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Top funds for innovative ideas and startups: Asia — India

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Big companies are relying on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and licensing, with huge funds set aside to grow and consolidate, for continuous and disruptive innovation. Source: Stanford Social Innovation Review. Infosys Innovation Fund. India Innovation Fund. Part 1: India. Startup India.

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Commander in Chief of Innovation

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Established in 2012, this program pairs innovators from the private sector with leaders in the federal government, towards the goal of innovating for specific government agencies and initiatives. New Innovation Fellows are recruited each year and, last summer, President Obama made the program a permanent part of our government.