Skip to content
Unclaimed
Discovery tool, not advice. Every figure is the published rule, not a decision on your case.
Credits and in-kind

Seda Technology Programme (Stp) incubation and technology transfer support

Status

Status not published

Applications are made through Seda/SEDFA branch offices. Seda was merged with sefa and the Cooperative Banks Development Agency into SEDFA in 2024-2025, and product names and ceilings are being revised.

Check with the funder
Amount
600,000 ZAR

Support for technology transfer, quality and standards certification and incubation. Historically the technology transfer grant covered up to about ZAR 600,000 (with a co-contribution) towards machinery and equipment for small enterprises; quality certification support was smaller.

You must co-fund 10%. Work out the cash you need

Funder

Small Enterprise Development Agency (Seda), now part of the Small Enterprise Development Finance Agency (SEDFA)

public · national

Deadline: Open all year — Applications are made through Seda/SEDFA branch offices. Seda was merged with sefa and the Cooperative Banks Development Agency into SEDFA in 2024-2025, and product names and ceilings are being revised.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
major

Major bid — written case, budget, possibly partners.

You fund 10% yourself.

Who can apply

South African micro and small enterprises, with priority for black-owned, women-owned, youth-owned and rural enterprises.

How to apply

  1. Visit a Seda/SEDFA branch or incubation centre.
  2. Business diagnostic and referral to the relevant product.
  3. Submit the application with quotations.
  4. Approval and payment to the supplier.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work · The EU SME definition (Recommendation 2003/361)

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.seda.org.za/ · not human-checked

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

Similar programmes

IDC Gro-E Youth Scheme

Status not published

Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (IDC)

National Empowerment Fund - iMbewu Fund

Status not published

National Empowerment Fund (NEF)

Support Programme for Industrial Innovation (SPII)

Open continuously

Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic), administered with the IDC

SPII Product Process Development (PPD) Scheme

Status not published

Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic)

TIA Technology Development Fund

Status not published

Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)

Technology and Human Resources for Industry Programme (THRIP)

Status not published

Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dtic), administered by the NRF

Paid, separate from Unclaimed

Want a human to review your application?

Involve Consulting can help — a paid expert-review service run by the same person behind Unclaimed, entirely separate from this free check. A flat fee, agreed up front; never a cut of what you receive.

Talk to Involve Consulting