Welcome to ‘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’s Cradle fund has partnered with the country’s stock exchange to support local startups’ listing (AsiaTechDaily)
- Germany has implemented 45% of its planned measures to promote startups included in the startup strategy approved in July 2022, according to a review by the economics ministry (Reuters)
- Brazil has established a new Ministry of Entrepreneurship, Small Enterprises and Small Business (MediaRun)
- Japan plans to allow startups to raise money from venture capital funds by selling digital assets including cryptocurrency in place of stock (Nikkei Asia)
Research & analysis
- U.S. GEM report: entrepreneurial activity reaches record levels
Babson blog examining the findings of the latest U.S. Global Entrepreneurship Monitor. - Middle East startup sector crashes 40% amid global headwinds
Arabian Business feature on the latest MAGNiTT MENA half-yearly investment report. - US startups have raised 89% of global GenAI investment
TheNextWeb deep-dive on the latest Dealroom Generative AI report.
Comment
- How to be an innovator (Andrew Ng, founder and CEO, DeepLearning.ai)
- Beyond the French Tech, let’s create European digital champions (Thibaud Elziere, founder, Hexa)
- Can universities find ‘missing entrepreneurs’ in the community? (Emma O’Brien, lecturer, TU Dublin)
Features
- FT: Accelerators switch on to cleantech opportunities
- Politico: How Silicon Valley doomers are shaping Rishi Sunak’s AI plan
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