Welcome to the 100th edition of ‘The Startup State’ - a weekly bulletin from the GEN Policy and Research team highlighting key entrepreneurship news, reports, commentary and features from around the world.
News
- Malaysia has launched the 'Investor Pass', a new golden visa that allows global investors and entrepreneurs to reside in the country for up to one year (Daily Times)
- South Korea has unveiled the 'Startup Rookie Leap Plan', targeting the earliest stage of entrepreneurship. The plan combines incubation, mentoring and global scaling to help prospective entrepreneurs nationwide (KoreaTechDesk)
- Vietnam aims for women-owned businesses to make up 30% of all enterprises in the country by 2030. The government will provide support for 75,000 women-owned enterprises, cooperatives and business households, helping them access preferential credit and startup and innovation funds (Vietnam Net)
- Germany is to double venture capital funding through the WIN (Growth and Innovation Capital for Germany) program to 25bn EUR ($29bn). Speaking at the German Startup Awards, the economic affairs minister also outlined a 'one-stop-shop' for business formation, a new agency to facilitate immigration of talent, and the necessity of English as an official language for all internationally-focused entrepreneurship support agencies (GTAI)
- Canada's new federal budget announced pending legislation to broaden the scope for innovation and pilot projects through the introduction of regulatory sandboxes (Remi Network)
- The United Kingdom has published a 'Fresh Start Guide' to be distributed across job centres and through work coaches, designed to help unemployed people explore self-employment as a viable career path (MSN)
Comment and analysis
- Presidential message on National Entrepreneurship Month (The White House)
- The Startup Nation has no future (Homeric de Sarthe, CEO, Craft AI - in French)
- Miami's tech opportunity is to take on New York City, not San Francisco (Peter Yared, founder and CEO, InCountry)
- Beyond Silicon Valley: Why U.S. founders are looking Down Under for investment (Georgina Turner, partner, Tidal Ventures)
- Beyond the buzz, Europe's innovation strategy has no clear mission (Xenophon Krokidis, founder and CEO, Scienomics)
- Britain's young founders have unlimited ambition - now they need policies to match it (Philip Salter, Founder, The Entrepreneurs Network)
Features
- President Tebboune: Algeria's path from liberation legacy to startup leadership and strategic diplomacy (Azat TV)
- Africa's angel investors power a new wave of startup growth (African Business)
- Can SET University become Ukraine's founder factory? (Tech.eu)
- Africa's two tech hubs get Financial Action Task Force regulatory upgrade. Will global banks (and VCs) finally hit 'resume'? (Launch Base Africa)
- Cradle Live! Startup ASEAN Summit 2025 unites region to drive innovation and entrepreneurship (TN Global)
GEN community news
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The opinions expressed in the articles above are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the view of the Global Entrepreneurship Network.