Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The Future Fund delivers unsecured convertible loans to eligible companies facing pandemic-related financial challenges, with loan sizes from £125,000 to £5 million, subject to matched investment…

Year Introduced: 2004 | National-level

TechBA selects high-potential, innovation-driven Mexican SMEs that demonstrate readiness to enter competitive foreign markets. With offices in Silicon Valley, Austin, Seattle, Montreal, Vancouver,…

Year Introduced: 2014 | National-level

CAIP was delivered through a competitive funding process selecting 16 accelerators and incubators across Canada that demonstrated excellence and capacity to support startups. The program awarded non-…

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The Angel CoFund operates through a distinctive co-investment model that prioritises private sector leadership and robust governance. Businesses do not approach the fund directly; instead, they must…

Year Introduced: 2014 | City-level

LCIF operates on a co-investment model, where the fund invests only alongside a pre-approved list of private lead investors such as venture capital firms and angel investors. Startups must secure…

Year Introduced: 1999 | National-level

The ITF operates through a comprehensive portfolio of 19 funding schemes (being consolidated to approximately 14-15) organized into six strategic support areas, administered by the Innovation and…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

NTDP operates through a comprehensive portfolio of 18-19 financial and non-financial initiatives designed to support technology companies at every stage of development. The program works through…

Year Introduced: 1980 | National-level

Export Counselling operates through the U.S. Commercial Service, which maintains more than 100 domestic offices across the United States and over 75 international offices at U.S. embassies and…

Year Introduced: 1999 | National-level

UKTI operated through a multi-layered structure that brought together expertise from two parent departments - the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) and the Department for Business, Innovation…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

STEP operates through a two-tier federal-state partnership model. The U.S. Small Business Administration's Office of International Trade awards competitive grants to state and territory governments,…