Business Support

Helping you fund growth

Whether you're a start-up or an established company, Vuka Trade and Enterprise Development Agency supports can help fund your expansion and your investment in becoming a world class company.

Vuka Trade and Enterprise Development Agency offers equity investments and tailored grants for businesses throughout their growth journey. From research and innovation, to employment and sustainability, our range of funding and grants enables businesses to grow and become more productive.

We provide funding and support for:

1. Entrepreneurs with business propositions (Start-up Idea) If your start-up business has the potential to develop an innovative product or service for sale here at home (local market) and the potential to create 10 jobs and R1m within 3 years of starting up.


2. High Potential Start-Up (HPSU) Companies HPSUs are start-up businesses with the potential to develop an innovative product or service for sale on international markets and the potential to create 10 jobs and R5m in export sales within 3 years of starting up.


3. Established SME An Established SME client is a company that is not a HPSU client, has an established trading record, the company (or its group of companies) employs between 10 and 250 employees, has an annual turnover of less than R50m.


4. Large Company Funding A large company is a company that employs greater than 250 employees, has an annual turnover of greater than R50m