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Enisa participative loans

Year Introduced: 2005 | National-level

The Enisa participative loan scheme works by providing financial support to startups and SMEs. It operates like an equity loan, where the interest rate varies based on the company's profits. The loan…

Bahrain

Fast-track setup process

Year Introduced: 2019 | National-level

The fast-track setup process is a free service offered through a dedicated concierge, and includes: A fast-tracked entry process which will cover residency, visa requirements and business…

Argentina

Argentina's Entrepreneurship Academy

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

The Argentine Entrepreneurship Academy's main objective is to strengthen and foster the development of entrepreneurial skills among Argentine entrepreneurs. To achieve this goal, the Academy works…

Argentina

Entrepreneurs Clubs

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

This program provides financial support for the opening of coworking places/spaces at local level. This innovation and incubation spaces are designed to strengthen the local talent and to promote…

Malaysia

Impact Driven Enterprise Accreditation (IDEA)

Year Introduced: 2017 | National-level

MaGIC’s Impact Driven Enterprise Accreditation (IDEA) Program believes in creating a future for Malaysia where every business will be a force for good, that is inclusive as well as creating…

Greece

Open Innovation platform for SMEs

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

Promotes the collaboration between SMEs and experts/researchers for developing innovative products and/or services increasing their competitiveness in the global market. The open innovation platform…

Chile

Start-Up Chile

Year Introduced: 2010 | National-level

Allows innovative early stage entrepreneurs from all over the world to access equity free funding through three programs of investment: The S Factory, Seed and Scale. Each program gives funding (15K…

European Innovation Council (EIC)

Year Introduced: 2019 | Supra-national

The EIC provides several funding mechanisms for startups, SMEs and researchers to utilise in the process of bringing their innovations to market. They include: EIC Pathfinder The EIC Pathfinder…

Kyrgyz Republic

Startup Cooperation with Kyrgyzstan’s Department of Tourism

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

By leveraging this government partnership, Kyrgyzstan’s young startup sector will raise awareness among key communities of the positive effects of entrepreneurial activity, specifically in the…

Paraguay

EAS (Simplified Stock Companies) Legislation

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

This Law of Simplified Stock Companies "Empresas por Acciones Simplificadas" (EAS for its acronym in Spanish) is the sum of efforts to articulate solutions to the barriers reported by the…

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