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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.…

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…

Netherlands

Techleap.NL Rise

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

Techleap.nl Rise encourages founders in cohorts of 10-15 participants to learn from each other about the challenges of scaling up a company. Selected companies…

Dominican Republic

Entrepreneur Challenge (Reto Emprendedor)

Year Introduced: 2013 | National-level

The program is designed to connect local businesses and support organizations with the purpose of developing local entrepreneurial ecosystems, beyond supporting individual…

United Kingdom

London & Partners

Year Introduced: 2011 | City-level

London & Partners supports London-based businesses that have between six and 250 employees and have a turnover of more than £500k (approx $620k) but less than £40 million (approx $49.7 million)…

Colombia

ALDEA

Year Introduced: 2015 | National-level

ALDEA is a community where entrepreneurs can find mentors, experts, service provider’s, investors and banks to leverage the startup´s growth. Innpulsa Colombia supports entrepreneurs through…

Paraguay

INNOVANDO PARAGUAY

Year Introduced: 2014 | National-level

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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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