Discovery tool, not advice. Every figure is the published rule, not a decision on your case.

Grants

Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) Seed Fund Programme

TIA Seed Fund Programme

Status

Status not published

TIA funds through periodic calls, often via implementing partners (universities, science councils, incubators). Check the TIA site for the current call; contact customerservice@tia.org.za.

Check with the funder

Amount

Not published

No seed-fund ceiling is published on the TIA funding instruments page. Related instruments do publish caps: the Grassroots Innovation Programme has a maximum R200,000 technology development grant and the Technology Acquisition and Deployment Fund a maximum of R1 million over 24 months. Do not assume a Seed Fund maximum.

Funder

Technology Innovation Agency (TIA)

public · national

Deadline: annual_call — TIA funds through periodic calls, often via implementing partners (universities, science councils, incubators). Check the TIA site for the current call; contact customerservice@tia.org.za.

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

moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

Sectors: deeptech, health, agri, manufacturing, any
Stage: idea, pre_seed, seed
R&D activity required
Locally registered entity required

Seed Fund is designed to 'assist innovators at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Science Councils (SCs) and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs)' to convert research outputs into prototypes and commercialisable ideas, at TRL 3-8.

How to apply

Identify the correct instrument for your technology readiness level (Seed Fund TRL 3-8; Technology Development Fund TRL 4-7; Commercialisation Support Fund TRL 8-9). — link
Apply through the open call or through a TIA implementing partner.
Technical and commercial due diligence, then contracting and milestone-based disbursement.

What you will need

Application form for the relevant TIA instrument
Technology/prototype development plan with TRL evidence
Company registration and B-BBEE documentation

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.tia.org.za/funding-instruments/ — checked 2026-08-14

"SEED Fund ... assist innovators at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Science Councils (SCs) and Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) ... TRL 3-8."