Tech@SG Programme

Who qualifies

• Must be registered in Singapore.
• The company must have incorporated a business entity in Singapore with ACRA.
• The company must have a digital or technology offering as its core business product or service, including businesses relying on proprietary technologies, scientific knowledge and/or engineering (e.g. SaaS, digital media, artificial intelligence, medtech, biotech, cleantech, fintech).
• Excluded business activities: coffee shops, hawker centres, food courts, bars, night clubs, karaoke lounges; foot reflexology, massage parlours; acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, herbal dispensing; employment agencies; geomancy businesses.
• The company must have secured more than US$10 million (cumulative) in investment funding in the past 36 months.
• The company must have received funding (no minimum amount) from a programme-recognised investment firm in the past 36 months.
• Companies with 30% or more local shareholding must apply to Startup SG (Enterprise Singapore) instead of EDB.
• Each Employment Pass applicant's fixed monthly salary must meet MOM's minimum prevailing EP salary criteria (S$5,600 effective 1 January 2025).
• Each Employment Pass applicant must be a core team member in a core business or technical function at Manager level or above; Analyst, Associate, Executive and Representative roles are not considered core team members.

What it funds

• Recruiting, salary support, job redesign, career conversion
• Early-stage / founder / incubation support

Payment: Not stated on official pages.

How to apply

The company applies to EDB via the EDB portal for a Tech@SG endorsement (or to Startup SG if 30% or more locally owned); after endorsement it submits individual Employment Pass applications to MOM through EP Online.

1. Pre-application: incorporate a business entity with ACRA, obtain a CorpPass account, and check that the company meets the programme's eligibility criteria and has prepared the relevant information for the application form.
2. Submit the Tech@SG application to EDB (or to Startup SG for companies with 30% or more local shareholding); EDB will review and advise the outcome within 10 to 15 working days.
3. Set up an EP Online (EPOL) account if the company does not already have one; it takes five working days to process.
4. After receiving EDB's endorsement, submit Employment Pass application(s) for employees via MOM's EP Online system; MOM advises the outcome within 21 working days.

Before applying

• The company must be incorporated with ACRA and hold a CorpPass account before applying.
• EP applications must be made within two years of the company being accepted into the programme.

Documents

• Tech@SG application form — Submitted through the EDB portal; the page does not publish the form's field list or supporting-document list.

Processing time: 10 to 15 working days

Contact: https://www.edb.gov.sg/en/contact-us

Application window: Applications have been accepted since January 2020; no closing date is stated.