[Brussels, 15 December 2020, contact: ines@alliedforstartups.org] Allied for Startups today welcomed the announcement of a comprehensive Digital Services Act (DSA) which maintained three key principles of a robust digital economy. “Reaffirming the intermediary liability exemption, the country of origin principle and the prohibition of general monitoring are paramount to the scalability of startups in the …
DTX
December 11, 2020
Lessons from speaking to digital health entrepreneurs
On Wednesday, Allied for Startups and MEP Brando Benifei co-hosted a webinar “Digital Health innovation & startups during COVID-19 and beyond” to discuss the opportunities and challenges the digital health sector is facing. The video recording is available here. We thank the panelists for a thought-provoking and inspiring discussion. The speakers on the panel included: …
Events
December 9, 2020
Webinar: Digital health innovation & startups during COVID-19 and beyond
December 9, 2020, Brussels Allied for Startups and MEP Brando Benifei co-hosted a webinar to discuss the opportunities and challenges the digital health sector is facing during Covid-19. Participants reiterated that COVID-19 has accelerated the digital transformation of healthcare but also highlighted the challenges that must be addressed. High level speakers included: Ceri Thompson, DG …
Data
December 4, 2020
What do startups think of the Data Governance Act?
Last week the European Commission presented the Data Governance Act, its ambition is to facilitate the availability and sharing of public data inside the European Union. The proposal aims to complete the Open Data Directive adopted in 2019. It also sets the groundwork for the upcoming Data Act which is aimed to be released in …
Competition Digital Single Market Latest News platforms
December 3, 2020
The Digital Markets Act – FAQ for Startup Founders
For the past year, we’ve been hearing and talking a lot about the DSA – The Digital Services Act. Not everyone will have followed that, in parallel, the European Commission was reviewing competition rules for the digital economy. Now the fruits of this labour will be presented. On to the stage comes the DMA – …
DTX Latest News
November 25, 2020
Webinar: Digital health innovation & startups during COVID-19 and beyond
Allied for Startups & MEP Brando Benifei are hosting a virtual event Digital health innovation & startups during COVID-19 and beyond on 9 December at 5 PM CET. This webinar will bring together key digital health stakeholders – award-winning digital health entrepreneurs and innovators, European policy makers and Patient Associations to discuss the opportunities and …
Talent
November 20, 2020
Scaling-up diversity
Talent has been a priority for Allied for Startups since day one. Last month, Talent was re endorsed as a top policy priority in our 2021 Mandate. Startup visas and stock option reform are key components of our engagement on talent, especially as The Startup Nations Standard is in the pipeline!. This year it includes …
DTX
November 18, 2020
What will EU4Health bring to digital innovation?
The ambitious EU4Health programme aims to advance the digital transformation of healthcare. We see enormous potential for digital health startups to play a key role in this process. Startups are developing AI applications in healthcare, telehealth platforms and digital therapeutics – areas that are predicted to develop and grow exponentially in the coming years. What …
Artificial Intelligence Rocket Club
November 10, 2020
3,2,1…Re-launching the Rocket Club! 🚀
In 2019, in the wake of European elections, we set ourselves the goal of forming an Intergroup on startups and scale-ups in the European Parliament. Our Europe💙Startups campaign gathered more than 50 MEPs. Our initial idea didn’t quite materialise but we realised that we had assembled a network of tech-savvy and startupper MEPs. Always true …
DTX Startups
November 9, 2020
Why should digital health startups be part of policy conversations?
COVID-19 highlights the extraordinary potential of digital health startups, which regulation can empower to further scale. To do so, we advocate building a dialogue with the entrepreneurs behind them. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the digitisation of healthcare. Digital health startups are developing innovative digital health solutions to support healthcare systems and patients, provide new …