The first part of this article presents “Elevate Greece”; an official initiative of the Greek Government, aiming to register and map Greek start-ups in a National Register of Start-ups and to support their development. The ultimate goal is to promote a strong innovation ecosystem in Greece. The registration and support of the Greek innovative startups is Elevate Greece’s first step towards highlighting and developing the Greek innovation ecosystem. The perspective of the initiative is to expand its support to ScaleUp Companies as well as to more mature technology companies. Together with other partners, ElevateGreece organises numerous startup competitions every year, as a means of promoting the registered startups’ outreach and openness. These competitions are also presented in the article. The second part of the text presents startup competitions in Greece promoted mainly on an annual basis by a wide range of organisations from academia and the industry. They aim mainly to allow researchers and entrepreneurs to promote innovative solutions to current challenges.