors or venture capitalists or seek loans from commercial banks or financial institutions. ISB’s Dlabs Incubator Association will facilitate the allotment of seed funds to eligible early-stage startups.
The funds will be used for financial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market-entry, and commercialisation.
ISB said, the Indian startup ecosystem suffers from capital inadequacy in the seed and ‘Proof of Concept’ development stage. The capital required at this stage often presents a make-or-break situation for startups with good business ideas.
Many innovative business ideas fail to take off due to the absence of this critical capital required at an early stage. Seed Fund offered to such promising cases can have a multiplier effect in validating business ideas of many startups, leading to employment generation.
Talking about this funding, Professor Bhagwan Chowdhry, faculty director, ISB DLabs, said, “Many good ideas don’t see the light of the day because they could not get early-stage funding. This grant will help us fix it”.
Commenting on this association, the DPIIT said it looks forward to working with Dlabs Incubator Association at ISB, on the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme for financial assistance to early-stage startups.
Supported by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, DLabs at ISB hosts a state-of-the-art space for entrepreneurs to interact, engage and collaborate with mentors, investors, and academia.
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