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The Black Entrepreneurship Program

Year Introduced: 2021 | National-level

The Black Entrepreneurship Program has three main components: the Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund (BELF), the National Ecosystem Fund (NEF) and the Black Entrepreneurship Knowledge Hub (BEKH).…

Ethiopia

The Startup Proclamation

Year Introduced: 2025 | National-level

The Startup Proclamation operates through multi-layered mechanisms combining designation frameworks, financial incentives, regulatory sandboxes, and institutional support structures.Startup…

Venezuela

Law for the Promotion and Development of New Enterprises

Year Introduced: 2022 | National-level

The law operates through integrated system combining registration mechanisms, tax incentives, financing access, administrative simplification, and institutional support.National Registry of…

Kazakhstan

Business Road Map Program (2020-2025)

Year Introduced: 2010 | National-level

The Business Road Map 2020-2025 operates through integrated financial instruments and non-financial support services, coordinated across multiple government institutions and quasi-state development…

United States

State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI)

Year Introduced: 2010 | National-level

SSBCI operates through multiple mechanisms and program types that participating jurisdictions can deploy based on their specific needs:Program Types and Capital Structures:States and jurisdictions…

Sweden

ALMI Företagspartner AB (Almi)

Year Introduced: 1994 | National-level

ALMI operates through multiple interconnected financing and advisory services designed to serve businesses at different growth stages.Financing Services:Startup Loans provide initial funding to early…

United Kingdom

Convertible Loans: The 'Future Fund' Scheme

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…

France

Public investment bank (BPI France)

Year Introduced: 2013 | 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…

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…

Denmark

Vækstfonden (The Growth Foundation)

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

Vækstfonden (The Growth Foundation) supports Danish companies by helping to finance R&D, internationalisation and skills development projects. It invests in early stage ventures that focus on…

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