Climate & energy startup grants, challenges and programmes

Open opportunities for Climate & energy founders: grants, pitch competitions, innovation challenges and incubation. Every listing offers ₹50,000+ or real support — a grant, funding, incubation or an accelerator place — with the deadline, amount and who can apply in one place.

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Avinya'27 Energy Startup Challenge
by Federation of Indian Petroleum Industry (FIPI), under Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas · Government
Innovation challengeStartupsClimate & energyDeeptech & hardware
Closes in 3 days15 Oct
Funding & benefits
Up to ₹3L support
+ Incubation+ MentorshipCash prizes INR 3 lakh, 2 lakh and 1 lakh for top 3; top 5 get travel/stay to India Energy Week 2027 plus exhibition space, incubation/lab access, investor introductions and mentorship.
Not yet checked by us · confirm on source · via innovateindia.mygov.in · How we check
Apply on innovateindia.mygov.in for Avinya'27 Energy Startup Challenge (opens innovateindia.mygov.in in a new tab)

Closing in 8–14 days (1)

VentureX 2026 – National Level Sustainable Innovation & Startup Pitch Competition
by Birla Institute of Technology Mesra, Noida Campus · College / university
Pitch & startup challengeOpen to anyoneClimate & energyIn person · Noida
Closes in 8 days20 Oct
Funding & benefits
₹31,000 to winner
Not yet checked by us · confirm on source · via Unstop · How we check
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Open now — no closing date published (3)

NSRCEL Circular Bharat Accelerator
by NSRCEL, IIM Bangalore · Accelerator / investor
AcceleratorStartupsClimate & energy
Open now — no closing date
Funding & benefits
Grant support
+ Acceleration+ MentorshipFree, no equity taken; milestone-based grants for select pilot-ready startups (amount not stated), 1-on-1 mentoring, GTM and pilot-readiness support, corporate/policy roundtables, VC connects.
Not yet checked by us · confirm on source · via nsrcel.org · How we check
Apply on nsrcel.org for NSRCEL Circular Bharat Accelerator (opens nsrcel.org in a new tab)
JioGenNext Market Access Program (MAP)
by Reliance Industries (JioGenNext) · Corporate
AcceleratorStartupsSaaS & enterpriseAI & ML
Open now — no closing date
Funding & benefits
Mentorship support
+ AccelerationEquity-free, zero-fee corporate open-innovation programme: proof-of-concept pilots with Reliance/Jio business units, pitch and value-proposition advice, mentor access. Does not invest or provide funding.
Not yet checked by us · confirm on source · via jiogennext.com · How we check
Apply on jiogennext.com for JioGenNext Market Access Program (MAP) (opens jiogennext.com in a new tab)
Kotak BizLabs Accelerator Programme
by Kotak Mahindra Bank (CSR) with IIM Calcutta Innovation Park · Accelerator / investor
AcceleratorStartupsAgri & foodClimate & energy
Open now — no closing date
Funding & benefits
Up to ₹30L support
+ Grant+ Acceleration+ MentorshipGrant (not equity) of up to INR 30 lakh per startup, subject to due diligence and milestones, with initial disbursement plus performance-linked top-up; bootcamps and 150+ mentoring hours for a cohort of 20.
Not yet checked by us · confirm on source · via iimcip.org · How we check
Apply on iimcip.org for Kotak BizLabs Accelerator Programme (opens iimcip.org in a new tab)

Climate & energy startup grants, challenges and programmes

Closing in the next 7 days (1)

Avinya'27 Energy Startup Challenge

Closing in 8–14 days (1)

VentureX 2026 – National Level Sustainable Innovation & Startup Pitch Competition

Open now — no closing date published (3)

NSRCEL Circular Bharat Accelerator

JioGenNext Market Access Program (MAP)

Kotak BizLabs Accelerator Programme