Programs in the United States
The Innovative EcoSystems registry lists 707 programs in the United States.
Programs fund or deliver support for innovation and entrepreneurship, from grant schemes to training initiatives.
The largest concentrations are in Des Moines, Iowa (40), Chicago, Illinois (36) and Denver, Colorado (19).
The United States scores 68.5 out of 100 on the IEPA (2024 edition), ranking 21 of 117 economies.
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707 programs
- Arkansas Manufacturing Solutions
Program - Arkansas Small Business Revolving Loan Guaranty Program
Program - Arkansas Women's Business Center
Program · El Dorado - ASBTDC at Southern Arkansas University (Magnolia)
Program · Magnolia - Aurora-South Metro Small Business Development Center
Program · Aurora - AXIS Powered by Francis Tuttle (formerly Launch Pad FT)
Program · Closed · Edmond - Baldwin Wallace University LaunchNET
Program · Berea - Battle of the Regions
Program · Arlington - Best of the Midwest Pitch Competition
Program · Des Moines - Big Problem Challenge (Ohio Wesleyan University)
Program · Delaware - Biomanufacturing Shark Tank
Program · Omaha - Biotech Showcase Pitch Competition
Program · Ankeny - BizBAM Summit
Program · West Palm Beach - Black Hawk County Microfinance Initiative
Program · Waterloo - Black Tech Street
Program · Tulsa - Blueprint: Tulsa (Visible Hands x Build in Tulsa)
Program · Tulsa - Boeing Center for Veteran Transition and Military Families
Program · Alexandria - Boulder Small Business Development Center
Program · Boulder - Bright Futures
Program · Greeley - Broadband Acceleration Grant (BAG) Program
Program - BUILD Denver Program
Program · Denver - Build in Tulsa
Program · Tulsa - Business Breakthrough
Program · Cedar Falls - Business Horizons
Program · Des Moines - Business Seed Capital
Program · Roanoke - Camden Manufacturing Apprenticeship Program
Program · Camden - Catalysts: Ideas Moving Iowa Forward
Program · Des Moines - Cedar Valley Leadership Institute
Program · Waterloo - Center for Innovative Educator Preparation
Program · Greeley - Central Mountain Small Business Development Center
Program · Salida - Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches AI & Technology Committee
Program · West Palm Beach - Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches Executive Mentorship
Program · West Palm Beach - Champaign-Urbana AgTech Week
Program · Champaign - Charlie Walker Pitch Challenge
Program · Salina - Chicago Urban League Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Program · Chicago - Chicago Venture Summit
Program · Chicago - Choose Iowa
Program · Des Moines - Cintrifuse Startup Fellows Program
Program · Cincinnati - City of Peoria Technology Industry Grant Program
Program · Peoria - CO.STARTERS (Lynchburg)
Program · Lynchburg - CoderDojo (NewBoCo)
Program · Cedar Rapids - College-by-College Pitch Off
Program · Ames - Colorado CHIPS Community Support Program
Program - Colorado Enterprise Zone Program
Program · Denver - Colorado First Customized Job Training
Program · Denver - Colorado Fusion Week
Program · Golden - Colorado Green Business Network
Program - Colorado SBDC TechSource
Program - Colorado State Small Business Credit Initiative
Program - Columbus Startup Week
Program · Columbus - Commonwealth Commercialization Fund
Program - Community Council on Education
Program · Greeley - ComPEET (NSF EPIIC, Shawnee State University)
Program · Portsmouth - Connecting Entrepreneurial Communities (CEC)
Program - Cook County Catalyst Grant
Program · Chicago - Corridor Business Hall of Fame
Program · Cedar Rapids - Coulter Center for Translational Research
Program · Charlottesville - Council Bluffs Public Library Startup Series
Program · Council Bluffs - Cozad New Venture Challenge
Program · Urbana - Creative Places Accelerator
Program - CU Boulder Innovation & Entrepreneurship Initiative
Program · Boulder - Cultivate 360
Program · Ames - Cultivo Global Ag Innovation Program
Program · Ames - Cultivo Virtual Academy
Program · Ames - CWRU LaunchNet
Program · Cleveland - CyBIZ Lab
Program · Ames - CYVAX
Program · Ames - Dan K. Richardson Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Program · Fort Pierce - Darden Venture Fellows
Program · Charlottesville - DARPA-Illinois Quantum Proving Ground
Program · Chicago - DARPAConnect
Program · Arlington - Denison University Consulting & Entrepreneurship
Program · Granville - Denver Metro Small Business Development Center
