DSP Briefing Session

Selangor SME Digitalisation Matching Grant Briefing session for DSPs SIDEC SDN BHD Selangor Information Technology & Digital Economy Corporation SIDEC

List of Special Evaluation Committee (JPK) members 1 Dato’ Ng Wan Peng, President, Big Bad Wolf Books (Chairperson) 2 Dato’ Syed Haizam Jamalullail, Managing Director Tuas Capital Partners and The Hive Southeast Asia, Dana Penjana Nasional Programme Partner 3 Datuk Michael Kang Hua Keong, President, SME Association of Malaysia 4 Matthijs van Leeuwen, Chief Innovation Officer, Sunway Group Director, Sunway iLabs 5 Shamsul Jafni Shafie, CEO of PitchIN (SC licence equity crowdfunding platform), Founder of WatchTower & Friends (WTF) Accelerator 6 Xelia Tong, ScaleUp Malaysia Managing Partner (Accelerator) 7 UPEN representative 8 Representative from the Information Technology Division, State Secretary

Process flow APPLICATION EVALUATION APPROVAL DSPs & SMEs will Open for SMEs/DSPs Application reviewed receive notification of to apply by Special Evaluation approval via email Committee ACTIVATION Digitalisation systems GRANT RELEASE PROOF OF ACTIVATION to be properly Grant payment implemented within 1 will be issued to DSPs must provide DSPs’ accounts proof of activation and month report to Sidec

Process flow Application JPK Evaluation Approved Rejected Proof of activation Appeal Review KIV Grant release

Grant payment process Service provider to submit Auditors will audit the report proof of activation and report (within 21 working days) to Sidec Payment of grant to service Sidec and special evaluation provider’s account within 21 committee will review the documents working days by Sidec

Eligibility criteria (SMEs)

Required documents (Sdn Bhd)

Required documents (Sole Proprietorship)

Registration portal We only receive applications through the portal. We do not accept any application via email or in hard copy form.

Registration portal Kindly provide DSP’s contact number (PIC), email address (PIC) and official email address. This is to ensure both SMEs and DSPs receive the email notification.

FAQ Who shall apply for the grant ? ○ SMEs or DSPs can apply on behalf of SMEs. ○ The precondition is that SMEs must be informed if DSPs apply on behalf of them. If the contract is for 2 years, can SMEs apply for the grant based on the 2-year invoice? No. DSPs will need to separate the invoice to 1 year of service only.

FAQ Can SMEs apply for software enhancements or upgrades through the grant? Yes What if the package is inclusive of training or maintenance, will the grant cover it? No

FAQ Is it acceptable if the invoice is from a third party vendor? ● The programme is between SMEs and DSPs within the ecosystem. ● The invoice should be from the DSPs endorsed by Sidec only. What happens if an SME or DSP decides to pull out or ceases operations during the engagement? ● Commercial arrangements are conducted between the SME and DSP. Therefore, under this situation, it will follow the terms and conditions in the legal agreement between the SME and DSP itself.