Eligibility Criteria

Start is aimed at innovative microenterprise startups. These are startups with the potential to:

• manufacture innovative products or processes
• trade innovative services
• employ up to 10 people
• export


All sectors are eligible to apply but priority is given to startups in:

• software/internet
• digital technologies
• creative/gaming
• food/agritech
• sports/leisure
• cleantech/renewables
• healthcare/medtech/lifescience
• robotics/big data
• artificial intelligence/augmented reality
• fintech/regtech