<span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b9e6-9d0d-bff3-b1a96e4173eb"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">“What really differentiates Uruguay from its neighbors is it’s incredibly stable economy and political situation, as well as its notable middle class. Uruguay has created an environment welcoming to foreign investment: the legal framework is stable and dependable and in terms of policy, its infrastructure is highly developed and acknowledged to be one of the top countries for software. Uruguay is also well known to be progressive in several fields, such as gay rights and marijuana consumption, which has helped Uruguayan entrepreneurs create products adapted to emerging markets and developed markets” says SeedStars in his last report on Latin American Entrepreneurship.</span></span>
<span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b9e6-9d0d-bff3-b1a96e4173eb"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Uruguay's startup culture is growing incredibly fast this last couple of years. T<span id="docs-internal-guid-471b904d-233b-a63d-5873-24685d7774a5"><span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">he National </span>[http://www.anii.org.uy/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Agency of Innovation and Investigation (ANII)</span>]<span style="font-size: 11pt; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">has been an amazing partner of this movement</span></span>.</span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">This agency, which was also named before, analizes startups projects and gives economical support considering the potentiality of each business. Many startups created by students from the University of Montevideo have been supported by the ANI ANII receiving foundings as well as advise. </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.6667px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other entities such as incubators, accelerators, co work spaces and Innovation Centers from the different Universities have also played an incredible role and especially because of the synergy they developed.</span>
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