Data is the essential raw material for startups to thrive in the global economy. Adequacy agreements between different jurisdictions are essential to startup ecosystems as they facilitate startups’ legal compliance, provide legal certainty and enable cross-border data transfers. The EU and the US can boost the economy on both sides of the Atlantic, providing new …
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April 6, 2023
‘A world where the term burnout is just a dusty old term’ – Digiburn
On the occasion of World Health Day, we spoke to Digiburn, a startup working on personal digital burnout therapy. Key catalysts in the revolutionisation of digital mental health care have been startups. The availability of these digital solutions on a mobile phone or laptop contributes to the democratisation of healthcare and a step closer to …
Latest News Net Neutrality
April 5, 2023
How does introducing Network Fees endanger Startup Ecosystems?
The European Commission has announced its intent to make large online platforms contribute to the cost of telecom networks in the form of a levy. While well-intentioned, these levies could have lasting negative repercussions for startups, the global digital economy, and the internet as we know it today. Allied for Startups and its Members are …
LATAM Latest News Startups
March 31, 2023
Setting the scene for innovation in LATAM
This month, our Allied for Startups office for Latin America got involved in a series of dialogues and high-level conversations involving different topics of interest regarding innovation in Mexico and Latin America. Open Technology for Innovation opportunities AFS joined Cómo la Tecnología Abierta Promueve la Oportunidad Económica y la Innovación, a round table event organized …
DTX Healthtech Charter
March 27, 2023
Startups in Telemedicine #TheHealthTechCharter
Telemedicine solutions, such as online consultations or telemonitoring, enable medical care to be provided remotely. The availability of these digital solutions on a mobile phone, watch, or laptop contributes to the democratisation of healthcare and is a step closer to making universal access to care a reality. The demand for telemedicine services reached an unprecedented …
Latest News Policy Startups
March 22, 2023
ONE23 Startup Manifesto: Europe, Ready for Startups’ Vision of the Future?
Allied for Startups has joined startup organisations to contribute and sign the ONE23 Startup Manifesto published by our Members, SUP46 and Danish Entrepreneurs. We have presented recommendations to policy makers in the context of the Swedish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Manifesto points at 5 key priorities for startups: Artificial intelligence, …
GreenTech Latest News Startups
March 22, 2023
World Water Day: Startups’ contributions to solving the water challenge
The world is currently facing a global water and sanitation crisis resulting in a lack of access to safe drinking water for a significant amount of the world’s population. The United Nations has launched a call to action to find solutions to tackle this pressing challenge. Startups have responded to this open call and continue …
Data Latest News
March 15, 2023
Startups’ joint statement on the Data Act
The Data Act is built on ambitions that startup associations share and has the potential to bring a key resource -data- to more startups. Startup-friendly data policies should, however, balance the incentives and costs involved in the value-chain of dataset creation and maintenance. In this context, we have concerns that several provisions of the Data …
Open Letter
March 15, 2023
Startups’ joint statement on the Data Act
The Data Act is built on ambitions that startup associations share and has the potential to bring a key resource -data- to more startups. Startup-friendly data policies should, however, balance the incentives and costs involved in the value-chain of dataset creation and maintenance. In this context, we have concerns that several provisions of the Data …
Latest News Startups Talent
March 8, 2023
The gender gap in the digital community – a challenge ahead
As this year’s International Women’s Day theme is “DigitALL: Innovation and technology for gender equality”, we want to celebrate the valuable contributions women have made to advance innovation and technology through entrepreneurship. However, it’s critical that we draw attention to the gender gap that still remains when it comes to ICT (Information, Computers and Technology) …