This is an English-speaking board where people have individualistic preferences so it isn't surprising that people default to an answer from private capital, but in Europe the government does this, and it works. Starting a company in the Netherlands was a breeze, and the tax breaks are very generous in the first few years.
I am in France, and i can tell you, the government only really support "want to be a unicorn" or companies that are already established or company that generate a ton of local jobs.
I went to talk to our local chamber of commerce and industry, which handle navigating the subsidies, and their answer was "how many local jobs are you creating ? Just you for now ? Then we cannot help you, come back when you create a dozen in the region"
