What is net neutrality? Net neutrality principle refers to the way that Internet Service Providers (ISPs) manage the data or traffic carried on their networks when data is requested by broadband subscribers (known as end-users under EU law) from providers of content, applications or services (CAPs), as well as when traffic is exchanged between end-users. …
Latest News Members Startups
December 9, 2022
Member spotlight: 2023 Danish Entrepreneurs’ ambitions!
Danish Entrepreneurs (Dansk Iværksætter Forening) inaugurates Allied for Startups’ Member’ Corner – a series of blogposts to showcase our thriving community of startup associations across borders and their valuable work to enhance the startup ecosystem and entrepreneurship. Danish Entrepreneurs is a non-profit membership association born in 1985 to support the Danish startup ecosystem. Since its …
DTX Latest News Startups
December 1, 2022
World AIDS Day: Moonshot Startup Solutions
In honour of World AIDS Day, celebrated annually on December 1st, we unite in the fight against HIV to show support for people living with HIV, and to remember those who have passed from an AIDS-related illness. Honouring World AIDS Day spotlights that HIV is still present and that there is an urgent need to …
GreenTech Startups
November 23, 2022
AFS’ Journey Towards Climate Neutrality
With the Allied for Startups Membership having expressed their interest to incorporate sustainability in the AFS 2022 and 2023 Mandate, we launched a new sustainability vertical to build a global coalition of green tech startups to drive innovation-focused climate action. With sustainability as a core value of our work, Allied for Startups led by example …
Latest News Startups
November 3, 2022
Uniting Global Startup Communities – The AFS Annual Summit
Last week, Allied for Startups hosted its 8th edition of the Annual Summit! Representatives from over 23 startup associations across the globe gathered in Brussels to connect, exchange ideas, and vote on our 2023 policy priorities. After interesting reflections and deliberations, our Members voted on the AFS 2023 Mandate, which outlines our policy priorities for …
Data Latest News Startups
October 13, 2022
The Data Act: An opportunity to unleash startup potential?
The Data Act is a legislative proposal from the European Commission which aims to regulate non-personal or industrial data within the European Union. It consists of the following three main strands: data relations between industrial actors, cloud data infrastructure and international data transfers. If done correctly, it has the potential to help foster startup growth …
Latest News Policy Startups
September 23, 2022
Time to lead on global economic policy development
By Michael McGeary, Founding Board Member, Allied for Startups As governments around the world emerge from facing down the economic and public health crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, they are turning towards forward-looking policy development, especially with regard to technology and its role in society. In the US, antitrust, competition and privacy are once again …
Innovation Latest News Startups
September 21, 2022
The energy transition at the hands of startups
Rethinking the ways in which we produce and consume energy is more pressing than ever. In 2015, the Paris Agreement reached a global consensus around the necessity to adopt measures to achieve climate neutrality and mitigate climate change consequences. The same year, the UN adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, which included “affordable and …
Data Innovation Startups
July 14, 2022
Turning the Data Act into the key to a successful startup-fuelled recovery
In February 2022 the European Commission presented the Data Act. The Data Act is one of the main pillars of the European Strategy on Data, the plan that the EU has to create a single market for data that “will allow it to flow freely within the EU and across sectors for the benefit of …
DTX Healthtech Charter Startups
July 14, 2022
Webinar: Digital Health Voices in Policy – The Spanish Fitness Check
On July 12th, Allied for Startups DTx hosted a Webinar on Digital Health Voices in Policy. This event marked the launch of the Spanish Fitness Check, a deep-dive into the Spanish digital health ecosystem. Leading entrepreneurs came together to discuss the future of digital health innovation in Spain, sharing startup regulatory needs to foster better …