Support Organisation directory in Europe
Browse support organisation organisations across Europe. Each entry links to its country, city, and sector pages.
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French Tech Next40/120
Government-backed program supporting France's most promising scale-ups and fast-growing tech companies with dedicated resources and visibility, part of the wider La French Tech initiative.
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Fundación COTEC para la Innovación
Fundación COTEC para la Innovación is a Spanish private non-profit foundation established in 1990 that promotes innovation as a driver of economic and social development, with King Felipe VI as Honorary President. It convenes around 90 member companies, regional governments, and local administrations and serves as Spain's leading observatory of research and innovation policy. COTEC is a co-organizer of the Urban Leaders Meeting held alongside Greencities 2026 in Málaga in September.
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Georgia's Innovation and Technology Agency (GITA)
State agency established in 2014 under the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development to build Georgia's innovation ecosystem. GITA operates Tech Parks in Tbilisi and several regional cities offering co-working, labs, and maker spaces. It runs competitive startup grant programmes and has invested in more than 400 startups, deploying over 30 million GEL in public financing. GITA is also the government counterpart in the 500 Global Eurasia partnership.
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German Startups Association (Startup-Verband)
The German Startups Association (Bundesverband Deutsche Startups e.V.) is Germany's leading advocacy and networking organization for startup founders, established in 2012. With over 1,200 member startups and corporate partners, the Startup-Verband lobbies the German federal government on policy issues critical to founders, including employee stock option reform (ESOP), immigration for tech talent, and venture capital regulation. The organization publishes the annual German Startup Monitor, the most comprehensive survey of the country's startup ecosystem, and runs numerous programs including regional chapters, industry working groups, and the German Startup Awards. It plays a central convening role connecting founders with policymakers, investors, and corporates across Germany.
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HAMAG-BICRO
HAMAG-BICRO is the Croatian government agency for SMEs, innovations, and investments, formed in 2014 by merging HAMAG INVEST and BICRO. It provides grants, micro-loans, and bank-credit guarantees to entrepreneurs across all development stages, and implements EU structural fund programs for innovation and R&D. In 2023, it co-launched the EUR 80 million Croatian Venture Capital Initiative 2 (CVCi 2), a fund-of-funds targeting innovative Croatian SMEs.
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Health Tech Cluster Switzerland
Health Tech Cluster Switzerland (HTCS) is a Swiss networking organization that unites health technology manufacturers, suppliers, research institutions, service providers, and investors on a shared platform, with 192 network members. The cluster facilitates innovation and knowledge exchange across Switzerland's health tech ecosystem through events, publications, and member networking, led by Chairman Dr. iur. Christian Wind. Stefan Leuthold serves as Cluster Manager and represents HTCS on the Swiss Medtech Expo trade fair committee as an official industry partner.
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Hub France IA
Hub France IA is the French national federation dedicated to unifying and developing the country's artificial intelligence ecosystem. Recognised as serving the general interest under French law (association Loi 1901), it brings together over 300 member organisations including more than 160 AI startups, 1,000+ individual adherents, and 50+ European partners across large corporations, SMEs, academic institutions, and investors. The organisation facilitates working groups, European partnerships, and collaborative projects to help members navigate the rapidly evolving AI sector.
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Innosuisse
Innosuisse is the Swiss Federal Innovation Agency, established in 2018 as a public law institution succeeding the Commission for Technology and Innovation (CTI). It promotes science-based innovation in Switzerland by co-funding research and development collaborations between academia and industry, and supporting startups through coaching, training, and mentorship programs. Innosuisse serves as a Principal partner of the Top100 Swiss Investor Summit 2026.
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Innovationsfonden
Innovationsfonden (Innovation Fund Denmark) is a public Danish foundation that finances research, technology development, and innovation projects across science, technology, and business. It distributes grants and co-financing to both companies and research institutions, bridging the gap between academia and commercial enterprise in Denmark. As a named partner at Ignite Odense 2026, Innovationsfonden engages directly with startups and scaleups seeking R&D funding and innovation co-financing support.
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Italian Tech Alliance
The Italian Tech Alliance (formerly Italia Startup) is Italy's leading industry association representing the venture capital, startup, and innovation ecosystem. Founded to give the Italian tech community a unified voice, the Alliance brings together venture capital funds, angel investors, startups, scale-ups, and corporate members to advocate for better policy conditions for innovation in Italy. Key focus areas include reforming Italy's 'innovative startup' legal framework, improving tax incentives for VC investment, and attracting international capital to Italian companies. The Alliance publishes research on the state of Italian venture capital, organizes networking events connecting founders with investors, and works with the Italian government on policy initiatives to close the gap between Italy's strong technical talent base and its historically underdeveloped startup financing ecosystem.
