Self-Reliant India Fund (SRI Fund)

The Self-Reliant India Fund (SRI Fund) helps MSMEs raise equity or quasi-equity capital through government-backed investment funds.

• The SRI fund has the provision of ₹10,000 crore from Government of India and ₹40,000 crore through Private Equity / Venture Capital Funds. In totality, it will create a provision of ₹50,000 crore equity support to MSMEs, who have the potential and viability to grow and become large units.
• SRI Fund is being implemented by NSIC Venture Capital fund Limited (NVCFL), which is an Alternative Investment Fund (AIF) of Category II registered with SEBI. SRI fund is oriented to provide the funding support through NVCFL to the Daughter Funds for onward provision to MSMEs as growth capital, in the form of equity or quasi-equity.

• MSMEs, defined as per the MSMED Act, as amended from time to time.

• Provision of growth capital in the form of equity or quasi-equity through Daughter Funds.

1. 01Interested MSMEs can fill the form to show their interest: https://nvcfl.co.in/Home/InterestAsMSME
2. 02Further, NVCFL also publishes an official list of empaneled Daughter Funds, including fund names, investment managers, sector focus, contact persons, email IDs, phone numbers, and addresses, which can be used to directly approach funds aligned to respective sector/stage - https://nvcfl.co.in/Corporate/EmpanelledDaughterFunds

• Website: dcmsme.gov.in (opens in a new tab)
• Detailed scheme guidelines: nvcfl.co.in (opens in a new tab)