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Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 Receives Cabinet Approval, ₹10,000Cr Corpus to Aid Startups

Entrepreneur Staff · Entrepreneur India Free Beginner India

The news report of the Union Cabinet approving the second ₹10,000 crore Fund of Funds for Startups on 14 February 2026, with the track record of the first fund.

  • The new fund has a ₹10,000 crore corpus to mobilise long-term domestic venture capital.
  • The stated focus is deep tech, capital-intensive manufacturing and early-growth startups.
  • The first fund (2016) committed its full ₹10,000 crore to 145 AIFs, which invested over ₹25,500 crore in more than 1,370 startups.
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  1. What is the Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0, and can my startup get money from it?

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