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The Minority Business Development Agency

Year Introduced: 1969 | National-level

The Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), a part of the U.S. Department of Commerce, operates with a mission to foster the growth and global competitiveness of minority business enterprises (…

Bangladesh

The Service Innovation Fund (SIF)

Year Introduced: 2013 | National-level

The SIF provides funding and support for innovative projects aimed at improving public services through digital means. It is open to a wide range of participants, including government agencies,…

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…

Pakistan

The National Science, Technology, and Innovation Policy 2022

Year Introduced: 2022 | National-level

Implemented by the Ministry of Science and Technology, the policy employs a collaborative approach to enhance the synergy between government, academia, and the private sector. It facilitates:…

United Kingdom

British Patient Capital Fund

Year Introduced: 2018 | National-level

The British Patient Capital fund operates as a commercial subsidiary of the British Business Bank, focusing on providing long-term financing to innovative and high-growth potential businesses in the…

Japan

Startup Loan Program

Year Introduced: 2000 | National-level

This program provides loans to a person who starts up a new business based on the examination of the accuracy of its business plan without any requirement for security or guarantor (for a corporation…

Belgium

Tax shelter for start-ups

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The tax shelter is a tax credit (a reduction of the investor’s Belgian personal income tax) for investors that amounts to either 45% of the invested amount, in case of an equity investment in a…

Hong Kong S.A.R., China

Hong Kong Government's SME Funding Schemes

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The SME Loan Guarantee Scheme aims to help SMEs to secure loans by providing them with a guarantee for up to 50 per cent of a loan, to a maximum total guarantee amount of HK$6 million (around €690,…

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…

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