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| Sep 16, 2026 | DSB Accepting Applications for State’s First $10M Film Tax Credit Program | Wilmington, Del. – The Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) is now accepting applications for the Delaware Entertainment and Production Tax Credit, the state’s first film tax credit program. The $10 million program is designed to attra... |
| Aug 4, 2026 | FALL 2026 EDGE GRANT COMPETITION & WEBINAR BEGIN AUG. 11 | DOVER, Del.– The Division of Small Business’s (DSB) fall EDGE Grant Competition opens to begin accepting applications on Aug. 11. There will also be a webinar at 10 a.m. that day to provide interested small business owners with more informa... |
| Jul 24, 2026 | Division of Small Business Launches Office of Small Business Access, Announces Listening Tours in July and August | Dover, Del. – The Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) launched the new Office of Small Business Access (OSBA), creating a single point of contact to help entrepreneurs navigate state government and connect with the resources they need... |
| Jun 30, 2026 | Delaware on Main Street Program Grows as 17 Communities Earn National Designations | DOVER, Del. – On Monday, the Delaware on Main Street (DOMS) Program, operating within the Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB), presented certificates of accreditation or affiliation to 17 downtown organizations on behalf of Main Stree... |
| May 29, 2026 | 28 Delaware Organizations Receive Grants to Improve Food Access | DOVER, Del. – The Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) is announcing the 28 businesses and organizations receiving more than $700,000 in grants through the Delaware Grocery Initiative and First State Food System Program (DGI/FSFSP). Th... |
| May 13, 2026 | Governor Meyer and DSB Announce Winners of Spring 2026 EDGE 2.0 Grant Competition | Georgetown, Del. – The excitement level was high as Governor Matt Meyer, and the Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) announced the winners of the Spring 2026 EDGE 2.0 Grant Competition. EDGE, the Division’s flagship pitch and funding ... |
| May 1, 2026 | DSB Highlights the Power of Small Business During National Small Business Month 2026 | DOVER, DE – Nearly 29,000 small businesses call Delaware home, employing over 250,000 people, which is over half of the state’s workforce. Each year, the month of May is set aside as a special time to celebrate small businesses, their resil... |
| Apr 15, 2026 | DSB Launches Delaware Opportunity Zone 2.0 Mapping Tool | Dover, Del. – The Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) has been working closely with the Office of State Planning Coordination, the Delaware State Housing Authority and the Office of the Governor to prepare for Opportunity Zones 2.0. A... |
| Feb 26, 2026 | DSB Prepares to Deploy Next $20M in SSBCI Funding | Two informational webinars scheduled in March
Dover, Del. – The Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) is preparing to deploy its next round of State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) funding this spring, opening access to million... |
| Dec 18, 2025 | DSB Reaches Goal – $14M Dollars in 8 Months! | Wilmington, Del. – The Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) is celebrating reaching and exceeding its “Race to $14M” goal in just 8 months. Highlighting the “Race” has been part of the Division’s strategy to get $14M in federal State S... |
| Oct 16, 2025 | EDGE 2.0 Finalists and Pitch Competition Dates Announced | DOVER, Del. – The Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) is excited to announce the finalists and dates, for the EDGE 2.0 Grant Pitch Competition. The pitch competition will be held on Oct. 28 and 29 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at The Tower Aud... |
| Oct 14, 2025 | DSB Closing In – Approaching $10 Million in SSBCI ‘Race to $14M’ | DOVER, Del. – The Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) is closing in on its goal in the ‘Race to $14M’ initiative. DSB has allocated another $5.93M in federal funding since late August as part of its State Small Business Credit Initiat... |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Division of Small Business Unveils New Logo Reflecting Unity, Vibrancy, and Forward Momentum | DOVER, Del. – The Delaware Division of Small Business is pleased to unveil its new logo, a refreshed visual identity that represents a unified and energized division committed to serving entrepreneurs, businesses, and communities across the... |
| Jun 12, 2025 | Fifteen DE Main Street Programs Earn National Designations | DOVER, Del. – The Delaware on Main Street Program, operated by the Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB), is announcing that four Downtown Main Street Programs have earned reaccreditation status, and another 11 have earned continued aff... |
