By Miguel Ferrer, SVP Strategy and Public Agenda – Adigital / EsTech Startups and scaleups play a crucial role in enhancing European competitiveness and driving the shift towards a new, innovative production model. These companies have demonstrated the potential to elevate the continent’s productivity, attract international investment, generate employment, and foster innovation across various sectors, …
Innovation Startups
April 24, 2024
How are startups and SMEs different?
Startups and SMEs are two different economic and social actors with different needs, capabilities and challenges – but they are, more often than not, placed in the same basket by policy makers. In hopes of bringing some much needed context to these evolving debates, we have laid out how they differ with a specific musical …
Digital Single Market Latest News Startups
April 19, 2024
The European Single Market: A New Frontier for Startups
In a rapidly evolving global market, the European Union is currently standing at a crossroads. The recent report by Enrico Letta, published on 17 April, emphasises the urgent need for reform within the EU’s Single Market. Similar statements were made by Mario Draghi, as he emphasised the urge to leverage the EU’s global competitiveness. While …
2024 EU Elections Innovation Startups
April 17, 2024
EU Elections 2024 – How to foster the CEE startup ecosystem?
By Lucia Colníková, Portfolio Manager & League for Digital Boost Lead at the Slovak Alliance for Innovation Economy (SAPIE) Although Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) may seem as a humdrum destination for entrepreneurs compared to the huge startup superpowers, the region has been widely acclaimed as a talent-rich destination that has emerged as a cradle …
2024 EU Elections Digital Single Market Policy
April 15, 2024
Digital policies in the EU: Startups feel the regulatory fatigue
In the dynamic arena of digital innovation, startups serve as engines of creativity and economic growth. However, amidst the hustle and bustle of the European Union’s legislative landscape, startups are encountering a formidable challenge: regulatory fatigue. As Allied for Startups is committed to fostering an environment where startups can thrive, we advocate in our EU …
Latest News Startups
April 8, 2024
How to make the EU-US Trade and Technology Council work better for startups
On 4 April, EU and US officials gathered in Leuven for the sixth ministerial meeting of the EU-US Trade and Technology Council (TTC), the diplomatic forum to coordinate technology and trade policy between the United States and the European Union. Looming over the discussions was the question of whether or not the TTC will be …
DTX Innovation
April 4, 2024
World Health Day 2024: My Health, My Right
Today, more than half of the world’s population still lacks access to essential health services, a very basic need, with the majority of households spending 10% of their households budget on healthcare, pushing millions into extreme poverty from out-of-pocket expenses. The digitalisation of health offers countless possibilities to democratise access to healthcare and delivery of …
DTX Innovation Policy Startups
March 18, 2024
Analysing the European Health Data Space: a new era for healthtech startups?
After several trilogues, on 13 March, the Council of the EU and the European Parliament finally reached a political agreement on the European Health Data Space (EHDS). The main point of contention was the extent to which patients would be able to opt out of the system’s secondary use of data, through which startups could …
DTX Policy
March 13, 2024
Navigating the EHDS dilemma: A startup-friendly future of digital health
The European Health Data Space (EHDS) stands as a cornerstone for fostering innovation and revolutionising healthcare within the European Union. As negotiations unfold, the current state of play reveals a divergence between the European Parliament (EP) and the Council of the EU, underscoring the challenges in crafting a harmonised EHDS framework. By facilitating access to …
Net Neutrality Policy
March 7, 2024
Crisis averted: Has the Commission given up on Network Fees?
On 21 February, the European Commission published its White Paper on the future Digital Networks Act, which we have analysed in great detail to ensure that there was no possible threat to net neutrality. You may remember that Allied for Startups and its members have been deeply involved in maintaining the free and open nature …