The programme was designed to operationalise the National Strategy on Innovative Startups, aiming to address the bottlenecks that hinder the creation of innovative startups capable of developing breakthrough technologies and products and achieving high growth.
The programme adopts an approach where support activities are closely aligned with the economy’s practical needs and market demands, using business growth and socio-economic impact as key performance indicators.
The programme targets specific stages across the entire development lifecycle of innovative startups—ranging from idea generation, technology development, product refinement, and market validation to acceleration, scaling up, and expansion into domestic and international markets.
Fostering business creation from research outcomes
A key focus of the programme is to foster the creation of innovative startups by leveraging and commercialising research findings, technologies, and intellectual property rights.
Accordingly, the programme will support initiatives that connect founders with incubation and acceleration programmes to commercialise research outcomes, technologies, and intellectual property. Organisations and individuals may also receive support for acquiring technology data, design documentation, technological processes, technical standards, and supporting software, as well as for refining and testing technologies and startup products to meet market demands.
Regarding the transition from technology to product, the scope of support is clearly defined. Innovative startups may receive assistance with designing production technologies and manufacturing lines, as well as standardising technical and technological documentation. ...calculating and establishing operational parameters; designing and manufacturing prototypes, molds, and new products; testing, inspecting, and evaluating product quality; and fine-tuning technologies and new production lines.
The programme also dedicates a set of tasks to product testing and real-world deployment. Enterprises can receive support for conducting controlled trials of new products and services; obtaining conformity certifications; testing, inspecting, and certifying product and goods quality; implementing management systems and productivity/quality improvement tools; and registering products and goods for market circulation.
Another mechanism involves supporting the search for, selection, commissioning, testing, application, and scaling of innovative startup products, services, and solutions in collaboration with state agencies, local authorities, corporations, and large enterprises. This phase directly connects innovative startup products with potential users and the market.
By 2030, the programme aims to support at least 150 innovative startup products, services, and solutions in undergoing testing, application, and scaling with state agencies, local authorities, corporations, and large enterprises; to assist at least 30 enterprises in conducting controlled trials; and to help 150 enterprises refine processes and develop prototypes for production.
By 2035, the goal is to support the testing, application, and scaling of at least 300 products, services, and solutions; to assist 60 enterprises in conducting controlled trials; and to help 300 enterprises refine processes and develop prototypes for production.
The programme aims to establish at least 250 innovative startups by 2030, based on technology testing and refinement, product development, and the commercialisation of research results and intellectual property rights. By 2035, this figure is targeted to rise to at least 500 enterprises.
Concurrently, the programme seeks to support established enterprises as they transition into the growth phase. Support will be provided to at least 200 innovative startups in the incubation and growth stages by 2030, and at least 400 by 2035.
Of these, at least 30% must operate in high-tech or strategic technology sectors. Additionally, 30% of the supported enterprises must achieve growth in revenue or customer base, secure follow-on investment capital, or expand into international markets within 12 months of completing the programme.
Leveraging the leading role of the private sector
The programme sets targets for mobilising non-budgetary capital. By 2030, investment capital attracted for innovative startups through the program's activities and tasks must equal at least 100% of the total state budget allocated for its implementation. By 2035, this ratio must reach at least 120%.
The programme emphasises leveraging the leading role of the private sector—including investment funds, investors, large enterprises, support organisations, and experts—in selecting, partnering with, investing in, and supporting innovative startups.
The state budget ensures funding for the programme’s implementation through annual expenditures dedicated to science, technology, and innovation; ...while simultaneously mobilising legitimate funding sources from domestic and foreign enterprises and organisations.
Funding is allocated in phases, linked to interim and final evaluation results. Adjustments to or the termination of funding are based on annual evaluations or ad-hoc requests.
The National Technology Innovation Fund is tasked with leading the programme’s implementation—ranging from developing plans, management regulations, and evaluation indicator sets to announcing annual plans, receiving and reviewing applications, signing contracts, disbursing funds, and monitoring and evaluating results.
The programme will undergo a mid-term evaluation in 2030 to serve as a basis for adjusting objectives, scope, and implementation mechanisms for the subsequent phase, with a final review scheduled for 2035.
