Startup America / Progress Report

The Obama Administration is taking concrete action to improve the environment for high-growth entrepreneurship across the country, in five key areas:

  1. Unlocking access to capital to fuel startup growth
  2. Connecting mentors and education to entrepreneurs
  3. Reducing barriers and making government work for entrepreneurs
  4. Accelerating innovation from “lab to market” for breakthrough technologies
  5. Unleashing market opportunities in industries like healthcare, clean energy, and education

Check out our progress report below, and see the Commitments page for more details.

Unlocking Access to Capital

Launched $1 Billion Impact Investment Initiative

Launched

Launched $1 Billion Early-Stage Innovation Initiative

Launched

Calling on Congress to Unlock More Startup Capital

Signed into law

Eliminating Capital Gains Taxes on Small Business Investments

Calling on Congress

Simplifying Tax Credits for Investment in Lower-Income Communities

Coming Soon

Connecting Mentors

Connecting Clean Energy Startups with Experienced Mentors

Launched

Creating New Incubators for Military Veterans Starting High-Growth Businesses

Launched

Launched Nationwide Center for Teaching Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Engineering

Launched

Funding Clean Energy Business Competitions for Students Nationwide

Launched

Advancing Youth Entrepreneurship Education

Launched

Accelerating Innovation

Directed Federal Agencies to Speed Up Research Breakthroughs

Launched

Created an Innovation Corps to Help Scientists Launch Startups

Launched

Launched i6 Challenges for Regional Innovation

Launched

Strengthening High-Growth Clusters through a Jobs and Innovation Accelerator Challenge

Launched

Funding Innovation Ecosystems for Clean Energy

Launched

Unlocking Federal Technologies for “America's Next Top Energy Innovator”

Launched

Speeding Up Technology Licensing for Biomedical Startups

Launched

Inventing a New Patent System

Launched