Ecosystem
The Atlas maps the infrastructure that needs to be replaced; this is the directory of the people and programs building toward it — on-island training and developer communities, diaspora founders and nonprofits, and the research shops charting the reform. Link-first and kept current; we prune dead links each update.
On-Island Programs
7Proyecto CubaEmprende
HavanaArchdiocese of Havana training program for private entrepreneurs (ProEmpleo model); a Cuba Study Group partner.
CubaEmprende Camagüey
CamagüeyRegional chapter extending the CubaEmprende training model to central Cuba.
AUGE
HavanaPrivate consulting and corporate-services firm advising 300+ Cuban private enterprises (founded 2014).
Merchise Startup Circle
Santa Clara / HavanaCuba's veteran developer and startup community, running meetups from Santa Clara to Havana.
CuCoders
Cuba (online)Open-source platform for Cuban programmers — a developer directory, jobs board, apps and events, community-maintained on GitHub.
Mandao
CubaHomegrown Cuban delivery app linking restaurants, markets and couriers across most provincial capitals — a flagship private-sector tech success.
InCuba
HavanaUniversity of Havana innovation incubator (coordinated by Adriana Heredia).
Diaspora & U.S.-Based
11Roots of Hope / Raíces de Esperanza
Miami, USAMiami nonprofit connecting young professionals to support Cuban peers; parent of StartUp Cuba.
StartUp Cuba
USAMedia platform plus fellowships and workshops on Cuban entrepreneurship (launched 2014).
Cuba Study Group
USANonpartisan organization backing market reform and diaspora engagement; co-sponsor of Cuba Transformación and a CubaEmprende partner.
Cuba Emprende Foundation
Miami, USAMiami-based foundation supporting Cuban entrepreneurs and the CubaEmprende network.
Cuba Start-Up
USAHow-to platform for starting and investing in Cuba (Yanoidis Mejias Mendoza).
Katapulk
USA / CubaDiaspora-facing marketplace (Fuego Enterprises, Hugo Cancio) — Cuban-Americans send goods to the island, and it sells Cuban entrepreneurs’ products.
Founder & CEO of QvaPay — the Cuban fintech powering this Atlas — and of bitremesas; a leading builder of Cuba's diaspora payment rails.
AI pricing venture founded by a CubaEmprende alumnus.
Diaspora-built commerce/logistics venture serving Cuban households.
Cuba-directed startup on the diaspora founder watchlist.
Cuba-directed startup on the diaspora founder watchlist.
Founders shown as examples, not organizations.
Independent Media
1elTOQUE
CubaIndependent Cuban newsroom whose widely-cited informal exchange-rate tracker (tasa de cambio) has become a key economic indicator for the island.
Research & Policy
4Observatory on Cuban Economics (OCE)
USAIndependent Cuban-economy research group; co-sponsor of the Cuba Transformación series.
Cuba Capacity Building Project / Horizonte Cubano
Columbia Law, USAColumbia Law School program on Cuban legal and economic reform.
DRCLAS (Harvard)
Harvard, USAHarvard's David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies — MSME/MIPYME research on Cuba.
FIU Cuban Research Institute
Miami, USAFlorida International University institute studying Cuban and Cuban-American organizations.