TIA Industry Matching Fund
Funds industry collaboration in South Africa through TIA matching mechanisms that share risk with Venture Capital (VCs), Angel investors, institutional investors, and industry partners.
The Technology Innovation Agency (TIA) Industry Matching Fund is a co-funding instrument administered by TIA, a South African government entity established under the Technology Innovation Agency Act No. 26 of 2008 and operating under the Department of Science, Technology and Innovation (DSTI). The fund is structured to leverage TIA's public capital through risk-sharing arrangements with Venture Ca…
Technology development and commercialisation projects in any economic sector, co-funded on a risk-sharing basis with an industry partner.
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