Atlas: GEN’s Policy Portal

Year Introduced: 2014 | Sub-national

Growth Hubs aim to improve the coordination and delivery of business support services to local companies based on local needs with a focus on:Administrative procedures (e.g.: taxes,…

Year Introduced: 2011 | National-level

The Entrepreneur’s Desk (Balcão do Empreendedor) initiative simplifies entrepreneurship and business regulatory compliance by offering a single government digital portal for entrepreneurs and…

Year Introduced: 2006 | National-level

At its core, the initiative offered an online platform that connected Estonians living abroad and looking for a job with employers looking for talented additions to their workforce. Via the platform…

Year Introduced: 2007 | National-level

The Regional Business Development Centres offered a range of services designed to support businesses at various stages of their growth and development. The Centres focused on addressing identified…

Year Introduced: 2015 | National-level

The TechLeap.NL initiative includes a wide range of actions involving different actors of the entrepreneurial ecosystem and intervening at different stages of the entrepreneurship process, from…

Year Introduced: 2020 | National-level

The proposed Startups Equity Investment Program would allocate $2 billion in federal dollars ($1.5 billion initially, and $500 million in follow-on investment) to the states on a straightforward…

Year Introduced: 2016 | National-level

In July 2016, Australia introduced new tax incentives for early-stage investors that offer those eligible:  A 20 percent non-refundable carry-forward tax offset on amounts invested in…

Year Introduced: 2013 | National-level

INVEST consists of an acquisition grant and an exit grant. With the acquisition grant, business angels receive 25 percent of their investment tax-free if they invest at least 10,000 euros in venture…

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…

Year Introduced: 1997 | National-level

Companies starting up or creating jobs in disadvantaged neighborhoods of 10,000 or more inhabitants (ZFU-TE areas) benefit from temporary exemptions from taxes on profit. The exemption is total (100…