This report highlights the transformative growth of the deep tech ecosystem, which now comprises over 5,800 companies that have collectively raised £37.9 billion in equity funding since 2014. The study examines key trends in AI, quantum computing, robotics, and CleanTech, emphasizing the sector's resilience and its focus on addressing global challenges such as climate change and energy efficiency.

This report aims to provide insights into the design, performance, and effectiveness of these early-stage entrepreneurial support initiatives. With over 900 entrepreneurial support organizations (ESOs) in Africa, the study focuses on pre-acceleration as a crucial component of early-stage support. The research analyzes 10 ongoing programs in detail, drawing from a list of 60+ early-stage entities in the most active markets.

This report marks GEM's 25th anniversary of assessing global entrepreneurship trends and provides crucial insights into the state of entrepreneurship worldwide. The study is based on responses from over 136,000 individuals across 46 economies and assessments from 2,000 experts in 49 economies. It highlights significant findings, particularly the persistent weakness in entrepreneurial education across most economies.

The Women-led high-growth enterprise taskforce report, published on February 28, 2024, is a comprehensive study that examines the state of women-led high-growth businesses in the UK. Chaired by Anne Boden, founder of Starling Bank, the taskforce was established in May 2022 to identify barriers women face in accessing high-growth capital and to suggest ways to increase the number of women-led high-growth enterprises, particularly outside London.

The All In report series presents data surrounding female founders and investors in the US venture capital ecosystem. The report provides a comprehensive analysis of the state of female entrepreneurship in the venture capital landscape.

This inaugural report, published by PitchBook, highlights both progress and persistent challenges faced by female founders in the European VC landscape. The study reveals that while female-founded startups are making strides, they still receive significantly less investment compared to their male counterparts. In 2021, female-founded companies collectively surpassed the €10 billion mark in VC investments for the first time, marking a milestone in the industry.

The report highlights significant progress and persistent challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in Canada. Key findings indicate that women-owned businesses in Canada have increased to 18.4% of all businesses in 2023, up from 15.6% in 2017. The report also reveals that Canadian women are more engaged in early-stage entrepreneurial activities compared to the global average, with 14.8% participation versus 10.1% globally. However, disparities persist, as 37.1% of women entrepreneurs earn less than $50,000 annually, compared to 31.7% of men entrepreneurs.

This paper examines the content-based industry of the Republic of Korea, focusing on the factors that have contributed to its remarkable success, particularly the role of government policies in supporting the industry as a new engine of economic growth. The report provides an in-depth analysis of Korea's approach to cultural policy, which has driven the phenomenal success of the Korean Wave, or Hallyu effect. It explores how Korea has leveraged specific cultural policies to boost its creative industries, reviewing international debates on the purpose and roles of cultural policy.

This report provides an in-depth analysis of Poland's tech entrepreneurship ecosystem, offering valuable insights into its current state, strengths, and weaknesses. The study employs network mapping to visualize connections between entrepreneurial companies through former employment, mentorship, investment, and serial entrepreneurship.

This paper reviews the literature on strategies to support women entrepreneurs in improving their business outcomes, focusing on interventions designed to address four key areas of constraints: human capital gaps, access to finance, access to technology and markets, and contextual factors such as legal and regulatory constraints, social norms, access to care, and gender-based violence. The report emphasizes the shift in policy focus from encouraging a high number of women-led startups to supporting growth-oriented enterprises led by women.