The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) to accelerate innovation, sustainability, and entrepreneurship in India’s clean energy and manufacturing sectors.

The two-year partnership, with a provision for extension, will support early-stage climate-tech startups through funding access, mentorship, pilot opportunities, and market linkages. The initiative seeks to build a strong pipeline of scalable, investable ventures aligned with India’s net-zero ambitions.

As part of the MoU, GEAPP will launch the Energy Transitions Innovation Challenge (ENTICE)—a competitive platform offering up to $500,000 in rewards for high-impact solutions. Investment support will also be facilitated through partners like Spectrum Impact and Avana Capital. DPIIT will connect the program to the Startup India network and anchor outreach through major government schemes.

Shri Sanjiv, Joint Secretary, DPIIT  noted that India’s climate leadership depended on a strong entrepreneurial base. He underlined that the partnership would open significant opportunities for clean energy startups to scale technologies that support the country’s long-term net-zero objectives.

Saurabh Kumar, Vice President – India, GEAPP, described the MoU as a pivotal move to foster systemic change through collaboration between industry, government, and innovators. He said GEAPP’s global experience, combined with Startup India’s network and DPIIT’s institutional support, would unlock new opportunities for clean energy entrepreneurship.

The MoU was signed by Dr. Sumeet Jarangal and Saurabh Kumar in the presence of senior officials from both organizations.

Memorandum of Understanding to support climate-tech startups with funding, mentorship and market linkages under a government-industry partnership. A two-year Memorandum of Understanding between DPIIT and GEAPP establishes a framework to support early-stage climate-tech startups by facilitating funding access, mentorship, pilot opportunities and market linkages, with provision for extension. GEAPP will launch the Energy Transitions Innovation Challenge (ENTICE) as a competitive platform to identify high-impact solutions and channel investment support through partner investors, while DPIIT will connect the program to the Startup India network and government schemes to enable outreach and ecosystem integration.