Build to Scale program
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The Build to Scale program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides funding and support to accelerate technology entrepreneurship and foster innovation-driven economic growth in regional ecosystems.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Build to Scale program canonical | 3 |
| Build to Scale Program | 1 |
| Build to Scale Venture Challenge | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1116812 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Build to Scale program Context triple: [Economic Development Administration, program, Build to Scale program]
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A.
Vanguard program
The Vanguard program was an early U.S. Navy–run satellite project during the Cold War that aimed to launch some of the first American satellites into Earth orbit as part of the International Geophysical Year.
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B.
Small Business Development Center Program
The Small Business Development Center Program is a nationwide network of local centers that provide counseling, training, and technical assistance to help entrepreneurs start, grow, and manage small businesses.
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C.
Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator
Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator is a leading startup accelerator and incubator at the University of California, Berkeley that supports early-stage companies with mentorship, resources, and access to investors.
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D.
Project 211
Project 211 is a Chinese government initiative launched to strengthen about 100 key universities and colleges in the 21st century by prioritizing them for additional funding and development.
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E.
Masters of Scale
Masters of Scale is a business and entrepreneurship podcast that explores how companies grow from startup to massive scale through interviews with leading founders and innovators.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Build to Scale program Target entity description: The Build to Scale program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides funding and support to accelerate technology entrepreneurship and foster innovation-driven economic growth in regional ecosystems.
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A.
Vanguard program
The Vanguard program was an early U.S. Navy–run satellite project during the Cold War that aimed to launch some of the first American satellites into Earth orbit as part of the International Geophysical Year.
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B.
Small Business Development Center Program
The Small Business Development Center Program is a nationwide network of local centers that provide counseling, training, and technical assistance to help entrepreneurs start, grow, and manage small businesses.
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C.
Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator
Berkeley SkyDeck accelerator is a leading startup accelerator and incubator at the University of California, Berkeley that supports early-stage companies with mentorship, resources, and access to investors.
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D.
Project 211
Project 211 is a Chinese government initiative launched to strengthen about 100 key universities and colleges in the 21st century by prioritizing them for additional funding and development.
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E.
Masters of Scale
Masters of Scale is a business and entrepreneurship podcast that explores how companies grow from startup to massive scale through interviews with leading founders and innovators.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
federal economic development program
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grant program ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
U.S. Department of Commerce
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U.S. Economic Development Administration ⓘ
linked to:
Economic Development Administration
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| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
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| evaluationCriteria |
potential for scalable, innovation-driven growth
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regional economic impact ⓘ strength of partnerships and ecosystems ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
capital access for startups
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innovation and commercialization ⓘ regional economic development ⓘ technology entrepreneurship ⓘ |
| fundingCycle | annual competition ⓘ |
| fundingType | competitive grants ⓘ |
| goal |
increase high-quality jobs in regional economies
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strengthen regional innovation capacity ⓘ |
| grantRecipients |
economic development organizations
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institutions of higher education ⓘ local governments ⓘ non-profit organizations ⓘ state governments ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
Capital Challenge
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Venture Challenge ⓘ |
| legalAuthority | Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship ⓘ |
| policyArea |
economic development policy
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innovation policy ⓘ |
| predecessor | Regional Innovation Strategies program ⓘ |
| provides |
federal funding
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grants ⓘ technical assistance ⓘ |
| purpose |
accelerate technology entrepreneurship
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foster innovation-driven economic growth ⓘ support regional innovation ecosystems ⓘ |
| sector | technology and innovation ⓘ |
| sponsor |
U.S. federal government
ⓘ
linked to:
United States government
|
| supports |
commercialization of new technologies
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entrepreneurial ecosystem development ⓘ scaling of high-growth startups ⓘ |
| supportsActivities |
access to capital initiatives
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entrepreneurship programming ⓘ regional cluster development ⓘ technology commercialization infrastructure ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
entrepreneurial support organizations
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innovation-driven startups ⓘ regional economic development organizations ⓘ |
| website | https://www.eda.gov/programs/build-to-scale ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Build to Scale program Description of subject: The Build to Scale program is a U.S. federal initiative that provides funding and support to accelerate technology entrepreneurship and foster innovation-driven economic growth in regional ecosystems.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Build to Scale program
linked to: Build to Scale program