Startup schemes
DPIIT issues operational guidelines for Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0
- Effective
- 2026-04-25
- Published
- 2026-04-25
- Authority
- Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry
On 25 April 2026 DPIIT issued the operational guidelines for the Rs 10,000 crore Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0. The scheme is deployed through SEBI-registered Category I and II Alternative Investment Funds investing in DPIIT-recognised startups. AIFs are segmented into deep tech focused funds, micro venture capital funds for early-growth startups, innovative and technology-led manufacturing funds, and sector and stage agnostic funds, each with defined corpus thresholds, government contribution limits, tenure and minimum private capital mobilisation ratios. Selection is a two-stage process - screening and due diligence by the Implementation Agency, then evaluation by a Venture Capital Investment Committee. SIDBI is the initial Implementation Agency and DPIIT will onboard a second.
The guidelines PDF is.dpiit.gov.in/static/uploads/2026/04/8949d8e0dabf11cb9291b00ec1d1f727.pdf as linked from the PIB release.
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