Program · Lakewood - Destination Startup
Program · Boulder - Digital Health Co/Lab at KU
Program · Lawrence - Digital Innovation Semiconductor Center (DISC)
Program · Urbana - Dollar$ for Dream$ Pitch Competition
Program · Kirtland - Downtown Partners Sioux City Business Success Series
Program · Sioux City - Downtown Revive & Thrive Program
Program - Drake Business Clinic
Program · Des Moines - DU Entrepreneurship Week
Program · Denver - East Colorado Small Business Development Center
Program - Eastern Illinois University East-Central Illinois Hub
Program · Charleston - Eastern Iowa Small Business Development Center
Program · Davenport - eCommunity Partnership
Program - Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship
Program · Chicago - EDIR Seed Network (Iowa State University)
Program · Ames - Elevate Iowa Manufacturing
Program · Des Moines - Elevate Quantum Workforce Collaborative
Program · Arvada - Embark Deep Tech Startup Creator
Program · Boulder - Emerging Technology Conference (RBTC)
Program · Roanoke - Emporia Entrepreneur Challenge
Program · Emporia - Empower Rural Iowa
Program · Des Moines - End-to-End Commercialization Project
Program · Petersburg - Enterprise Studio
Program · Charlottesville - EntreFuel
Program · Clinton - Entrepreneur Field Days
Program · Des Moines - Entrepreneurial Services Provider (ESP) Program
Program - Entrepreneurship@DU
Program · Denver - Ernest M. Hodge Institute for Entrepreneurship
Program · Norfolk - Everyday Entrepreneur Pitch Competition
Program · Mason City - Explore VR
Program · Youngstown - Fairfax Founders Fund
Program · Fairfax - Fall Startup Pitch Competition (Iowa State)
Program · Ames - FAU Business Pitch Competition
Program · Boca Raton - FAU Family Business Initiative
Program · Boca Raton - FAU Market Validation Workshop
Program · Boca Raton - FAU Venture Mentor Team
Program · Boca Raton - Federal Funding Assistance Program (FFAP)
Program - FinTech Frontier
Program · Cincinnati - Florida Atlantic Entrepreneurship Institute
Program · Boca Raton - Florida Atlantic Wave
Program · Boca Raton - Florida First Check
Program - Flyer Pitch
Program · Dayton - Flyer Pitch Competition
Program · Dayton - Flywheel (Bounce software program)
Program · Akron - Founders Fair (Miami University)
Program · Oxford - Fourth Revolution Awards
Program · Chicago - Fowler Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit
Program · Cleveland - Frontiers: The Heartland Institute for Clinical and Translational Research
Program · Kansas City
Cities
- Programs in Des Moines, Iowa 40
- Programs in Chicago, Illinois 36
- Programs in Denver, Colorado 19
- Programs in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 19
- Programs in Greeley, Colorado 18
- Programs in Ames, Iowa 17
- Programs in Columbus, Ohio 16
- Programs in Cleveland, Ohio 15
- Programs in Boulder, Colorado 14
- Programs in Lawrence, Kansas 14
- Programs in Charlottesville, Virginia 13
- Programs in Tulsa, Oklahoma 13
- Programs in Richmond, Virginia 11
- Programs in Wichita, Kansas 11
- Programs in Boca Raton, Florida 10
- Programs in Iowa City, Iowa 10
- Programs in Kansas City, Kansas 10
- Programs in West Palm Beach, Florida 10
- Programs in Cincinnati, Ohio 9
- Programs in Cedar Falls, Iowa 8
- Programs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa 8
- Programs in Manhattan, Kansas 8
- Programs in Texarkana, Texas 7
- Programs in Toledo, Ohio 7
- Programs in Champaign, Illinois 6
- Programs in Colorado Springs, Colorado 6
- Programs in Dayton, Ohio 6
- Programs in Golden, Colorado 6
- Programs in Norfolk, Virginia 6
- Programs in Akron, Ohio 5
- Programs in Ankeny, Iowa 5
- Programs in Fairfax, Virginia 5
- Programs in Fort Collins, Colorado 5
- Programs in Sioux City, Iowa 5
- Programs in Arlington, Virginia 4
- Programs in Blacksburg, Virginia 4
- Programs in Delaware, Ohio 4
- Programs in Fort Pierce, Florida 4
- Programs in Lynchburg, Virginia 4
- Programs in Mount Pleasant, Texas 4
- Programs in Oxford, Ohio 4
- Programs in Topeka, Kansas 4
- Programs in Virginia Beach, Virginia 4
- Programs in Camden, Arkansas 3
- Programs in Council Bluffs, Iowa 3
- Programs in Durango, Colorado 3
- Programs in Edmond, Oklahoma 3
- Programs in Harrisonburg, Virginia 3
- Programs in Hudson, Ohio 3
- Programs in Magnolia, Arkansas 3
- Programs in Mason City, Iowa 3
- Programs in Petersburg, Virginia 3
- Programs in Roanoke, Virginia 3
- Programs in Stuart, Florida 3
- Programs in Urbana, Illinois 3
- Programs in Waterloo, Iowa 3