Support for startups affected by coronavirus:
The ultimate resource for Asia companies
Here are the curated information, links and resources to help you tide over the crisis.
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***This is a living list: we’ll keep updating it as the situation develops. Thank you for your numerous contributions, and if we’re missing anything else, please let us know: elise.tanyeeling (at) gmail.com.
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Credits:
Thanks to Arnaud Bonzom for adding on to the useful resources above!
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Grants & Loans
• Facebook – Small Business Grants Program
• Enterprise SG – Temporary Bridging Loan Program (max raised from S$1 million to S$5 million)
•Enterprise SG – Enterprise Financing Scheme (EFS)
• SME Working Capital Loan (max raised from S$600,000 to S$1 m)
• SME Fixed Assets Loan
• Venture Debt Loan
• Trade Loan (max raised from S$5 million to S$10 m)
• Project Loan
• Mergers & Acquisitions Loan
• Working capital for SME and Startups www.finaqe.com
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Investment Support Schemes
Startup SG Equity
• This government and private co-investment scheme catalyses financing of tech startups with strong IP and global potential. READ MORE
SEEDS Capital
• SEEDS Capital manages co-investment funds under Startup SG Equity and co-invests in scalable innovative startups with strong IP. READ MORE
EDBI
• A government-linked fund, EDBI invests in promising companies across diversified industries ranging from advanced manufacturing, consumer, emerging technologies, healthcare, ICT and logistics. READ MORE
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Philanthropists
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – commit up to $100 million for the global response to the 2019 novel coronavirus
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Corporate Support
• Amazon – Amazon Chime (Free for first-time users until June 30th)
• Free AWS credits and more https://lnkd.in/fe9Fzn5
• Resources and articles by Golden Gate Ventures
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Ecosystem
• Collated Startup resources by ACE
• Algolia – Free Pro search plan for COVID-19 sites and apps
• Citymapper – Mobility Index
• Aggregators of deals and offers from startups in Singapore – Supportstartups.com
• Similar to above, Discounts from APAC startups for the community
• christopherquek.com for startup resources
• Hiring/ finding jobs at startups – SEAriously Awesome People List – Startup COVID-19 Layoffs
• Block71/ NUS Enterprise aggregation of Startup support and resources
• Best Practices for Founders by top VCs
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Online Learning
• Learn about Business continuity measures in this course by Gnowbe and accredited by Temasek Polytechnic
• Aventis: 20% Discount for all “Live Streaming” Registration (register by 30th April) with promo code “SGUNITED”. View List of Live Streaming Courses