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KI Next
The innovation and investment arm of Kulczyk Investments, the international investment house owned by Sebastian Kulczyk. KI Next backs technology ventures and coordinates the InCredibles programme — a long-running competency-building programme for top Polish startups run with the Warsaw School of Economics.
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La French Tech
La French Tech is the French government's flagship brand and support initiative for the national startup ecosystem, launched in 2013 by the Ministry of the Economy. It operates as a unified banner under which French startups present themselves internationally, and coordinates a network of over 50 local French Tech communities (called 'Capitales') across France and in major cities worldwide. La French Tech administers the French Tech Visa program for international founders, the French Tech Tremplin program supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs, and the high-profile Next40/FT120 scale-up labels. The initiative has been instrumental in transforming France's global image from a bureaucratic economy to one of Europe's most dynamic startup nations, and its branding is ubiquitous at international tech events from CES to VivaTech.
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Lewiatan Business Angels
An angel network operating under the Lewiatan Confederation (a major business organization in Poland). They look for startups across industries that have innovative solutions and strong teams. Lewiatan BA often connects corporate executives with startup founders. Notable focus: multi-industry, emphasis on competitive advantage and innovation in the business model.
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Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI)
The Luxembourg Sustainable Finance Initiative (LSFI) is Luxembourg's national coordinating entity on sustainable finance, established in 2020 as a publicly funded public-private partnership. Led by CEO Nicoletta Centofanti, LSFI operates as a Centre of Excellence and Knowledge Hub, working to accelerate the financing of the climate transition and measure progress toward making Luxembourg a global sustainable finance center. LSFI co-facilitates the Catapult Green Fintech acceleration program alongside LHoFT, contributing expertise in ESG regulation, impact investing, and sustainable finance strategy.
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Luxinnovation
Luxembourg's national innovation agency, operating as a public-private partnership since 1984. Luxinnovation supports startups, SMEs, and research organisations through its Fit 4 programme suite (Fit 4 Start, Fit 4 Scale, Fit 4 Innovation, Fit 4 Digital, Fit 4 AI) and acts as the Enterprise Europe Network contact point. In 2024 it supported 891 companies and administers the Fit 4 Start accelerator programme, which offers up to €150,000 in equity-free grants.
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Malta Digital Innovation Authority
The Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA) is a Maltese government body established to promote, certify, and regulate digital innovation, with particular focus on distributed ledger technology, artificial intelligence, and other emerging technologies. It provides a certification framework for innovative technology arrangements and champions Malta's ambition to be a leading digital innovation jurisdiction in Europe. The MDIA is a Gold Sponsor of TechTok 2026.
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Minalogic
Minalogic is a French competitiveness cluster dedicated to digital transformation in the Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes region, with a focus on AI, cybersecurity, microelectronics, IoT, and photonics. With approximately 450 member organizations spanning startups, SMEs, large corporations, and research institutions, Minalogic has facilitated more than 1,040 labeled and funded innovation projects since 2005 and generated over 16,300 B2B meetings since 2012. The cluster is an ecosystem partner of SIDO Lyon and a connector between industry and innovation communities in the region.
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Ministry of High-Tech Industry of Armenia
The central government body responsible for Armenia's high-tech policy, covering information technology, telecommunications, information security, and the military-industrial sector. Established in its current form in 2019, it shapes the national tech agenda through startup and R&D support programmes, tax incentives for IT companies, STEM-education initiatives, and the promotion of Armenia's tech sector abroad, and is a standing institutional supporter of DigiTec.
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NumFOCUS
NumFOCUS is a US-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit that promotes open source scientific computing through fiscal sponsorship of more than 60 projects, including NumPy, Pandas, and Jupyter. It operates the PyData educational program globally, which organizes conferences and community events for data scientists and developers around the world. NumFOCUS serves as a Super Organizer and institutional backbone for PyData PyCon Yerevan 2026.
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PolBAN (Polish Business Angels Network) Club
Founded in 2003, PolBAN is the first business angels club in Poland. It finances innovative projects with strong teams and market potential. As a pioneer, PolBAN helped establish angel investing norms in Poland. Notable focus: a broad range of innovative early-stage companies meeting criteria of innovation and motivated teams.
