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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…

Germany

Two-Pillared €2 Billion Public Funding for German Startups

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The program operates through two distinct financing pillars, each targeting different startup segments and utilizing different delivery mechanisms.Pillar I: Corona Matching Facility (CMF)Pillar I…

Japan

Japan Investment Corporation (JIC): A Public-Private Venture Fund

Year Introduced: 2018 | National-level

JIC operates as a public-private investment vehicle, managing funding from both government and private sources. Its core mission is to inject risk capital into industries and businesses that are…

Turkiye

Istanbul Venture Capital Initative (iVCi)

Year Introduced: 2007 | National-level

The Istanbul Venture Capital Initiative (iVCi) operates as a fund of funds and co-investment program. Its primary mechanism is to channel investments into independently managed venture capital and…

Spain

The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (EIC)

Year Introduced: | Supra-national

The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center (EIC) at IESE Business School engages in a variety of activities aimed at fostering entrepreneurship and innovation. Key activities include:Educational…

Algeria

Algeria Startup Fund

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The ASF provides comprehensive financial and advisory services tailed to the needs of innovative startups. The ASF offers the following types of funding: Seed funding: The ASF provides seed…

Tunisia

Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC)

Year Introduced: 2011 | National-level

The CDC plays a key role in supporting entrepreneurs and the startup ecosystem in several ways:Financing Startups and SMEsThe CDC provides equity and quasi-equity financing to innovative startups and…

The Start-up and Scale-up Initiative

Year Introduced: 2016 | Supra-national

The Commission's Start-up and Scale-up Initiative aims to give Europe's innovative entrepreneurs every opportunity to become world leading companies. It pulls together all the possibilities that…

Austria

New Funds to Boost Private Investment in Austrian Startups (Startup Aid Package)

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

A startup aid package worth a total of EUR 150 million is in place in Austria. There are two relief funds available to startups: A COVID-19 aid fund of the state-owned bank…

Philippines

The Innovation and Startup Act

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

The Innovation and Startup Act contains a variety of measures to help support entrepreneurs and ecosystem actors which can be broadly split into six main categories; access to finance, tax relief,…

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