Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

Estonia's corporate tax system underwent a significant reform in 2000, introducing a unique approach that has since garnered international attention. The key changes and features of this reform…

Year Introduced: 2015 | National-level

The Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) operates as a government-funded initiative to accelerate the rollout of gigabit-capable broadband in rural and hard-to-reach areas of the UK. The scheme…

Year Introduced: 2020 | Sub-national

The Goa Startup Policy 2021 works through a multi-faceted approach to foster a thriving startup ecosystem in the state. Here's an overview of its key operational aspects:Implementation Structure:The…

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

Vækstfonden (The Growth Foundation) supports Danish companies by helping to finance R&D, internationalisation and skills development projects. It invests in early stage ventures that focus on…

Year Introduced: 2009 | National-level

At its core, PROFIET functions as a financial support mechanism, providing various forms of funding to eligible participants, including venture capitalists, investors, and entrepreneurs involved in…

Year Introduced: 2014 | National-level

The main features of the Law on Tax Benefits for Newly Formed IT Companies in Armenia are: Corporate income tax exemption: Certified IT startups are exempt from paying the standard 20% corporate…

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

The program include the following key policies and actions include (1) The entrepreneurial university program to transform universities across the country to become entrepreneurial universities. The…

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…

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

The Innovation and Technology Venture Fund is a HK$2 billion (around €230,000) government fund set up in 2016 to coinvest in technology startups with private venture capital funds on a matching basis…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

A startup aid package worth a total of EUR 150 million is in place in Austria. There are two relief funds available to startups: A COVID-19 aid fund of the state-owned bank…