Advancing National Innovation.Attracting Foreign Direct Investment.Enabling Global Talent Mobility.

Portugal’s Prime Minister Luís Montenegro shakes hands with Empowered Startups’ President Chris Lennon.

We build and administer the future of innovation-led immigration and economic development for governments and universities by attracting global talent to new jurisdictions, driving FDI (foreign direct investment) in applied research, building innovation clusters, and enabling high human capital to migrate with purpose.

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We Support and Work With

Business Professionals

Global mobility for talented professionals

Empowered Startups helps highly qualified professionals, entrepreneurs, and innovators relocate their ideas, expertise, and families through Startup, Innovation, and HQA Visas. We guide you from application to arrival, supporting your move to new countries and markets so you can launch and grow ventures in dynamic innovation ecosystems.

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Governments & Universities

R&D commercialization for governments and universities

Empowered Startups partners with governments, leading universities, and research institutions to commercialize innovations and bring novel discoveries to market. We help design and deliver programs that attract high‑human capital and foreign direct investment, accelerating the journey from lab to marketplace while building innovation clusters and stimulating local economies.

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$37M

Foreign Direct
Investment in Innovation

650+

Innovation
Projects

70+

International Research University Relationships

500+

Student
Research Placements

Our Programs

Empowered Startups offers several distinct programs designed to support entrepreneurs at different venture stages for different countries.