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 …
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 Startup Climate Network 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 …
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) …
Innovation Latest News Startups
March 2, 2023
White House Opens New Frontiers in Patent Trolling, Leaves Startups Behind
Last week, U.S. President Joe Biden upheld a controversial limited exclusion order which could ban the sale of Apple’s popular Watch product in the United States after a ruling by the International Trade Commission late last year. The order upholds the enforcement of a patent by AliveCor, a medical device manufacturer, and while the facts …
Latest News Startups
March 2, 2023
All hands on deck: Startups emergency capabilities
The February 6th earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria have devastated millions, causing irreparable losses and pain. We would like to express our solidarity and willingness to contribute to the efforts of the crisis response. We’ve noticed outstanding activities from startups and the tech community involved in the rescue process and relief aid. From applying …
DTX Healthtech Charter Latest News
February 20, 2023
2022 Highlights in Healthtech: The DTx Annual Report
Allied for Startups launched its 2022 DTx Annual Report – diving into our healthtech project’s main activities and growth this past year. With digital health initiatives under the spotlight, join us as we continue to enhance the policy environment for startups and support innovation in healthtech worldwide. Download the …
Latest News Startups
February 6, 2023
Time for Washington to take on ITC reform
This article has been written by Michael McGeary and was originally published in Delaware Business Times on January 31, 2023. The new year has brought with it renewed fears about inflation in the global economy, with new data indicating that an astounding 90% of small business owners are deeply concerned about rising costs. According …
Data Latest News Policy
January 30, 2023
How startups will be affected by a potential extension of scope of Article 27 of the Data Act to data holders?
We are closely following the discussions on the European Commission’s proposal on the Data Act and its impact on the startup ecosystem. Startup communities are particularly concerned about recent discussions on the extension of the scope of Article 27 from “data processing services” to “data holders”. International data transfers are a key element of innovation …