Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Atlas is a compendium of public sector policies and programs that serves as a tool for policymakers, advisors and opinion leaders to learn about previously implemented policy models, articulated entrepreneurship strategies and/or designs of public-sector-supported programs.
 

Year Introduced: | 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: | 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…

United States

Year Introduced: | 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: | National-level

The CTA operates through a structured framework combining virtual and in-market programming delivered across 12 international locations: Boston, New York, San Francisco (Silicon Valley), Denver,…

Year Introduced: | National-level

La Mission French Tech is a public administration attached to the Directorate General for Enterprises (DGE) within the Ministry of Economy, Finance, and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty. Unlike…

Year Introduced: | National-level

BPI France was founded in 2013 with a budget of €20 billion to support entrepreneurs by offering various financial solutions such as loans, guarantees, buyer credit, and supplier credit to encourage…

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Enterprise Investment Fund operates primarily through the UK’s Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS), a national policy introduced in 1994. This scheme encourages individuals to invest directly in…

Year Introduced: | National-level

VCAP operates through a fund-of-funds model—government cornerstone investments are used to leverage additional commitments from private sector partners, pension funds, banks, and provincial…

Year Introduced: | 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…

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Korea ON-line E-Procurement System (KONEPS) operates as a fully integrated digital platform that manages the entire public procurement process electronically, streamlining operations for both…