Velocity — University of Waterloo's Startup Incubator
Founded in 2008, the University of Waterloo's Velocity incubator has supported 400+ companies whose alumni had raised $4.3bn and created 5,000+ jobs …
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Founded in 2008, the University of Waterloo's Velocity incubator has supported 400+ companies whose alumni had raised $4.3bn and created 5,000+ jobs …
Created in 1986 by Fundação CERTI as Brazil's first tech-business incubator, CELTA has graduated 118 companies generating ~800 direct jobs and R$67m/year …
Korea's founding Special R&D Zone (est. 1973): 29 government institutes and 5 universities generate over 7,000 patents a year and account for …
Founded in 1959 as the Weizmann Institute's commercial arm, Yeda has generated over USD 2 billion in licensing revenue in a recent …
In 2024, DTU registered 14 spin-out companies — 48% of Denmark's national record of 29 university spin-outs that year — plus 60 …
IIT Madras's incubation and technology-transfer ecosystem in Chennai has incubated 567 startups (2 unicorns, ₹74,100cr/~US$8bn portfolio) and filed 431 patents in FY2025-26, …
Taiwan's flagship semiconductor science park, home to TSMC and UMC — 584 companies employing 177,000+ workers generated NT$1.51 trillion (~US$46bn) in 2024 …
Regional innovation agency turning Brno's university research base into companies via three sector incubators and a venture fund; contributed to 3,500+ skilled …
Iceland's main national business-accelerator body, tracing to a 2000 corporate innovation centre and a 2007 student-led non-profit merged in 2013, has drawn …
DTU's university-run innovation hub has produced roughly 850 new businesses since 2013 (about 80 a year); by 2024, DTU-founded startups had attracted …
Since 1959, the Weizmann Institute's wholly owned commercialisation arm has turned basic research into drugs like Copaxone and Erbitux, earning the Institute …
South Korea's original Special R&D Zone, formally designated in 2005 around KAIST, ETRI and other public institutes in Daejeon. Its 2022 survey …
Since 2016, Taipei's Smart City PMO has run nearly 600 public-private matchmaking meetings and vetted 100+ pilot proposals, converting about a third …
Founded in 2007 and formalised as a Gold-certified cluster in 2012, Košice IT Valley links 48 IT firms with the Technical University …
Africa's first national startup law lets Tunisian founders win a state 'Label' unlocking tax breaks and financing; labelled startups grew from 650 …
Serbia's first science-technology park has supported 240+ tech companies employing 2,800+ people and exporting to 60+ countries since opening in 2015 with …
Uruguay's ANII (est. 2006) funds seed-stage ventures via matching grants; a 2025 peer-reviewed study found 195% private co-investment leverage, and a 2013 …
National scheme giving every citizen 25+ a training credit since 2016. About 1.05 million Singaporeans (37%) have used SkillsFuture Credit at least …
Malaysia's DE Rantau pass lets remote workers and freelancers with foreign income live in Malaysia up to 12 months. MDEC figures show …
Croatia's first university-founded science and technology park (2008) advised 1,357 companies and scientists between 2013-2019 and has contracted 50+ projects worth over …
UniQuest, UQ's commercialisation company since 1984, has produced 360+ US patents and 130+ start-ups (Gardasil, Spinifex, Inflazome); in July 2025 Sanofi agreed …
Mexico's first creative-digital urban district (est. 2012) in Guadalajara's historic centre. Triple Helix governance (ADICD/FMCCD trust) supports animation, gaming, VFX, software and …
India's largest state-level startup programme (2006, Kerala), with 63 incubators and 525+ mini-incubation centres. By 2024: 6,400+ startups supported, US$665 million in …
Ontario funds full tuition for 12,700+ nursing, paramedic and lab-tech students (C$171 M+) who commit to working in their study region in …
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