EDG-Funded Custom Software & Process Redesign in Singapore

Yes. EDG supports up to 50% of qualifying project cost for SMEs, has no fixed cap, and has no pre-approved vendor list — you choose your own vendor and supply their quotation with your application. This is the key difference from PSG. Approval rests with Enterprise Singapore, which assesses each project on its own merits, so no vendor can promise you an outcome.

No. Enterprise Singapore requires SAC-accredited TR 43 or SS 680 certification only for management consultants, and states that consultants providing technical advice and expertise in developing new technology do not require it. Software development is technical development work, so it falls outside that requirement. There is nothing for you to wait on and no accreditation status to verify before quoting us in.

Because PSG only funds pre-approved solutions from vendors on the official listing — it pays for a listed vendor's packaged product, not bespoke work. A custom system is by definition not a pre-approved solution, so no amount of scoping makes it PSG-claimable, and GDI is not a listed PSG vendor. If a listed off-the-shelf product genuinely solves your problem, take PSG and buy it; that route is cheaper and faster than a custom build. EDG exists for the cases where nothing off the shelf fits.

Starting the project before you are approved. Enterprise Singapore treats a project as commenced if you have begun work, made a payment to a third party, or signed a contractual agreement with a third party — and there are no retrospective claims. Signing a contract is the trap people miss: a signature alone, with no money moved and no work done, is enough to lose the funding. Get the scope and quotation prepared, submit, wait for approval, then sign.

Roughly 8 to 12 weeks to process, and the money comes afterwards. EDG is a reimbursement scheme: you fund the project, complete it, and claim after completion and verification against what was approved. Plan cash flow for the full project cost plus a wait, and add the processing time to your timeline before you commit to any go-live date that depends on it.

No. Enterprise Singapore does not permit third parties to apply for or manage a grant on an applicant's behalf. We help you prepare the quotation, the project write-up and the supporting documents, and walk you through the portal steps, but the application is submitted from your own Business Grants Portal account by your own people. Anyone offering to run the application for you is describing something the rules do not allow.

Your business must be registered and operating in Singapore, have at least 30% local shareholding held by Singaporeans or PRs, and be financially ready to start and complete the project. Note the last one: because EDG reimburses after completion, assessors want to see you can carry the project cost in the meantime. Company eligibility is separate from project eligibility — a qualifying company can still have a project turned down.

Generally no. EDG and MRA are expected to consolidate into a new EDGE framework in the second half of 2026, but the current scheme is open and the 8 to 12 week processing time means waiting for a framework whose final terms are not yet published usually costs more time than it saves. If your project is ready, apply under the rules that exist. We will flag it if your particular timing makes waiting the better call.