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Commander in Chief of Innovation

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New Innovation Fellows are recruited each year and, last summer, President Obama made the program a permanent part of our government. The Social Innovation Fund. It promotes partnerships between the public and private sectors, and social entrepreneurs. The US Digital Service & 18F. The HHS IDEA Lab.

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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. The fund focuses primarily on life sciences, agriculture, energy, water, environment, and healthcare.