| May 5, 2025 | First State Food System Program Opens Fourth Grant Application Cycle | Dover, Del – The Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) and the Delaware Council on Farm & Food Policy (Council) announced that DSB began accepting grant applications for Cycle 4 of the First State Food System Program on May 5, 2025.... |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Governor Meyer and Division of Small Business Highlight $14M Available in Small Business Funding | Photo credit: Rebecca Ashton Parson
Wilmington, Del. – On Thursday, Governor Matt Meyer joined Division of Small Business (DSB) Director CJ Bell to highlight the urgent need to get $14M in the hands of small business owners before the end o... |
| Apr 25, 2025 | Governor Meyer and Division of Small Business Highlight $14M Available in Small Small Business Funding | Photo credit: Rebecca Ashton Parson
Wilmington, Del. – On Thursday, Governor Matt Meyer joined Division of Small Business (DSB) Director CJ Bell to highlight the urgent need to get $14M in the hands of small business owners before the end o... |
| Mar 24, 2025 | DE Office of Supplier Diversity Launches Online Application Portal | Delaware Office of Supplier Diversity Launches Online Portal for Diverse Business and Small Business Certifications
Wilmington, Del. – Today, the Delaware Office of Supplier Diversity (OSD) launched a new online portal to streamline the app... |
| Jan 9, 2025 | 2025 EDGE Grant Informational Webinar Set for Jan. 22nd | Dover, Del. – The Delaware Division of Small Business (DSB) is gearing up for the first EDGE Grant Competition round of 2025. EDGE stands for the Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion (EDGE) program.
To help potential applicants pre... |
| Apr 26, 2024 | DSB Highlights Activities for National Small Business Week/Month 2024 | DOVER, DE – There are nearly 28-thousand small businesses in the State of Delaware, providing over 227-thousand jobs which is over half of the state’s workforce. Each year, the month of May is set aside as a special time to celebrate small ... |
| Apr 22, 2024 | DSB Partners with SBDC to Support Small Business Loan Program | DOVER, DE – The state’s Division of Small Business (DSB) is partnering with the Delaware Small Business Development Center (SBDC) to provide additional support to small business owners seeking loans from a federal program that DSB oversees ... |
| Mar 1, 2023 | EDGE grant competition reopens to benefit small businesses | DOVER, DE – Young Delaware companies in need of funding to help expand their business can now apply to compete for an Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion (EDGE) grant from the Division of Small Business (DSB). The division will be... |
| Feb 11, 2023 | Secretary of State Announces Leadership Changes | Secretary of State Jeff Bullock on Friday announced that Regina Mitchell will lead the Delaware Division of Small Business as its next Director. Mitchell most recently served as the Acting Director of the Division of Small Business.
“Regina... |
| Feb 10, 2023 | Secretary of State Announces Leadership Changes | Secretary of State Jeff Bullock on Friday announced that Regina Mitchell will lead the Delaware Division of Small Business as its next Director. Mitchell most recently served as the Acting Director of the Division of Small Business.
“Regina... |
| Aug 22, 2022 | Secretary of State Announces Leadership Change | Dover, Del.—Secretary of State Jeff Bullock on Monday announced that Jessica Welch will lead the Delaware Tourism Office as its next director. Welch most recently served as communications director of the Delaware Division of Small Business.... |
| Aug 1, 2022 | Division of Small Business Accepting Applications for Site Readiness Fund | DOVER, Del. (August 1, 2022) – The Delaware Division of Small Business announced today that it is now accepting applications for the Site Readiness Fund from qualified businesses or local governments. Established through Senate Bill 127, th... |
| May 6, 2022 | Division of Small Business Launches Innovative New Website Service Designed to Support Delaware’s Small Businesses | DOVER, Del. – The Delaware Division of Small Business launched SizeUpDelaware this week, making powerful market research and business intelligence available to small businesses to help them succeed.
Small business owners in Delaware can now... |
| Apr 22, 2022 | Secretary of State Jeff Bullock Announces Leadership Changes | Dover, Del.—Secretary of State Jeff Bullock announced on Friday that Jordan Schulties, Director of the Division of Small Business, and Tim Slavin, Director of the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, will depart from their roles to ... |
| Jan 20, 2022 | How to start a business in Delaware: 21 (mostly) free resources for entrepreneurs | Starting a business is always a challenge, but you might be surprised how many resources for entrepreneurs and small business owners there are in Delaware. And many of them — from grant programs to mentorship orgs to webinars — are free.
Ri... |
| May 26, 2021 | The State of Delaware is offering totally Delaware vaccine incentives | The top prize in the Sate of Delaware’s DEWINS! vaccination incentive raffle? Two low-number license plates. You can’t get much more Delaware than that.
