This article aimed to present a connection model for the actors of an Innovation Ecosystem. To build the model, we sought to analyze innovation environments to observe the connection between the actors in Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina, because according to data from the FIEC index (2020), the three states then among the first five in the Brazil in terms of innovation. In addition, a pilot case was carried out in the State of Sergipe, a state with a modest level of innovation according to the index, occupying the seventeenth position, while it is the smallest state in...