Government Innovation

Public sector organizations face pressure to deliver more for their citizens, from seamless digital solutions to new policies to address complex societal challenges.

Providing the best solutions for citizens requires being responsive and agile while creatively solving complex problems. To perform on all fronts — from basic constituent services to responding to crises — governments must transform how they operate.

Our Institutional Partners

We Help You Boost Your Ecosystem

Government Programs
We work with international government agencies, technology incubators, and universities to source, identify, and accelerate the most promising startups. We are facilitating job creation and enhancements to the region through a connected global ecosystem.
Global Overseas Acceleration and Learning
Plug and Play’s GOAL (Global Overseas Acceleration Program) connects countries around the world with the most robust startup ecosystem. GOAL provides mentorship and gives the most promising international startups access to Plug and Play’s network. We plan visits and introductions to key members of our ecosystems for their applicable industry.
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Local Acceleration and Learning
Plug and Play’s global accelerator program builds a network of local investors, corporations, and public institutions that are focused on finding solutions for local challenges. We also enable opportunities for co-investment in the most promising startups at any stage.

Benefits of Plug and Play

Startup internationalization
Marketing access from Silicon Valley in the Americas, to EMEA, and Asia for entrepreneurs at any stage.
Institutional education
Education programs on innovation, business models, fundraising, industry trends, and culture pitch polishing. Bringing the impactful Silicon Valley mindset to anyone, anywhere.
Accelerating your ecosystem
Connecting you to industry, public sector, and thought leaders worldwide to help develop your startup community.

Working with Startups

Motor Valley Accelerator
Our Motor Valley program is part of an overall strategy led by CDP Venture Capital - National Innovation Fund. A program with the goal of creating a growing network of 20+ physical accelerators in the territory concentrated in districts of high technological specialization, and a digital accelerator for the formation of start-ups, called Digital Xcelerator, to create a support network for emerging innovative entrepreneurship in Italy. Plug and Play helps connect the players on this journey.
Schleswig-Holstein
In 2019, Plug and Play partnered with Schleswig-Holstein, a Northern German state. A successful and comprehensive partnership driven by, in-country engagements, a startup camp, and many delegation visits at our headquarters. Using this network of experts we select the best startups for our program, but we also engage and educate the broader startup community with networking and resources.
Start in Malta
Plug and Play Malta is a startup accelerator program for new and existing startups in Malta or soon to be aiming to grow their businesses near and far.. Malta Enterprise, Malta’s economic development agency, has established the “Start in Malta” program. This program has incentives and financial schemes to help supercharge the Maltese startup ecosystem, including up to €1M in financing and grants.

Digital transformation made easy

Digitalization of services
At Plug and Play, we help federal, state, and local governments and educational institutions to solve complex problems through the enablement of technology. We help government agencies with transformation and modernization initiatives to better serve the public. Plug and Play public sector consultants help the sector meet and surpass their expectations.
Corporate education programs
At Plug and Play, we believe that innovation should be open to anyone, anywhere. Besides connecting our corporate partners to the best technology startups worldwide, we support them throughout their innovation journey with a wide range of corporate innovation workshops and educational services.
Innovation policy advisory
Since entrepreneurship fosters an environment where people create, innovate, and grow outside of regulations, we provide advisory services to help with policymaking in these scenarios. This is done within the context of compliance with the rule of law governing disclosure, licensing, registration procedures, and the protection of physical and public policy, as well as sustainable development objectives.