With ground-breaking rules on AI on the table in the EU, Allied for Startups brings trailblazing AI startup entrepreneurs to the European Parliament to share their ideas and ambitions with policy makers. Stine co-founded Radiobotics to build machine learning algorithms that support radiologists. Lars co-founded Corti.ai to help medical professionals diagnose illnesses in emergency calls. …
Data Policy Press Release
February 19, 2020
Allied For Startups welcomes the debate on the new Digital Strategy from the European Commission
[Brussels, 19 February 2020] Allied for Startups welcomes that the European Commission is starting the debate on a comprehensive approach to digital policy with the release of a European digital strategy, a European strategy on data and an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Whitepaper. Digital Strategy “After the Digital Single Market Strategy, the Digital Strategy provides …
Policy Startups
February 17, 2020
Case in point: Why Startups and policy makers sit at the table
Startup entrepreneurs are multi-taskers, dividing their time be tween sales, management, HR, finance and many other priorities. Unless there is a specific pain point, regulatory questions often do not count to the imminent concerns of a startup entrepreneur. Added to that, 9/10 startups don’t make it to their 5th birthday, which makes building lasting relations …
Competition Policy
February 13, 2020
Updating competition policy – Startups are the best competitors!
Competition policy is a cornerstone of the policy making globally toolbox and plays a prominent role in the European Union where the European Commission has exclusive competence to implement WTO rules. Its purpose is to ensure that businesses can compete on equal terms in the Single Market and that consumers benefit from low prices and …
Startups
February 13, 2020
International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Diversity in entrepreneurship brings better ideas and businesses.
This week we are celebrating the amazing advancements women have brought to the field. At Allied for Startups we want to celebrate women entrepreneurs in particular those working in STEM: science, technology, engineering, maths, computing (think AI), health and all things-science! Including women is good for everyone. According to the Kauffman Foundation, women led tech …
Policy Startups
January 21, 2020
Dear policy makers, for every big tech CEO, listen to 10 startup entrepreneurs.
This week, senior representatives from big tech companies spoke out about regulation on Artificial Intelligence, digital taxation, online content moderation, and other pressing issues in the digital single market, as Brussels prepares to regulate and amend policy on these issues. Some of these impact areas affect entrepreneurs in every possible way. How? Sometimes legislation does …
Policy Statement
January 15, 2020
The role of the intermediary liability exemption for startups & scaleups
[Brussels, 3 October] Allied for Startups consulted its members on the role of the intermediary liability exemption for startups & scales in the EU. Online platforms transform the way we purchase, communicate, move and work – everybody enjoys their services everyday. Startups benefit from this thriving platform economy – it helps them to grow, operate …
Startups
December 18, 2019
Allied for Startups asks its members 3 questions…
Three questions for our members… Allied for Startups members are a bit like startup themselves. All of them are leaders in their local ecosystem, driving change for entrepreneurs on the ground. They’re all younger than 10 years and many are younger than 5 years. We’ve asked them to take a minute to share some of their …
Policy Rocket Club
December 16, 2019
Allied for Startups launches 🚀 The Rocket Club 🚀
Startups and scaleups live and flourish in ecosystems of talent (entrepreneurs & employees, mentors), investors (angel investors, venture capital firms, crowdfunding, etc), support organisations (incubators, accelerators, startup associations, hubs, etc), users, universities, governments, and corporations. Startup ecosystems have a positive impact on society and the economy. They contribute to various areas from job creation, open …
DTX Policy
November 26, 2019
Digital Health Startups and EU Policy: A day of collaboration among startups, policymakers and healthcare stakeholders in the EU
On 19 November, founders of European digital health startups Ada, Brain+, Byteflies, Disior, Tired of Cancer and Biloba came to Brussels to talk directly to policymakers and regulators from the European Parliament and Commission. The aim was to discuss face-to-face some of the most crucial policy topics for startups – e.g. the impact of regulations …