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 …
Artificial Intelligence
October 29, 2020
Regulating Artificial Intelligence – An opportunity for innovation in the European Union?
Artificial Intelligence legislation in Europe has enormous opportunities if we maintain and build a clear pathway for starting and scaling startups in Europe. The ambition at EU level should be to incentivise startup entrepreneurs to innovate and grow their business in any sector. Regulating AI has been high on the agenda of the new European …
Uncategorized
October 29, 2020
A short recap of our 2020 Virtual Annual Summit
On the 13th of October, Allied for Startups held its 6th Annual Summit. Our Annual Summit is the highlight of our year as we invite all of our Members from across the globe to Brussels. This year, given the circumstances, we held it online. Despite the new format, we are amazed to see the level …
Events
October 27, 2020
Making the Digital Services Act for Startups #DSA4Startups
October 27, 2020, Brussels AFS hosted the Brussels edition of our #DSA4startups roadshow, where we presented our economic impact assessment study: The impact of the Digital Services Act on business users alongside our partner Oxera. High level speakers included: Alexandra Geese, Member of the European Parliament Werner Stengg, Cabinet Member to Executive Vice-President Margrethe Vestager, European Commission
DSA 4 Startups Latest News Press Release
October 27, 2020
PRESS RELEASE: The Digital Services Act could empower startups and the wider EU economy.
[Brussels, 27 October 2020, contact: [email protected]] Allied for Startups in partnership with Oxera have published an economic impact assessment about how the Digital Services Act will affect business users of platforms. The study was conducted by Oxera, who interviewed 1000 businesses across four Member States (Spain, Ireland, Bulgaria and Germany). The findings show that business …
DTX Startups
October 22, 2020
PDHA: digital health innovators awarded by patients
The Patients’ Digital Health Awards winners were announced in the virtual ceremony last Friday. After carefully considering the applications from over 13 European countries, Patient Associations chose 3 digital health solutions that improve the quality of life of patients and caregivers. As a partner of this initiative, we are proud to see a diverse list …
Artificial Intelligence DTX Startups
October 15, 2020
3 proposals to empower AI startups in healthcare
The use of AI technologies in healthcare is accelerating exponentially. The global market size is expected to grow from $4.9 billion in 2020 to $45.2 billion in 2026. AI startups are developing solutions for diagnostics, clinical decision support, precision medicine, drug discovery and patient monitoring. Recently, we have witnessed startups pivoting to use their AI-based …
Events
October 13, 2020
AFS Annual Summit 2020
October 13, 2020, Brussels Startup organisations from over 20 countries and 5 continents joined our AFS Annual Summit to discuss our 2020 activities as well as to debate and vote on our priorities for 2021. Startup communities came together under one voice to support innovation and entrepreneurship. We were very happy to see high engagement despite the …