(If you’re new around here, Delaware license plate numbers have the unique distinction ... |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Manufacturing in Delaware has evolved from its mill origins. Here’s why the industry is a 21st-century economic driver | Modern manufacturing in Delaware goes back to 1687, when the first flour mill was opened on the Brandywine by a Swedish colonist named Tyman Stidham.
Since then, it has been one of the state’s most impactful industries, and one of the thing... |
| Mar 25, 2021 | The expanded EDGE Grant program reopens on April 1 | Delaware Division of Small Businesses’ two-year-old EDGE Grant program has expanded for its third round, increasing the number of grants of up to $25,000 available for non-STEM companies to 10. Five grants of up to $100,000 are also availab... |
| Oct 16, 2020 | The Delaware Relief small biz program gets a boost to $150M | Two COVID-19 relief programs for Delaware small businesses and unemployed workers are expanding, Governor John Carney announced Thursday.
The DE Relief program, launched over the summer, provides grants of up to $100,000 to Delaware small b... |
| Sep 29, 2020 | This DART pilot program aims to innovate rural transit in Georgetown | When you think of public transportation, you may not think a lot about places like Georgetown in rural Sussex County.
But DART has a unique presence in the town, which is a Delaware employment hub as the home of the Perdue plant and other m... |
| Apr 6, 2020 | COVID-19 Resources for Startups, State-by-State | Welcome to our state directory for startups seeking COVID-19 resources! Last month we whittled the plethora of resources available down to the essentials here. We certainly weren’t the first to provide a guide, and we realized that with the... |
| Mar 18, 2020 | Delaware small businesses may be eligible for immediate financial assistance | Few industries in Delaware (and beyond) have been as hard hit in the wake of COVID-19 as the hospitality business. After a busy pre-St. Patrick’s Day weekend, Gov. John Carney shut down sit-down service for restaurants and bars in the state... |
| Sep 18, 2019 | These are the first 10 EDGE Grant awardees | It’s a big day for the Delaware startup and small business community: After months of proposals, reviews and pitches, the Delaware Division of Small Business (DDSB) has announced the recipients of the inaugural EDGE Grants for small busines... |
| Aug 28, 2019 | Kent County to award EDGE Grant bonuses | Good news for emerging businesses in Kent County: STEM companies that are awarded a $100,000 EDGE Grant will receive an additional $10,000 from the county, and recipients of the $50,000 entrepreneurship EDGE Grant will receive $5,000, accor... |
| Aug 9, 2019 | Wilmington smart fashion startup edging toward $50K grant | Delaware’s EDGE Grant, a new offering for young companies from the Delaware Division of Small Businesses (DDSB), is in the final stage of selection for grantees out of the pool of applicants who submitted in June. That’s according to Linda ... |
| Jun 5, 2019 | The EDGE Grant, explained | How would you like to quadruple your existing business capital, without loans or giving up equity?
It sounds like the opener for a late-night infomercial, but that’s what the Delaware Division of Small Businesses is offering with the EDGE (... |
| Jan 3, 2019 | Angel investor tax credit puts Delaware in the top 10 for tech | The Milken Institute has been publishing its biannual State Technology and Science Index since 2002, a study that evaluates each state in the U.S. by several factors, including access to startup capital and startup activity.
Delaware cracke... |
| May 25, 2018 | What’s the deal with Delaware’s new Angel Investor Job Creation and Innovation Act? | Gov. John Carney signed House Bill 170, the Angel Investor Job Creation and Innovation Act for Small Technology Companies into law on Thursday.
Sounds good, but what is it, and how can it help you as a startup or a potential startup investo... |
| Why Maryland is ahead of Delaware in supplier diversity | Delaware’s push to increase state supplier diversity is fueled in part by the knowledge that more equitable contract distribution is not only possible, it’s been happening for years in states such as New York, Virginia and Maryland.
Other s... |
| Where can founders find startup funding in Delaware? | Two angels, a former Marine and a shark walked into a museum … and dished out some serious wisdom on how startups can think about getting funding.
For entrepreneurs with a dream, it is important to demystify the role that venture capital an... |
| The top 15 state and city funding programs to help business owners pay rent, keep employees, and restructure their debt | You can apply for a state or city loan today. Shutterstock/Odua Images This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.
States and city governments are offering millions in loans and grant... |
