Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2010 | National-level

The ALFA Programme operated through competitive, merit-based selection processes evaluating project proposals against established technical and innovation criteria.​Eligible Projects and Partners:…

Year Introduced: 2009 | National-level

Tillväxtverket designed Sweden's Regional Co-investment Funds to improve access to finance during a startups early development stages and to support their growth. The program sought to…

Year Introduced: 2002 | Sub-national

The ITI operated through three sector-aligned Intermediary Technology Institutes focusing on techmedia, energy, and life sciences. Each ITI conducted market foresighting to identify global…

Year Introduced: 2014 | National-level

CAIP was delivered through a competitive funding process selecting 16 accelerators and incubators across Canada that demonstrated excellence and capacity to support startups. The program awarded non-…

Year Introduced: 1999 | 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…

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…

Year Introduced: 1993 | National-level

Yozma was launched in 1993 as a USD 100 million government‑owned venture program with two functions: a fund‑of‑funds placing up to USD 80 million as minority stakes (typically 40%) across ten newly…

Year Introduced: 2013 | City-level

The UStart Student Accelerator at Dublin City University (DCU) operates as an innovative extra-curricular program designed to empower student entrepreneurs. The program runs for approximately 12…

Year Introduced: 2012 | National-level

AppCampus provided a structured pathway for developers and startups to bring their app ideas to fruition. The process typically began with an open call for applications, where developers from around…

Year Introduced: 2013 | Supra-national

The SEECEL was a regional non-profit institution to support a structured and strategic form of cooperation in the field of human capital development, particularly on lifelong entrepreneurial learning…