Edge small business winners

EDGE reaches milestone with 100 small business grants

Betsy PriceHeadlines, Business

A Delaware Division of Small Business program that gives small business grants to start or grow has awarded cash to 100 businesses in its first five years. The EDGE competition — short for Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion competition — reached that milestone Thursday, when it gave money to 10 small businesses in the first of its biannual awards. In …

The STEM class recipients of the latest EDGE grants from Delaware.

EDGE funding goes to 10 more Delaware startups

Ken MammarellaBusiness, Government, Headlines

Delaware has given grants to 10 small businesses, as winners of the seventh round of the Encouraging Development, Growth and Expansion competition. Five STEM-based companies will each receive up to $100,000 for eligible expenses while five Entrepreneur Class businesses will each receive up to $50,000. Specific amounts to each company were not released. EDGE is a matching grant program. The …