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Country

Ecuador

Organic Entrepreneurship & Innovation Law

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The new law sets out a regulatory framework that provides incentives for the creation, development, growth and expansion of entrepreneurial projects, as a basis for the country's productive…

Australia

Boosting Female Founders Initiative (BFF)

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The program provides targeted support on a co-contribution basis to female founders of startup businesses (startups) to scale their businesses into domestic and global markets. Grants range between…

Australia

Indigenous Business Australia

Year Introduced: | National-level

Indigenous Business Australia (IBA) works by providing a range of support services and financial products to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. They currently run a range of initiatives…

Croatia

Tax incentive for R&D investment

Year Introduced: 2018 | National-level

Croatian Ministry of Economy, Entrepreneurship and Crafts has preparad a new regulation providing income tax payers a tax credit for investent into R&D activities. On January 11, 2018…

United States

New Business Preservation Act (Legislative Proposal)

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The proposed Startups Equity Investment Program would allocate $2 billion in federal dollars ($1.5 billion initially, and $500 million in follow-on investment) to the states on a straightforward…

Netherlands

Academic Startup Competition

Year Introduced: | National-level

The Academic Startup Competition (ACS) offers selected academic startups the chance to showcase their business projects to an audience of international investors and businesses. Successful applicants…

United States

Central Indiana Corporate Partnership

Year Introduced: 1999 | Sub-national

The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP) develops clusters by first conducting an in-depth analysis of the region's leading economic sectors and identifying potential areas for growth. This…

United Kingdom

Enterprise Management Incentive (EMI)

Year Introduced: 2000 | National-level

The EMI scheme is a government-backed tax advantageous share options scheme which allows companies to reward employees with equity in a highly tax efficient way. Eligible companies are able to grant…

Malaysia

MaGIC Activate

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

MaGIC Activate is an open innovation challenge platform that supports the innovation of corporates and private sector players by connecting them with a global community of entrepreneurs. The platform…

Peru

Startup Peru

Year Introduced: 2012 | National-level

Startup Peru is a government initiative that co-finances young Peruvian companies which offer innovative, technology-based products and services. Established in 2012, the program…

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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.

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