Eligibility Criteria:     Assistance under the Scheme will be available to Individuals; Farmers; Producer Groups; Partnership/Proprietary Firms; Self Help Groups; Companies; Agripreneurs; units in agriexport zones, and Agriculture graduates Individually or in groups for setting up agribusiness projects. For professional management and accountability, the groups have to preferably form into companies or producer companies under the relevant Act. Brief: Venture Capital Assistance is financial support in the form of an interest free loan provided by SFAC to qualifying projects to meet shortfall in the capital requirement for implementation of the project. Benefits: To facilitate setting up of agribusiness ventures in close association with all Notified Financial Institutions notified by the Reserve Bank of India where the ownership of the Central/State Government is more than 50% such as Nationalized banks, SBI & its subsidiaries, IDBI, SIDBI, NABARD, NCDC, NEDFi, Exim Bank, RRBs & State Financial Corporations. To catalyse private investment in setting up of agribusiness projects and thereby providing assured market to producers for increasing rural income & employment. To strengthen backward linkages of agribusiness projects with producers. To assist farmers, producer groups, and agriculture graduates to enhance their participation in value chain through Project Development Facility. To arrange training and visits, etc. of agri-preneurs in setting up identified agribusiness projects. To augment and strengthen existing set up of State and Central SFAC Source https://www.startupindia.gov.in/content/sih/en/government-schemes.html