BRIDGE
Loan
Bridgement Invoice Finance
Bridgement advances cash against your unpaid invoices, claiming up to 100 percent of invoice value (versus the industry-typical 70-80 percent), with facilities ...
Funding in Free State
Funding opportunities for SMEs in the Free State. Includes national programmes available across South Africa.
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Loan
Bridgement Business Loan
Bridgement offers simple business loans from R20,000 up to R10 million, repayable over 1-24 months with a single fixed fee and early-settlement discounts. Apply...
PSP
LoanNEW
ProfitShare Partners Purchase Order and Contract Finance
If your business has won a purchase order or contract but lacks the capital to deliver, ProfitShare Partners funds the full transaction (R250,000 to R5 million)...
DALRRD
Grant
AgriBEE Fund
Funding and support for black farmers to grow, process, and sell your produce. Help with finance and finding markets.
SEDFA
Loan
SEDFA Imbali for Her
Loans up to R5 million for majority black women-owned businesses (51 percent or more), at preferential rates of prime minus 3 percent (prime minus 5 percent for...
LULA
Loan
Lula Business Funding (formerly Lulalend)
Lula (formerly Lulalend) offers unsecured online business funding from R10,000 up to R5 million, paid out in as little as 24 hours, either as a revolving cash-f...
RETAIL
Loan
GoTyme Business Advance (formerly Retail Capital)
Unsecured business cash advance of up to R5 million from GoTyme Bank (formerly Retail Capital, acquired by TymeBank). You need monthly turnover of R50,000 or mo...
DOT
Loan + Grant Blend
Tourism Transformation Fund (TTF)
Funding for majority black-owned tourism businesses, run by the National Empowerment Fund in partnership with the Department of Tourism: a grant of up to R5 mil...
DTIC
Grant
Support Programme for Industrial Innovation
SPII is a non-repayable grant for developing innovative products or processes, covering the phase from end of research to pre-production prototype. The Product ...
GENFIN
LoanNEW
GENFIN Business Loan
GENFIN lends R100,000 to R3 million over 6 or 12 months to registered businesses trading at least a year with around R100,000 monthly turnover. Apply online wit...
SEDFA
Loan + Grant Blend
SEDFA Co-operatives Development Support Programme (CDSP)
Government support programme for registered co-operatives, now run under SEDFA with the Department of Small Business Development. It offers blended funding - a ...
NFVF
Grant
NFVF Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP) - Audio-Visual Sector
Government job-creation funding for the film and TV industry, run by the NFVF in annual rounds. The latest round (PESP 6, R230 million for 2025/26) funded produ...
GIZ
Grant
develoPPP Ventures (BMZ/GIZ co-funding for SA startups)
There is no GIZ programme called Green Innovation - the real, currently open GIZ route for South African companies is develoPPP Ventures, a German BMZ programme...
DSAC
Grant
Mzansi Golden Economy (MGE) Open Call Grant Funding
Annual grant funding from the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture for cultural and creative projects - music, dance, theatre, visual arts, design, books and d...
IDF
Loan
Isivande Women's Fund
Loans of R30,000 to R2 million for businesses that are 50 percent plus one share women-owned and/or managed, operating for at least six months. More affordable ...
DALRRD
Loan + Grant Blend
Agro-Energy Fund (Land Bank / DALRRD)
Part-loan, part-grant funding from the Land Bank (with DALRRD) for alternative energy on farms - solar panels, biogas and biomass plants - to cut load-shedding ...
SABF
GrantNEW
SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards
If you have built a product or service that tackles a social or disability-related problem (past the idea stage), this annual competition awards between R300,00...
TIA
Grant
TIA Seed Fund (via implementing partners)
The Technology Innovation Agency Seed Fund gives grant funding to turn research and early-stage technology ideas into working prototypes. Under the current cycl...
NFVF
Grant
NFVF Production and Development Funding
Grants for developing and producing South African films, documentaries, animation and TV or web content, with published maximums of R200,000 for development (R1...
DSBD
Loan + Grant Blend
Township and Rural Entrepreneurship Programme
Blended finance for township and rural businesses: up to R1 million per applicant, with the grant portion capped at R100,000 and the balance a 5 percent fixed-r...
OCIF
Loan + Grant BlendNEW
Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF) GROW South Africa
Young South African business owners (35 or under) with real revenue can get up to R1 million - half free grant, half interest-free loan - plus investor-readines...
DOT
Grant
Green Tourism Incentive Programme (GTIP)
The Green Tourism Incentive Programme, run by the IDC for the Department of Tourism, helps small and micro tourism businesses go green: it pays the full cost of...
NAC
Grant
NAC Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme (PESP)
PESP is government stimulus funding routed through the National Arts Council for arts and culture projects that create jobs. The latest round (PESP 7, for 2026-...
NFVF
Grant
NFVF Marketing and Distribution Funding
The NFVF gives grants to South African independent filmmakers and local distributors to market and distribute completed South African films - feature films and ...
Funding in Free State
Provincial and National Programmes
Businesses in Free State can access both provincial funding from local development agencies and national programmes from SEFA, NEF, IDC, and NYDA available throughout South Africa.
Local Development Agencies
Free State has dedicated development agencies that offer grants, mentorship, and business support tailored to local economic priorities and community needs.
How to Apply
Start by checking programme eligibility requirements. Prepare your CIPC registration, tax clearance, and business plan. Use our readiness checker to identify gaps before applying.