Dear President von der Leyen, Dear Commissioner Breton, Dear Commissioner Gabriel We, the undersigned startup organisations, welcome the increased focus on startup policies, including the Startup Nations Standard (SNS) with the European Startup Nations Alliance (ESNA), ScaleUp Europe, Global Powerhouses and the Unicorns Group. These underline the political will to fuel the innovative digital economy …
DSA 4 Startups Latest News Open Letter
October 25, 2021
Open Letter: Making the DSA proportionate and balanced
Dear Members of the European Parliament, Dear Ambassadors to the EU, We, the undersigned startup organisations, encourage you to ensure the DSA becomes more proportionate and balanced so that startups can scale-up their innovations to businesses and consumers across the EU. Our members would like to request a meeting or roundtable with you at your …
Latest News
October 14, 2021
Bringing together startup communities: our Annual Summit 2021
We hosted our 7th consecutive (very successful!) Annual Summit! Every year we gather our Members so startup communities can connect broadly and discuss our yearly priorities and vote on our Mandate for the following year. Here’s what happened at our Virtual Summit: After much consideration, our Members voted on the following three key priorities for …
Events
October 13, 2021
AFS Annual Summit 2021
October 13, 2021, Brussels Allied for Startups held its 6th Annual Summit virtually. Despite the new format, we were amazed to see the level of engagement from our Members and how startup communities come together under one voice to support innovation and entrepreneurship. Members voted on our three key priorities for 2022, elected a new …
DSA 4 Startups Latest News platforms Policy
October 5, 2021
Will the DSA favour startup innovation in the Single Market?
The Digital Services Act can provide the harmonisation that startups need to operate across EU markets by updating and clarifying the rules governing platforms. Following the recent discussions in the co-legislative bodies of the EU, namely the European Parliament and the Council of the EU, it’s unclear that all parties are considering startups’ growth perspectives …
DTX Healthtech Charter Policy
September 28, 2021
Rounding Off 2021: What to Expect in Health Policy?
Covid-19 brought momentum for action and change throughout the EU block, stirring more health initiatives and proposals than we’ve seen before. Entering the fourth quarter of the year, there are still important EU health policy updates coming our way – many of which are key for health startups innovating across Europe. Here’s what you can …
Digital Single Market DSA 4 Startups Latest News Policy
September 21, 2021
Tweaking the Country of Origin principle in the DSA – A threat to the Digital Single Market
As the discussions around the Digital Services Act (DSA) progress, one principle is of key importance for startups – the Country of Origin, also known as the Internal Market Clause. The principle states that a company must follow the legislation of its country of establishment, regardless of where its services are offered. Concretely, a second-hand …
Covid 19 DTX Innovation
September 14, 2021
BioNTech: A Covid-19 Startup Success Story
BioNTech has emerged as one of the pandemic’s greatest success stories, spotlighting the disruptive nature of startups in finding solutions to societies’ biggest challenges. What began as a small, German biotech startup committed to transforming medicine, soon catapulted into a global pioneer in the Covid-19 race to vaccine discovery. The Covid-19 pandemic has placed unprecedented …
Digital Single Market DSA 4 Startups Latest News platforms Policy
September 8, 2021
How will marketplace startups in the EU deal with new platform rules?
There are about 10,000 startup platforms in the EU, many of which are online marketplaces. The Digital Services Act has the potential to empower these to launch their businesses and scale in the EU, if it preserves the founding principles of the platform economy and gives entrepreneurs legal clarity. As the discussions are underway in …
Latest News Startups
July 29, 2021
Tech Policy for Startups – Where are we at?
2021 has been a busy year for digital policy and we are expecting more coming our way after the summer. Legislation on platform regulation, artificial intelligence and data sharing are piling up at the EU institutions. It will shape and define the future innovation economy and startups ecosystems in the EU and beyond, so it’s …