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Ireland

UStart Student Accelerator

Year Introduced: 2013 | City-level

The UStart Student Accelerator at Dublin City University (DCU) operates as an innovative extra-curricular program designed to empower student entrepreneurs. The program runs for approximately 12…

Ghana

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.…

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…

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…

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…

Dominican Republic

50H: Laboratorio Emprendedor

Year Introduced: 2013 | National-level

This program seeks to strengthen the ecosystem by providing entrepreneurs with needed support. A central feature is connecting local micro-enterprises with mentors and key local ecosystem actors…

Ecuador

Innovando Amazonía

Year Introduced: | National-level

Innovando Amazonía is a program that seeks to promote productive diversification, the responsible and sustainable use of renewable and non-renewable resources, and the specialization of human talent…

New Zealand

Global Impact Visa

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

Global Impact Visa (GIV) is a three-year open work visa that enables participants in the Edmund Hillary Fellowship to work and live in New Zealand. The visa provides up to 400 individual pioneering…

Brazil

Innovative Women Program ("Mulheres Inovadoras")

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The program selects 30 startups for acceleration which includes specialized mentoring, support and monitoring by market professionals. In addition, up to 15 of these startups are selected to receive…

Argentina

Acceleration and Scaling Program (2nd Edition)

Year Introduced: 2022 | Sub-national

The program's primary beneficiaries were scaling institutions, defined as legal entities, funds, or trusts within the country, providing acceleration and scaling services to startups. These…

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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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