$2 Million for Business Incubation in Panama

Business incubator "Ciudad del Saber" (City of Knowledge), signed an agreement with IDB, for fostering entrepreneurial culture and supporting business projects.

Monday, August 31, 2009

Besides promoting entrepreneurial culture and fostering projects in Panama, the business incubator at 'Ciudad del Saber' will create a sustainable technical and financial framework for developing, incubating and financing these business ventures.

Some of the objectives of the project are to create and foster incubator networks, create an angel investor network and a seed capital fund.

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