Supporting startups is not just a question of money, regulation should also encourage starting and scaling up. In its working programme, the European Union has made the promotion of innovation and entrepreneurship one of its priorities. Through numerous funding programmes and initiatives, the European Union is making efforts to step up its game to become …
Latest News Startup Nations Standard
April 27, 2021
A worldwide Startup Nations Standard: An 8-step recipe for global recovery.
It’s not a coincidence that countries such as Estonia, the UK or the US have some of the highest startup rates in the world. They offer regulatory, administrative and financing conditions that are attractive to entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs are naturally attracted to start up in an ecosystem that maximises their chance to scale-up. They consider factors …
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April 22, 2021
PRESS RELEASE : Designing Artificial Intelligence requirements that consider startups will allow for innovation to thrive.
[Brussels, 22 April 2021] Allied for Startups (AFS) welcomes the European Commission’s Artificial Intelligence Act and efforts to lay down harmonised rules for Artificial Intelligence uptake in Europe, however warns about potential regulatory complexity for startups. AFS supports the proposed initiatives to encourage AI innovation in Europe such as regulatory sandboxes and measures aimed to …
Latest News Tax
April 15, 2021
How would an EU Digital Levy impact startups?
Going global is in startups’ DNA, they create products designed with a global mindset and their objective is to compete internationally. A conducive environment for global innovation is one in which policy makers strive to avoid fragmentation so that startups only have to scale-up once. For that reason, we’ve always been supportive and have called …
Latest News Press Release Startup Nations Standard
March 18, 2021
PRESS RELEASE: An ambitious Startup Nations Standard can put the EU on route to being the scale-up continent.
Brussels, 19 March 2021, Allied for Startups welcomes the Startup Nations Standard (SNS) which was presented today by the European Commission. The Standard consists of a set of best practices that address key hurdles startups in the European Union face. Following extensive and in-depth consultations with startup communities across Europe, the European Commission is setting …
Latest News Policy
March 8, 2021
Choose to challenge (the lack of) diversity in entrepreneurship.
If you were to think about 5 amazing entrepreneurs, how many would be women? The theme of this year’s international women’s day is “choose to challenge the status quo”. We want to change the status quo in entrepreneurship, which stands as follows: according to Forbes, only 10% of startups are founded by women in the …
Latest News Open Letter Tax
February 11, 2021
Open Letter: Tech sector bodies call for new impetus from the US, EU and UK to find a solution for the taxation of the digital economy
The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the importance of digital services to the modern economy. Tech sector has played a vital role in helping keep our society connected and our economies going throughout the harshest of years. To return to growth in 2021 the US, EU and its Member States and the UK are rightly seeking …
DTX Latest News
January 20, 2021
Allied for Startups DTx publishes first Annual Report
Allied for Startups DTx’s first Annual Report provides an overview of our activities and engagements in 2020 as well as perspectives for 2021. Allied for Startups DTx started in 2019 to enhance the policy environment and reduce barriers for startups in the European healthcare ecosystem. During the last year, digital health policy has become a …
Latest News Policy
January 6, 2021
What’s in store for startup policy in 2021?
COVID-19 forced significant parts of the world population to turn to digital tools and platforms to perform daily tasks such as working, shopping or communicating. Policy makers are now responding to the increasing importance of tech in our lives. In the EU, this entails sweeping new rules for tech companies, ranging from rules for online …
Latest News Press Release
December 15, 2020
PRESS RELEASE: Allied for Startups encourages European institutions to design a Digital Markets Act that incentivises starting up and scaling.
[Brussels, 15 December 2020, contact: ines@alliedforstartups.org] Upon the official release today of a Digital Markets Act, Allied for Startups is poised to engage with policy makers to ensure that it incentivises high growth startups across the region. “Allied for Startups has already begun a comprehensive members consultation on the Digital Markets Act and we look …