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Funding for founders and universities
Thai public funding programs, explained: what each agency funds, at which stage, and how to apply. Checked against official pages.
How to pick a route
Start from your stage, then find the agency
Five stages, from a team with an idea to an established company. Find where you are today and look at the programs on that step first.
Every company carries two labels: its stage and its Thai SME size, for example “Pre-scaleup · Small SME”. Established SMEs that are not startups join at stage 3 when they grow into new markets, or at stage 5.
- Stage 01
Pre-incubation
You’re here when: You have a team and an idea. No company and no revenue yet.
Thai SME size Not a company yet
University incubators and science parks
- University Business Incubator, Pre-Incubation (OPS MHESI)about 6 months to a prototype and business plan; [amount not published]
- Science Park, New Regional Startups฿50,000 a team (Walailak, 2024)
- Stage 02
Incubation
You’re here when: Your company is registered 3 years or less and has its first revenue.
Thai SME size Usually Micro SME (≤5 staff, ≤฿1.8M revenue)
Incubators and science parks for young companies
- University Business Incubator, Start-up Company level฿150,000–200,000 (one university report, May 2025)
- Science Park, Tech to Commercial Shiftup to ฿400,000 (EASTPARK, FY2570)
- Stage 03
Pre-scaleup
You’re here when: Revenue repeats and the product fits its market. You are building toward 10 staff and markets abroad.
Thai SME size Usually Small SME (manufacturing ≤50 staff / ≤฿100M; trade and services ≤30 / ≤฿50M)
Technology, digital and innovation agencies
- TED Fund, Market Scaling Upup to ฿2M, up to 90%, 12 months; [stage fit to confirm]
- depa Digital Startup Fund, S2 and S3S2 ฿1M; S3 ฿5M; [stage fit to confirm]
- NIA, Market Expansion and Thematic Innovationup to ฿2M; up to ฿5M, up to 75%; [stage fit to confirm]
- Stage 04
Scaleup
You’re here when: At least 10 staff at the start and at least 20% growth a year for 3 years.
Thai SME size Small to Medium SME (manufacturing ≤200 / ≤฿500M; trade and services ≤100 / ≤฿300M)
Scale-up, going-abroad and investment programs
- [Scale-up and going-abroad programs: names to confirm][amounts to confirm]
- Board of Investment (BOI)investment promotion; [terms to confirm]
- Stage 05
Established
You’re here when: Growth is below 20% a year, or the company is above the medium-SME limits.
Thai SME size Medium SME or large company
SME support and technology upgrade programs
- OSMEP Business Development Service (BDS)SMEs only; [amount to confirm]
- NSTDA ITAP[80% reimbursement; to confirm]
Stage fit is a guide; check each program’s own rules.
You stay in a stage or size only while you’re within all of its limits. Pass any one (age, staff, revenue or growth) and you move up. For a specific grant, the agency’s own rule decides.
Thai SME sizes at a glance
Thai SME sizes: Ministerial Regulation B.E. 2562 (2019), published 7 Jan 2020. Limits are staff and annual revenue.
Sources: SEA Bridge research, Thai Funding Programs Map, 28 Oct 2026; amounts as published, not comprehensive. Thai SME sizes: Ministerial Regulation B.E. 2562 (2019). Scaleup: OECD definition, via SISP (2025). Program-to-stage placement is SEA Bridge’s reading.
Next step
Not sure which route fits?
Tell us your stage and what you are building. We will point you to the programs that match and what each one asks for.