Startup SG Equity Programme
Please note that this grant is for companies that have less than 30% local shareholdings (i.e. Foreign-owned businesses that registered a Singapore entity).
Agency: Enterprise Singapore
Type: Funding
As part of the Startup SG Equity scheme, the government will co-invest with independent, qualified 3rd party investors into eligible startups. This scheme aims to stimulate private-sector investments into innovative, Singapore-based technology startups with intellectual property and global market potential.
Investment parameters
| General tech | Deep tech |
Investment Cap for each startup | $2M | $4M |
Co-investment ratio | 7:3 up to $250K, 1:1 thereafter up to $2M | 7:3 up to $500K, 1:1 thereafter up to $4M |
Eligibility Criteria
Startups seeking government co-investment under Startup SG Equity should meet the following criteria:
- Be a Singapore-based company with core activities carried out here
- Be incorporated as a Private Limited company for less than five years
- Have paid-up capital of at least $50,000
- Be able to prove substantial innovative and intellectual content for its products and/or services and applications
- Have high-growth potential with clear scalability for the international market
- Have identified a ready, independent third-party investor(s)
- Business must not be involved in the following business activities: gambling, tobacco-related products, or any other activities which are in violation of the law, or against the public interest
- A company cannot be a subsidiary or joint-venture
Click here to go to the website of Startup SG Equity.
