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
- France looks to the UK for lessons on boosting angel investors (Sifted)
France plans to adopt the UK’s EIS and SEIS angel investor tax breaks as part of a plan to boost early-stage investment by €3bn - Malaysian government launches MYStartup NXT to create sustainable ecosystem (technode global)
The Malaysian government has launched a series of micro-conferences as part of a mission to create 5,000 quality startups by 2030. - Korean government to introduce bold deregulation measures for tech companies (Pulse News)
The South Korean government plans a regulation-free special zone where industry players can test technologies without any barriers unless they are prohibited by law. - CMA launches initial review of artificial intelligence models (UK Government)
The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is opening an initial review of competition and consumer protection considerations in the development and use of AI foundation models.
Insight
- What are the biggest challenges stalling the growth of Vietnam’s startup ecosystem?
Fintech News Singapore summarizes the findings of a Vietnam Briefing Magazine report on the country’s startup industry. - U.S. entrepreneurship is increasing - and getting more diverse
Fast Company summarizes the findings of the Gust 2023 New Business Survey.
Comment
- Net neutrality: A runway for startups (Inés Moreno-Alonso, Allied for Startups)
- Becoming a tech powerhouse is harder than you think (Daniela Dib and Alex Gonzalez Ormerod, Rest of World)
- Can developing states become entrepreneurial states? (Manuel Aguilera, UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose)
- How NASA’s world led to commercial spaceflight revolution (Roxana Barden, NASA)
Features
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