SIDBI & Bihar Fund Partner to Boost Startup Ecosystem
By Rediff Money Desk, NEWDELHI Feb 23, 2024 20:31
SIDBI and Bihar Start-up Fund Trust collaborate on a Rs 50 crore fund to support startup growth and innovation in the state, creating a thriving ecosystem.
New Delhi, Feb 23 (PTI) Bihar Start-up Fund Trust, the Department of Industries, the government of Bihar and SIDBI have entered into an agreement on Friday to administer the Rs 50 crore Bihar Startup Scale-up Financing Fund (BSSFF).
This strategic initiative is aimed at transforming the state into a startup hub, creating a conducive environment for startups to flourish economically while focussing on innovation to solve complex problems of economy and society, SIDBI said in a statement.
The agreement to this effect was signed by Pankaj Dixit, director Department of Industries, the government of Bihar and SIDBI general manager Arijit Dutt.
Bihar Start-Up Fund Trust (BSFT) is a nodal agency constituted by Department of Industries, the government of Bihar for implementation of Bihar Start-Up Policy of the Government of Bihar, it said.
The Policy aims to foster entrepreneurship and promote innovation by creating an ecosystem that is conducive for the growth of start-ups in the state. Under the Policy, the government of Bihar has set-up Bihar Start-Up Fund Trust with an initial corpus of Rs 500 crore, it said.
Out of this fund, BSSFF has been established with an initial corpus of Rs 50 crore for scale-up funding support to startups, it said.
The fund, to be managed by SIDBI, shall be in the form of a fund of funds, it said.
In this model, it said, the fund shall not invest directly into start-up companies, instead it shall contribute to the corpus of SEBI registered alternative investment funds, which in turn shall invest in startups.
This strategic initiative is aimed at transforming the state into a startup hub, creating a conducive environment for startups to flourish economically while focussing on innovation to solve complex problems of economy and society, SIDBI said in a statement.
The agreement to this effect was signed by Pankaj Dixit, director Department of Industries, the government of Bihar and SIDBI general manager Arijit Dutt.
Bihar Start-Up Fund Trust (BSFT) is a nodal agency constituted by Department of Industries, the government of Bihar for implementation of Bihar Start-Up Policy of the Government of Bihar, it said.
The Policy aims to foster entrepreneurship and promote innovation by creating an ecosystem that is conducive for the growth of start-ups in the state. Under the Policy, the government of Bihar has set-up Bihar Start-Up Fund Trust with an initial corpus of Rs 500 crore, it said.
Out of this fund, BSSFF has been established with an initial corpus of Rs 50 crore for scale-up funding support to startups, it said.
The fund, to be managed by SIDBI, shall be in the form of a fund of funds, it said.
In this model, it said, the fund shall not invest directly into start-up companies, instead it shall contribute to the corpus of SEBI registered alternative investment funds, which in turn shall invest in startups.
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