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Australia

Landing Pads for Australians Scaling Globally

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The Landing Pads program is built around dedicated working spaces in global innovation hubs such as Berlin, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, and Shanghai to give Australian entrepreneurs a space in which to…

Nigeria

Youth Entrepreneurship Support (YES) Programme

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

The YES programme is aimed at equipping young people with the requisite skills and knowledge to be self-employed by starting and managing their own businesses. The programme is comprised of the…

Argentina

Argentine Sectoral Fund (FONARSEC)

Year Introduced: 2009 | National-level

Creates a direct linkage between the academic and productive sectors by sponsoring internship and training programs and funding technological development in target areas.

Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs (EYE)

Year Introduced: 2009 | National-level

The program provides opportunities to aspiring or newly established entrepreneurs to go abroad within Europe to develop their entrepreneurial competences in running a small business with an…

France

Station F - Halle Freyssinet

Year Introduced: 2017 | City-level

Housed in the iconic and historically significant building designed by engineer Eugène Freyssinet between 1927 and 1929, the structure is made of pre-stressed concrete and spans 34,000 square meters…

South Africa

Small Enterprise Finance Agency (SEFA)

Year Introduced: 2004 | National-level

SEFA's core function is to provide SMMEs and Co-operatives throughout South Africa with simple access to finance in an efficient and sustainable manner. It achieves this by delivering wholesale and…

Netherlands

Dutch Centres for Entrepreneurship – DutchCE

Year Introduced: 2015 | National-level

The DutchCE operates by fostering national cooperation and creating synergies between regional ecosystems to stimulate an entrepreneurial culture in the Netherlands. It carries out a variety of…

Ecuador

SE PUEDE

Year Introduced: | National-level

SE PUEDE is a program that creates new business opportunities in rural areas, promoting entrepreneurship and providing training to agro-entrepreneurs. SE PUEDE connects agribusinesses directly with…

Estonia

Startup Estonia program

Year Introduced: 2013 | National-level

Startup Estonia focuses on creating a cohesive startup ecosystem. Instead of providing direct financial support to startups we are help partners establish high quality services for startups and…

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…

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