Dear President of the European Council, Dear Mr. Michel, Dear President of the European Commission, Dear Ms. von der Leyen, Startup communities across Europe urge policy makers to enable data flows across markets. Committing to free data flows necessitates an updated data adequacy agreement with the United States and revamping of the Standard Contractual Clauses …
Open Letter Policy
July 7, 2020
The response from the European Commission to startup communities on COVID-19
From the start of the COVID-19 crisis at Allied for Startups we have witnessed startups stepping up and providing solutions to the pandemic and the consequences of the lockdown. From medical and health solutions to ed-tech, entertainment and communications. In light of that, we sent a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula …
Latest News Open Letter
May 18, 2020
Join Letter From Startup Communities On Liquidity For Startups
Dear Commissioner Vestager, We, the undersigned representatives of startup communities, call on you to ensure that urgent COVID-19-related liquidity support for startup ecosystems is not delayed or blocked by EU legislation, in particular the Temporary Framework for State Aid. Our member associations stand ready to ensure the health and wellbeing of citizens in the unprecedented …
Covid 19 Open Letter
April 3, 2020
Joint Letter from Startup Communities on COVID-19
Dear President of the European Commission, Dear Ms. von der Leyen, We, the undersigned representatives of startup communities, call on you to give startups a central role in your solutions to the COVID-19 outbreak, to support startups through the difficult economic situation in the short run and to make startups central to your plans for …
Open Letter
July 29, 2019
Letter to Commission President-elect von der Leyen
Dear Commission President-elect von der Leyen. We warmly congratulate you on your election as Commission President. More than ever, Europe is at a crossroad seeking unity and leadership to overcome challenging times of transformation.
Open Letter Policy
March 20, 2019
Entrepreneurs in Europe want to thrive!
Dear MEPs, European entrepreneurs are counting on your support to keep them innovating and are urging you to vote against the adoption of the copyright directive. Let’s find a better solution for startups because the current provisions will harm them. Here is why: The SME exemption proposed in the directive does not work for startups: It can …
Open Letter
February 21, 2019
AFS Open Letter: Why Exemptions Do Not Work For Startups
Dear MEP, Ahead of the Copyright vote in the Legal Affairs committee on 26 February, Allied for Startups shares three reasons why the Copyright Directive does not work for startups: Don’t call it an exemption, and especially not for startups! An expiry date combined with an SME exception does not improve a bad directive. What’s …
Open Letter
February 11, 2019
Open Letter to the trilogue negotiators on a mandatory TDM exception
Dear Deputy Permanent Representatives, dear Members of the European Parliament and the European Commission, As you are preparing for the last trilogue meeting on the proposed EU Copyright Directive, we are solemnly calling on all negotiators to seize this last opportunity to give Europe a broad, clear and innovation-friendly mandatory TDM exception. We, representatives of …
Open Letter
December 12, 2016
Tech Associations Address President-elect
In a cross-sectoral move, 17 tech associations, reached out to president-elect Donald J. Trump.
Digital Single Market Open Letter
May 11, 2016
Vice President Ansip’s response to our letter
The Commissioner for Digital Single Market’s reply to startup communities.