Quick answer: To apply for the EDGE Grant, use the BizSG recommender to find your activity, get a quotation from a pre-approved vendor in your company name, then apply on the Business Grants Portal with Corppass. You must receive your letter of offer before you start or pay for anything, and support is reimbursed after you complete the project and claim with proof. For digital marketing, eligible SMEs can get up to 50% support.
The EDGE Grant from Enterprise Singapore replaced PSG, EDG and MRA from 30 September 2026, so if you are a Singapore SME planning to invest in digital marketing, this is the route now. We are PaperCutCollective, a Singapore digital marketing agency and an EDGE Grant pre-approved vendor. This is the step-by-step, kept to what Enterprise Singapore publishes. For the bigger picture of the grant, see our pillar guide to the EDGE Grant for digital marketing in Singapore, and the official Enterprise Singapore EDGE Grant page and its EDGE Grant FAQ.
Before you start: what you need
A few basics decide whether you can apply at all. Your company is registered in Singapore with at least 30% local shareholding, and the work you want funded has to match a supported activity. For some activities, including digital marketing, you work with a pre-approved vendor. The single most important rule to remember from the start is that you cannot pay for or begin the work before you are approved, because the grant is reimbursed, not paid upfront.
The application steps
The process, in the order Enterprise Singapore sets out, looks like this. Where a detail is not yet published, we have marked it so you can confirm it on the official portal rather than guess.
- 1. Find your activity. Use the BizSG business needs recommender to identify the supported activity that fits what you want to do.
- 2. Get a quotation. Ask a pre-approved vendor for a written quotation, addressed to your exact ACRA-registered company name. A quote in the wrong name is a common reason applications fail.
- 3. Log in to the Business Grants Portal. Sign in to the Business Grants Portal using Corppass and start a new application for your chosen activity.
- 4. Submit your documents. Upload the supporting documents, typically your ACRA business profile, recent financial statements, the vendor quotation, and a short project description. The exact list for your activity is to be confirmed on the EDGE portal.
- 5. Receive the letter of offer. Wait for your letter of offer, and do not start or pay for the project until you have it.
- 6. Complete the project. Carry out the work with your vendor as scoped.
- 7. Submit your claim. After completion, claim with your invoice, proof of payment, and evidence that the solution is in use.
- 8. Receive disbursement. Approved support is disbursed to your company, via PayNow Corporate.
Anything beyond these published steps, such as exact processing times or specific portal screens, is to be confirmed on the EDGE portal, which is the only authoritative source.
How much support you can get
For digital marketing, eligible SMEs can get up to 50% support. Digital marketing falls within the S$30,000 digital sub-cap, which sits inside the wider S$100,000 annual cap per company. To put that in plain numbers, on a S$10,000 package, up to 50% support means about S$5,000 comes back, so your net cost is around S$5,000. The exact rate and cap that apply to your specific activity are confirmed on the official EDGE pages.
Common reasons applications get rejected
Most rejections come down to a handful of avoidable mistakes. The first is retrospective payment, meaning you paid for or started the work before you were approved, which disqualifies the claim. The second is a quotation issued in the wrong company name, rather than your exact ACRA-registered name. The third is missing the local shareholding requirement. Check all three before you submit, because they are far easier to fix at the start than after a rejection.
Working with a pre-approved vendor
You do not have to navigate this alone. A pre-approved vendor scopes a qualifying package, writes the quotation correctly, and helps line up the documents so the application is right the first time. PaperCutCollective is an EDGE Grant pre-approved digital marketing vendor, continuing from our IMDA SMEs Go Digital and PSG pre-approval. You can see how we structure a qualifying package on our EDGE Grant page, and much of what you might want funded, such as SEO, can sit inside that plan. If you would rather hand the whole thing to a team, that is what we do as a digital marketing agency in Singapore.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a pre-approved vendor to apply for EDGE?
For some activities, yes, and digital marketing is one of them. PaperCutCollective is an EDGE Grant pre-approved digital marketing vendor, so a package scoped with us can go through the process. Whether a specific activity needs a pre-approved vendor is set on the official EDGE portal, so confirm it there.
Can I pay for the work first and claim it back later?
No. Support is reimbursed after the project is completed and paid in full, and you must have your letter of offer before you start. Paying for or starting the work before you apply is one of the most common reasons an application is rejected, so get the offer first.
How much support can I get?
For digital marketing, eligible SMEs can get up to 50% support. Digital marketing sits within the S$30,000 digital sub-cap, inside the wider S$100,000 annual cap per company. So on a S$10,000 package, up to 50% support means about S$5,000 comes back.
What documents do I need to apply?
Typically your ACRA business profile, recent financial statements, a quotation from your vendor addressed to your ACRA-registered company name, and a short project description. The exact document list for your activity is to be confirmed on the EDGE portal.
How long does EDGE approval take?
Timelines are set by Enterprise Singapore and are to be confirmed on the EDGE portal, so we do not quote a number here. A pre-approved vendor can help you prepare the paperwork so nothing stalls once you submit.
Ready to apply? Talk to us and we will scope the work, prepare the quotation in your company name, and point you to the right activity on the portal. Start on our EDGE Grant page.