Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The new legislation contains five main pillars:  1. Reduced fees and simplification: The law reduces rates and includes measures that facilitate the registration and operation of businesses.…

Year Introduced: 2014 | National-level

The program's primary function was to connect Australian businesses with the resources and support they need to succeed. This included not only financial support but also crucial access to expert…

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

Companies that successfully completed the process of incubation within the Start-up Platform, may apply for co-financing for the initial activity of their business. The project should cover placing a…

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The venture capital fund is a public fund made up of 20.4 million USD, which provides resources such as seed capital and venture capital to productive innovation projects in the 14 productive sectors…

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…

Year Introduced: 2014 | National-level

The purpose of the MSMEs Competitiveness Program "Programa de Competitividad de las MIPYMES" (PCM by its Spanish acronym) is to contribute to the sustainable competitive development of Micro,…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The French government decided to offer refinancing and liquidity measures worth $4.3 billion (€4 billion) in total. 1. Financing bridges between two fund-raising rounds: Startups that…

Year Introduced: 2021 | National-level

The Brazilian Legal Framework for Startups defines a startup as a business or corporate organization that provides innovative ideas in its business model or in the products or services that it offers…

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The objective of the National Directorate for Social Innovation is to promote the social innovation in the entrepreneurial ecosystem to foster the development of triple impact companies (social…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is providing temporary, conditional relief to established small businesses impacted by COVID-19 in order to expedite the offering process. In…