Technology & Digital Business Grants
The UK offers extensive grant funding for technology and digital businesses. From Innovate UK's smart grants to regional digital transformation programmes, there are opportunities for tech startups, scale-ups, and established technology companies.
Innovation & R&D Grants
Innovate UK runs competitive grant programmes for innovative technology projects. Smart Grants fund game-changing innovations, while sector-specific competitions target areas like AI, quantum computing, and advanced manufacturing technology.
Digital Transformation Support
Grants are available to help businesses adopt digital technologies. Made Smarter supports manufacturers, while regional programmes help SMEs implement new software, e-commerce platforms, and digital processes.
Cybersecurity & Data
Dedicated funding exists for cybersecurity innovation and businesses working with data. DCMS and NCSC-backed programmes support the UK's cyber sector growth.
South African Technology Grants
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Co-Operatives Development Support Programme (CDSP)
The Co‑Operatives Development Support Programme provides blended financing—grant and loan—to eligible co‑operatives, with the grant portion capped at R2.5 million for equipment, infrastructure, commercial vehicles and business development support.
Rural, Township and Community Development Fund
The Rural, Township and Community Development Fund provides financing to aspiring rural entrepreneurs and community groups, offering acquisition, new‑venture and expansion capital across sectors such as agro‑processing, eco‑tourism and forestry.
Transformation Fund
A National Empowerment Fund product supporting transformation transactions, acquisitions and growth capital for qualifying black-owned and managed enterprises.
DTIC Women Empowerment Fund
The DTIC Women Empowerment Fund provides financial support to black women entrepreneurs in South Africa, aiming to grow the economy through targeted funding and collaborative initiatives.
Television and Film Fund
A National Empowerment Fund product providing finance for black-owned and managed businesses in television, film production, distribution and related media opportunities.
Spaza Shop Support Fund
The aim is to support township Community Convenience Shops, including spazas. The funding will be utilised for the refurbishment of businesses and facilitating wholesale aggregation.
Bakubung Fund
The NEF/BPM Enterprise and Supplier Development Fund is a funding partnership between Bakubung Platinum Mine and the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) valued at a total R3 000 000 for the benefit of businesses located in Ledig, Mahobieskraal and Phatsima villages in the North West province.
Furniture Fund
The Furniture Fund, a R50-million initiative approved by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic), was entrusted to the National Empowerment Fund (NEF) to stimulate growth in South Africa's furniture sector. Recognized as a labour-intensive industry with significant potential to create jobs and reduce reliance on imports, the furniture sector plays a vital role in the country's economy.
Tourism Transformation Fund
The Fund aims to drive transformation in the tourism sector in a more direct and impactful manner that will not only assist black-owned tourism enterprises to expand and grow, but also catalyse the rise of a new generation of black owned youth, women and community owned tourism enterprises to take the tourism sector to new heights.
uMnotho Fund
This Fund is designed to improve access to BEE capital and has five products: Acquisition Finance, Project Finance, Expansion Finance, Capital Markets Fund, and Liquidity and Warehousing.
iMbewu Fund
This Fund is designed to support black entrepreneurs wishing to start new businesses as well support existing black-owned enterprises with expansion capital.
Women Empowerment Fund
The NEF Women Empowerment Fund is aimed at accelerating the provision of funding to businesses owned by black women.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about South African technology grants