Any bootstrapped SaaS founders who applied for equity free grants? Was it helpful? Was the process tedious but worth it? At what stage were you when you applied?

Hello startup founders, I have been bootstrapping my business from a while now(2.5 yrs) and I think it's high time for me to build & market aggressively and so I was planning to apply for equity free grants (mainly in India). Need to hear from someone who had done this in past.

Has anyone applied for equity free grants for a SaaS product? Was it approved and how long did it take for the application to be reviewed before you actually got the access to funds?

Did you find the process to be worth it and funds useful?

Also, at what stage was your product when you applied for funds?

And lastly, what all documents and proofs you had to collect to make your application strong? Did you do it by yourself of you had some help?

additionally if anyone would like to discuss more, I am happy to connect