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Global Innovation Alliance

The Global Innovation Alliance (GIA) is a network of Singapore and overseas partners in major innovation hubs and key demand markets, with a focus on technology and innovation. It is a joint initiative between Enterprise Singapore and the Singapore Economic Development Board.

We have partnered in-market players across our GIA cities to run inbound and outbound GIA Acceleration Programmes to connect companies to overseas business and tech communities. Our GIA Acceleration Programmes will support:

  • Singapore startups and SMEs in venturing abroad; and
  • International startups in scaling up in Asia through Singapore as a springboard
China
Technology and innovation are key drivers of China’s economy. With 202 unicorns, China is viewed as the second most promising maket in the world for technology breakthroughs.
 
  • Beijing
  • Shanghai
  • Shenzhen
  • Suzhou
France
Home to Station F (the world’s largest startup campus), the French Tech visa for entrepreneurs, VivaTech (an annual tech conference) and Ecole 42 (a tuition-free programming school).
 
  • Paris


Germany
To date, 30 unicorns have emerged from Germany and at least four cities are known as the breeding grounds for two or more unicorns – Berlin, Munich, Hamburg and Stuttgart.
 
  • Berlin
  • Munich
India
India is home to the third largest tech startup ecosystem globally. There are over 100 technology MNCs based in Bangalore alone, including Mircrosoft and Google.

 
  • Bangalore
Indonesia
Jakarta has a high density of innovation ecosystem enablers, playing host to co-working spaces such as CoHive, accelerators such as Google-backed Digitaraya, and prominent VCs such as East Ventures.
 
  • Jakarta
Japan
Japan is a global innovation and technology leader, with a growing startup ecosystem worth US$3.5 billion (S$4.7 billion) in 2018.


 
  • Tokyo
Philippines
The Philippines is a thriving consumer market with a growing demand for tech-related goods and services, especially in the fields of fintech and e-commerce


 
  • Manila
Thailand
Singapore startups can be a part of Thailand’s rapidly growth startup ecosystem, especially in key sectors like fintech, e-commerce and agritech.


 
  • Bangkok
United Kingdom
London is a cosmopolitan city of business opportunities. Within its vibrant startup ecosystem, there are currently 200 incubators and 160 accelerators that actively support 3,500 new businesses per year.
 
  • London
United States
Silicon Valley is the world’s main unicorn factory, producing more than 89 from early 2019 onwards. Key sectors include fintech, artificial intelligence, big data and analytics.

 
  • San Francisco
Vietnam
Singapore startups can look forward to expanding in Vietnam through Ho Chi Minh City, capitalising on the city’s large domestic consumer market and a strong supply of talent.

 
  • Ho Chi Minh City
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