Startup Genome and the G20 Startup20 Join Forces to Launch the APEXE Nations Report

Startup Genome, Global Entrepreneurship Network, ABStartups and the G20 Startup20 have partnered to create the APEXE Nations Report as part of Brazil’s G20 2024 Presidency. The APEXE Nations Report will compare countries in terms of their startup performance and will examine what contributes to a successful startup ecosystem, including talent, access to financial capital, support infrastructure, and more. The intent is to highlight the conditions needed for entrepreneurs to flourish, to draw the attention of national policymakers towards actions that can help startups thrive and ultimately boost their economy, and to establish a standardized methodology for measuring startup economies at a national scale.

“We are thrilled with the partnership with Startup Genome as part of the efforts of the Startup 20 Engagement Group of G20. It will be the first time that a comparative study is made with startup ecosystems of all the G20 countries. We hope that its results may influence in policies to improve and develop those ecosystems,” comments Felipe Matos, VP of ABStartups.

As a collaborative effort involving the wider G20 Startup20 community, the index will be launched around the G20 Social Summit in Rio de Janeiro on November 15–17, 2024, immediately before the Global Leaders Summit. It is the collective intention of all partners to develop the National Entrepreneurship Index into a core asset supporting future G20 Presidencies and G20 Leaders Summits in their efforts to work together and harmonize startup ecosystems globally.

“We welcome this partnership with the Startup20 Engagement Group to highlight major trends in the global entrepreneurial ecosystem and derive important policy implications for G20 leaders. The National Entrepreneurship Index will underline the importance for global collaboration and we call on national representatives to work with us in creating this invaluable resource,” shares Marc Penzel, Founder and President of Startup Genome.

For further inquiries, please contact:

Government and private sector entities with the mandate to develop and showcase national startup ecosystems may contact: Marina Krizman, Senior Business Development Specialist of Startup Genome, [email protected]

Potential partners and researchers that are interested in guiding us in the process of shaping the report may contact: Forrest Wright, Research Assessment Lead, [email protected]

ABOUT G20 STARTUP20

Startup20 is an official engagement group as part of the G20, and acts as a dialogue forum with the global startup ecosystem stakeholders and intends to represent the global startup ecosystem to raise the macroeconomic concerns and challenges faced by entrepreneurs with G20 leaders. Startup20 will work towards bringing forward key topics for discussion and formulating recommendations against each priority area.

ABOUT ABSTARTUPS

The Brazilian Startup Association was founded to promote and represent Brazilian startups. We are working to make Brazil one of the five greatest powers in technological innovation and entrepreneurship. Find out more here.