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Brazil

Semente Seed Capital Program

Year Introduced: 2005 | National-level

Semente is structured as a network of seed capital funds—each formed and managed by selected professional managers, and backed by FINEP as the anchor investor (typically up to 40% of capital). The…

Indonesia

Merah Putih Fund

Year Introduced: 2024 | National-level

The Merah Putih Fund operates as a government-led venture capital fund targeting late-stage startups seeking Series C and D investments. It is managed collectively by five state-owned enterprise (SOE…

Mexico

Mexico Fund of Funds (Fondo de Fondos)

Year Introduced: 2006 | National-level

Fondo de Fondos operates as an investment manager that allocates pooled capital into a diverse range of funds—including private equity, venture capital, energy, infrastructure, real estate, private…

Turkiye

Turkiye Development Fund (Türkiye Kalkınma Fonu)

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

Turkiye Development Fund (TDF) operates through a multi-tiered “umbrella fund” structure composed of sector-specific sub-funds, each tailored to foster innovation and address gaps in the Turkish…

United States

Ohio State Fund

Year Introduced: 2005 | National-level

The Ohio State Fund is an umbrella term used to describe the various state-funded mechanisms and resources dedicated to supporting entrepreneurship, innovation, and technology-driven economic…

European Investment Fund (EIF)

Year Introduced: 1994 | National-level

The European Investment Fund operates almost entirely through financial intermediaries rather than direct lending to firms; it commits capital to venture capital and private equity funds, provides…

Argentina

FONDCE

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

FONDCE operated as a public–private trust fund, administered by Banco de Inversión y Comercio Exterior (BICE) and later by BICE Fideicomisos S.A. The program pools resources from Argentina’s national…

Germany

Growth Fund Germany (Wachstumsfonds Deutschland)

Year Introduced: 2023 | National-level

Growth Fund Germany (Wachstumsfonds) is structured as a dual-compartment fund of funds. The first compartment caters to private institutional investors with a market-standard risk/return profile. The…

Japan

GREE Fund

Year Introduced: 2010 | National-level

GREE Fund operates as a hybrid investment vehicle, featuring both fund of funds (FoF) and direct investment components. Its main flagship, GREE LP Fund JP2, pools capital from institutional and…

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Venture Capital Company (SVC)

Year Introduced: 2018 | National-level

SVC operates through two core channels:Fund Investment Program:SVC acts as a Limited Partner in venture capital and private equity funds, growth funds, accelerator funds, and startup studios. It…

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