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The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP)

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP) offers a comprehensive suite of services aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and supporting the growth of startups and small businesses.…

United States

Parallel18

Year Introduced: 2016 | Sub-national

Parallel18 is an all-encompassing organization that provides training and support for startups at any stage of the growth process. Parallel18 provides four main programs to help entrepreneurs…

United Kingdom

TEAM SY

Year Introduced: 2021 | Sub-national

TEAM SY takes a multi-faceted approach to connecting and strengthening the startup and tech ecosystem in South Yorkshire:Delivering dedicated startup programsTEAM SY runs various pre-accelerator and…

Tunisia

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC)

Year Introduced: 2011 | National-level

The CDC plays a key role in supporting entrepreneurs and the startup ecosystem in several ways:Financing Startups and SMEsThe CDC provides equity and quasi-equity financing to innovative startups and…

Brazil

Start-Up Brasil

Year Introduced: 2012 | National-level

The main features of the Start-Up Brasil program include: IT start-ups: the program is geared specifically towards IT start-ups Funding: The program offers individual…

Poland

Scale Up Acceleration Program

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

To accelerate the development of Polish startups through measures such as testing their products and/or services with medium and large companies, to learn how best to scale their…

Malaysia

Global Accelerator Programme (GAP)

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

A programme to accelerate startups from all over the world, with an interest to expand their business in the ASEAN region, to be investment-ready in 4 months. It also aims to build a strong…

New Zealand

R9 Government Accelerator Programme

Year Introduced: 2015 | National-level

This three month accelerator programme enabled a wide group of government agencies to form entrepreneurial teams with private sector entrepreneurs, designers, and developers to reduce the cost of…

Estonia

Accelerate Estonia (aEstonia)

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

Accelerate Estonia (aEstonia) is new tool for public sector innovation that allows for exploring the public domains which are ripe for disruption and build models that would bring…

Brazil

InovAtiva Brazil

Year Introduced: 2013 | National-level

Each edition of InovAtiva lasts for up to six months and selects up to 130 startups for the acceleration program, with two cycles carried out each year. The program acts on three fronts:…

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Atlas is a compendium of public sector policies and programs that serves as a tool for policymakers, advisors and opinion leaders to learn about previously implemented policy models, articulated entrepreneurship strategies and/or designs of public-sector-supported programs.

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