Services for clients across India. Applicable state, sector and professional requirements are assessed before an engagement.
Deep-tech startups — AI, biotech, space, semiconductors, advanced materials — get their own lane in India’s startup policy: recognition emphasis, longer runways in scheme design, and evaluation committees that expect scientific substance. The application that wins is the one that proves the technology risk is real and the plan to retire it is credible.
When this service is typically required
- DPIIT recognition with a deep-tech profile — the recognition guide
- Scheme applications (seed funds, grants, incubation) need the technical case written for evaluators
- IP strategy and recognition need to reinforce each other
- A research-heavy plan needs financials that respect long gestation
Indicative scope
- Recognition and scheme applications framed for deep-tech evaluation
- Technical-narrative drafting with the founders’ science, made legible
- Financial plans that model gestation honestly (grant-stacked runways)
- IP-position summary aligned with the applications
Key points at a glance
| Item | Position |
|---|---|
| Evaluators | Committees read for technology risk, not buzzwords |
| Runway | Deep-tech timelines are longer — plans that pretend otherwise fail twice |
| IP | Filings and assignments are evidence of substance |
| Stacking | Recognition → schemes → 80-IAC can compound when sequenced |
Deliverables
Filed applications with technical annexures, the financial plan, the IP summary, and a sequencing memo for the benefit stack.
Information and documents generally required
Technical documentation and publications/patents if any, team credentials, financials/projections, and the honest state of the technology.
Engagement process
Client responsibilities, assumptions and reliance
The science is the founders’; the engagement translates it for evaluators without inflating it. Committee outcomes are never assured.
Scope exclusions
Patent drafting/prosecution (handled with IP attorneys under the IPR scope) and equity fund-raising execution.
Frequently asked questions
We use AI — are we automatically deep tech?
Using models is not the same as advancing them — the substance review answers it honestly before positioning is chosen, because misclassification wastes committee credibility.
Do grants really fund deep tech?
Programme design increasingly does, with milestone discipline — the sequencing memo maps which doors your stage can actually open.
How much technical detail goes into applications?
Enough to prove substance without disclosing what should stay protected — the IP summary and narrative are drafted together for exactly that balance.
Can this run alongside a normal fundraise?
Yes — and often should; grant-stacked runways change your negotiating position with equity investors.
The applicable scope, documentation, professional responsibilities and timelines are agreed in an engagement letter before commencement.
DPIIT RecognitionIPR & TrademarkSeed Fund ApplicationsRequest a Scope DiscussionThis page describes the service in general terms as on 6 August 2026 and is not professional advice or an assurance of any outcome. Registrations, filings, refunds and departmental outcomes depend on facts and the concerned authority. Figures and due dates change; verify current positions before acting.
| Compliance | Due | Note |
|---|---|---|
| FLA return (RBI) | 15 July (annual) | All entities with FDI/ODI on books |
| FC-GPR | 30 days from allotment | For fresh foreign investment |
| Valuation report (Rule 11UA / FEMA) | Before issue price is fixed | Method and valuer depend on route |
| ESOP: board/valuation/PAS-3 chain | Event-based | Perquisite TDS on exercise |
| DPIIT recognition | Anytime (before benefits) | Needed for 80-IAC and angel-tax relief |
Dates as generally applicable on 15 July 2026; extensions/notifications can change them — confirm current dates before relying.