{"id":1367,"date":"2021-07-22T06:43:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T06:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/?p=1367"},"modified":"2021-07-22T06:43:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-22T06:43:10","slug":"call-for-applications-for-startups-under-the-startup-india-seed-fund-scheme-is-open-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/call-for-applications-for-startups-under-the-startup-india-seed-fund-scheme-is-open-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Call for Applications&#8217; for Startups under the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme is open now"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12\">\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Financial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market entry, and commercialization<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sub-heading\">The Need For Startup India Seed Fund Scheme<\/h3>\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<p>Easy availability of capital is essential for entrepreneurs at the early stages of growth of an enterprise.<\/p>\n<p>Funding from angel investors and venture capital firms becomes available to startups only after the proof of concept has been provided. Similarly, banks provide loans only to asset-backed applicants.<\/p>\n<p>It is essential to provide seed funding to startups with an innovative idea to conduct proof of concept trials.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"sub-heading\">Objective Of The Scheme<\/h3>\n<div class=\"section-content\">\n<p>Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) aims to provide financial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market entry and commercialization.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This would enable these 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1369 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/E6qZJfWVoAEUjff-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/E6qZJfWVoAEUjff-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/E6qZJfWVoAEUjff-400x225.jpg 400w, https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/E6qZJfWVoAEUjff-250x141.jpg 250w, https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/E6qZJfWVoAEUjff-550x310.jpg 550w, https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/E6qZJfWVoAEUjff-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/E6qZJfWVoAEUjff-533x300.jpg 533w, https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/E6qZJfWVoAEUjff.jpg 680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For more info:https:\/\/seedfund.startupindia.gov.in\/<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial assistance to startups for proof of concept, prototype development, product trials, market entry, and commercialization The Need For Startup India Seed Fund Scheme Easy availability of capital is essential for entrepreneurs at the early stages of growth of an enterprise. Funding from angel investors and venture capital firms becomes available to startups only after&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/call-for-applications-for-startups-under-the-startup-india-seed-fund-scheme-is-open-now\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Call for Applications&#8217; for Startups under the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme is open now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1367"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1372,"href":"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367\/revisions\/1372"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funding.venturecenter.co.in\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}