Online submissions are invited for the GENESIS Scheme 2023: GEN-NEXT Support for Innovative Startups by MeitY. Huge Funding Support to Pilot/Investment, Early-stage and deep-tech startups!
GEN-NEXT Support for Innovative Startups (GENESIS) is an umbrella scheme of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) to nurture and support the startup ecosystem in Tier-II and Tier-III cities in India.
MeitY has envisaged an umbrella scheme GENESIS (Gen-Next Support for Innovative Startups) with a budget of 490 Crores for 5 years to discover, support, grow and accelerate successful startups in smaller cities and towns with an emphasis on collaborative engagement among startups, government, and corporates for promoting digitization based on the principals of inclusivity, accessibility, affordability, leading to growth in employment and economic outputs.
The scheme was launched by Hon. Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi in the August presence of Hon. MEIT Shri Ashwini Vaishnav, CM of Gujarat Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel, and MoS MeitY Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar at Gandhi agar, Gujarat during the Digital India Week in July 2022.
Interested Entrepreneurs can directly apply through this link.
Click here to download the PDF Application Form for Implementing Agency selection.
Administrative Approval of Genesis (Attached PDF)
Email ID: meity-sthub[at]gov[at]in
