🔹 The New Minister of Economy Assures the Continuation of Startup Nation 4 🔹

The new Minister of Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship, and Tourism assured entrepreneurs from the StartupCafe.rocommunity on Friday that the fourth edition of the Startup Nation (SUN) program will continue. Bogdan Ivan explained why SUN 4is not included in the Government Program of the Ciolacu 2 Executive.

🗣️ “It’s a multi-annual program, and that’s why it is not listed in the Government Program,” said Bogdan Ivan in a statement for StartupCafe.ro. Ivan recently took over the Ministry of Economy, Digitalization, Entrepreneurship, and Tourism in the new PSD-PNL-UDMR-Minorities government.

📌 However, it is worth noting that the Investalim program under the Ministry of Agriculture, which was also designed as a multi-annual initiative and launched in 2023, is still included in the new Cabinet’s Government Program.

Startup Nation 4 to Continue in 2025

The new Minister of Economy, Bogdan Ivan, emphasized that the fourth edition of the Startup Nation program, which so far has only begun with the selection stage of entrepreneurial training providers, will continue in 2025.

💻 “Next, we will operationalize the digital platform developed by the Special Telecommunications Service. Funding resources are secured from European funds, amounting to €444 million. As soon as we launch, we will announce it immediately!” – Ivan stated for StartupCafe.ro.

✅ Minister Ivan’s statements confirm previous reports by StartupCafe.ro, which indicated that although the Startup Nation schemewas not included in the Government Program, its funding remains in place. On December 23, 2024, the former Minister of Economy, Ștefan-Radu Oprea, had already introduced the new Minister, Bogdan Ivan, to the program’s financing details.

🔔 Reminder: The Government established the fourth edition of the Startup Nation program through Ordinance 29/2024, which provides €50,000 grants for certain eligible beneficiaries looking to start small businesses with European funds.