Getting Funding and Support for your SME

Entrepreneurship Financing Assistance

Government Funds and Grants

• PIC - http://www.iras.gov.sg/irashome/PIcredit.aspx
• PIC Bonus - http://www.iras.gov.sg/irasHome/page04.aspx?id=14566
• Six Qualifying Activities under PIC - www.iras.gov.sg/irasHome/page04.aspx?id=13838

Related Service Providers

• http://www.yc-capital.com/pic/
• http://www.picclaim.com.sg

Business Plan Competitions and Awards

• Startup@singapore (Project) - Business Plan Competition By NUS
• Ideas.Inc (Project) - NTU Business Challenge
• HSBC Young Entrepreneur Awards: https://www.asiayea.com/HK/home.aspx

Incubators, Investors

• SG Entrepreneurs: Singapore Government Funded Networks (2006) http://sgentrepreneurs.com/networks-networking/2006/08/22/funding-networks-singapore-govt/
• Institute for Adult Learning's CET Fund (Site) - By Institute for Adult Learning (IAL)
• Infocomm Investments (Site) - An IDA Equity Investment Arm: Incubator and Investor
• CIST Technology Innovation Fund (Site) - By (CIST) Center of Strategic Infocomm Technologies
• http://sgentrepreneurs.com
• Garag3 (Site) Incubator
  • Micro Funding Scheme (iJAM) Background by MDA
  • Young Entrepreneur Scheme (YES!) by Spring
• Singapore Government Funded Networks
  • Deal Flow Connection: This is a project of the Finance Action Crucible of ACE. Deal Flow Connection is a gateway where businesses can match their deals with different sources of finance ranging from loans to equity funding such as venture funds and private placements. It also provides entrepreneurs with a first point of contact through its Finance FirstStop@SMECB where queries on finance related issues will be facilitated.
  • DEALS, EDB: DEALS is an online solution that matches start-ups and emerging companies seeking venture funding from the Singapore venture capital community. You need to register either as an investor or an entrepreneur in the portal so that they can contact you regarding opportunities for funding.
  • HotSpots, Singapore, EDB: A programme that aims to boost technopreneurship in Singapore by linking up technopreneurs and technology-related companies across the island.”H.O.T” in HOTSpots stands for “The Hub Of Technopreneurs” which boasts of over 500 technology-related companies and a total prime space of 475,000 square metres offering an exciting mix of hard and soft infrastructure solutions. The incubators in NUS and NTU are also part of this program.

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Articles

• What is the Minimum Amount to Contribute to CPF for PIC Grant - http://www.picclaim.com.sg/articles/what-is-the-minimum-amount-to-contribute-cpf-for-pic-grant.html

Important Notes