iCreate Pro-Fund Gateway Prototype/PoC Funding Support

• A strong fit for Gujarat-based students, individual innovators, and fledgling startups working on hardware or software products.

About this scheme

The iCreate Pro-Fund Gateway helps innovators and startups turn a proof of concept or prototype into a finished product by securing funding support and rounded assistance. As a government-recognised Technology Business Incubator, iCreate opens access to a range of schemes from reputed institutions of the Government of India and the Government of Gujarat.

The programme wraps holistic support around that funding, including business and technical mentorship, access to prototyping and a digital innovation lab, incubation and funding support, connections with investors, industry, and the wider startup ecosystem, and hostel accommodation on the iCreate campus.

Who can apply

• The applicant must be an individual innovator, student, or startup, and an Indian citizen.
• The project should be at the idea-to-PoC stage or have a PoC ready.
• The project must relate to hardware or software-based technology innovation.
• For the Government of Gujarat grant specifically, the startup must be registered as an LLP or private limited company in Gujarat.
• iCreate strongly prefers applicants who reside on campus, and such projects are given greater weight in selection.

Eligible entity types: Individual Innovator, LLP, Private Limited

Benefits & funding

• Access to Government of India and Government of Gujarat funding schemes, with grants in the Rs. 2 lakh to Rs. 30 lakh range.
• Business and technical mentorship, plus access to prototyping and a digital innovation lab.
• Incubation support, connections with investors and industry, and hostel accommodation on the iCreate campus.

How the application process works

The journey below is informational, compiled from the official program guidelines. Applications are submitted directly with iCreate, in your own name.

1. 1

   Submit your application through the iCreate portal. Each submission is judged on how mature the innovation is and whether it falls within a hardware or software technology area.

2. 2

   Candidates who clear that stage are then assessed on their readiness to live on campus and on how well the venture maps to the GoI and Gujarat funding schemes on offer.

3. 3

   Those chosen are brought into the incubation track at iCreate and paired with the funding sources that suit them best.

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