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Startup India Seed Fund Scheme Certificate Format — CA Issued (Word)

A CA certificate verifying a DPIIT-recognised startup's eligibility particulars — incorporation date, turnover, and funding received — for Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) application or utilisation reporting.

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Updated 28 Jul 2026
Type
Certificate (not an audit opinion)
Verifies
Incorporation date, DPIIT recognition, turnover, funding received
Issued for
SISFS application / utilisation reporting to incubator
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CERTIFICATE OF STARTUP ELIGIBILITY PARTICULARS

This is to certify the following particulars of ___ (PAN: ___), a startup recognised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT recognition no. ___), as at ___, based on the incorporation documents, DPIIT recognition certificate, and books of account produced before us and the information and explanations given to us.

This certificate is issued for the purpose of: ___.

This certificate reports the particulars stated above as recorded in the entity's own documents and books of account. Actual eligibility for the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme — including the turnover cap, incorporation-age limit, and category of business — is determined solely by the Scheme's notified guidelines and the decision of the Experts Advisory Committee / incubator, and is not determined or guaranteed by this certificate. This certificate is based on the information furnished and verified to the extent considered necessary; it does not constitute an audit opinion within the meaning of the Standards on Auditing.

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This template follows the format published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in the AASB Audit Working Paper Templates (June 2023), the authoritative reference for Indian statutory-audit documentation. Fill in your firm’s letterhead and the engagement details on the form above, click Download Word file, and you’ll get a fully formatted .docx ready to use.

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Common questions

FAQs.

Does this certificate confirm eligibility for the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme?
No. It certifies factual particulars — incorporation date, DPIIT recognition number, turnover, funding received — as recorded in the entity's own records. Actual scheme eligibility (turnover cap, age since incorporation, sector, and category) is assessed and decided by the Experts Advisory Committee and the incubator administering the scheme, not by this certificate.
Why does the certificate ask for turnover from the latest financial year specifically?
SISFS eligibility is tested against a turnover cap for the entity's most recently completed financial year at the time of application — using the correct year's figure matters because a startup can slip in or out of eligibility year to year as turnover grows, so state the year clearly alongside the figure when submitting.
Is this the same certificate used for ongoing seed-fund utilisation reporting?
The same format can serve utilisation reporting once seed funding has been received — enter the cumulative amount received to date in the funding field, and adjust the certificate purpose line to reflect utilisation reporting rather than initial application. A separate detailed utilisation certificate with expense-head breakup may additionally be required by the specific incubator's reporting format.
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