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Italy

Italia Startup Visa

Year Introduced: 2014 | National-level

The Italia Startup Visa introduced a simplified path to obtain a self-employment visa, for non-EU entrepreneurs who plan to set up an “innovative startup” entreprise in Italy (as defined by Decree-…

Canada

Women Entrepreneurship Strategy

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

The WES currently contains four main initiatives that address access to finance, mentorship, skills development and knowledge sharing. WES Inclusive Women Venture Capital Initiative…

Israel

Program to promote Tech Entrepreneurship in the Israeli Arab Community

Year Introduced: 2022 | National-level

The Israeli government's program to promote tech entrepreneurship in the Arab community, a $70 million initiative, works through a series of strategic actions. To begin with, it aims to establish…

Russia

Russia's Start-up Visa Program

Year Introduced: 2011 | National-level

India

National Innovation and Startup Policy 2019 for Students & Faculty

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development released a guiding framework for higher education institutions. The framework covers Intellectual Property ownership, revenue sharing…

Poland

Scale Up Acceleration Program

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

To accelerate the development of Polish startups through measures such as testing their products and/or services with medium and large companies, to learn how best to scale their…

Spain

España-LATAM scale-up

Year Introduced: 2022 | National-level

The España-LATAM scale-up program offers several main features to assist Latin American startups and scale-ups in expanding their global reach. Firstly, the program provides deep insights into the…

United Kingdom

The Share Incentive Plan (SIP)

Year Introduced: 2000 | National-level

SIP is a tax-advantaged, all-employee plan that allows companies to award equity to employees. It operates through four key elements: free shares, partnership shares, matching shares, and dividend…

Mexico

General Law of Commercial Companies (SAS)

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

The law gives entrepreneurs the opportunity to create a legal company in one day, making the constitution process accessible and allowing merchants and entrepreneurs to fill all the forms in an…

Paraguay

Program for Innovation in Paraguayan Enterprises (PROINNOVA)

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

Paraguayan Innovation Program (PROINNOVA) is a framework of different instruments aimed at a) fostering innovation and b) strengthening human capital for innovation. Through 9 different instruments,…

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