Allied for Startups asbl
Acronym: AFS
General Information
Identification Code: 634665118544-37
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Entity Form: Non-profit association (BE)
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 9/1/2015
Last Update: 4/25/2024
EP Accredited Number: 2
Mission & Interests
Goals: Allied for Startups is the policy voice of startups in the EU and worldwide.
The organisation seeks to promote entrepreneurship and startups in industry and commerce, and to advance education and science by encouraging and growing entrepreneurship, and in particular digital entrepreneurship.
The organisation works on a global network basis whereby its members are themselves regional and national trade associations, charities and not for profit organisations representing and supporting startups, entrepreneurs, investors, charities, and advocacy organisations.
The main goals of the organisation are:
1) The conduct of research and provision of education
2) Building and maintaining a global network of startups, entrepreneurs, investors, charities, and advocacy organisations
(3) Raising awareness of, and creating a worldwide consensus on, entrepreneurship
(4) Decreasing the barriers to innovation
(5) Seeking to create consensus on policies that can positively impact (...)
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Banking and financial services
- Business and industry
- Competition
- Consumers
- Customs
- Digital economy and society
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Education and training
- Employment and social affairs
- External relations
- Institutional affairs
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Public health
- Research and innovation
- Single market
- Taxation
- Trade
Levels of Interest:
- global
- european
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: Digital Single Market
Startups Nations Standard
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Privacy
Platform regulation
Digital Health
Data and Cybersecurity
Cloud
Liability
Competition
Copyright and IP
Artificial Intelligence
Digital Trade
Net Neutrality and Network Infrastructure
Digital skills and talent
Investment
Communication Activities: The organisation seeks to establish contact between the startup community and policy makers in the European institutions as well as relevant bodies and agencies. Further, it seeks to serve as a reliable source for policy makers to receive information about startups and digital entrepreneurship, to this extent the organisation is involved in events and other public activities.
We connect our members to EU institutions using a variety of methods, from events, in-person and online engagement to work with the press, newsletters and social media. These publications are housed on our website, as is a list of events in which we take part.
Our blog: https://alliedforstartups.org/blog/
Our open letters: https://alliedforstartups.org/open-letter/
Our press releases: https://alliedforstartups.org/press-release/
Our newsletters: https://alliedforstartups.org/newsletter/
Our events page: https://alliedforstartups.org/events/
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: eHealth Stakeholder Group#E02769#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=2769 #MEMBER #C#Other#SMEs
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: Square de Meeus 35Silversquare
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
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EU Office
Address: Square de Meeus 35Silversquare
Post Code: 1000
City: Brussels
Country: BELGIUM
Phone: [object Object]
Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Complementary Information: To date, the organisation has raised its funds through membership contributions and sponsorship contributions. All members and sponsors are disclosed on our website www.alliedforstartups.org
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 2
Members25 Percent: 2
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 4
Members F T E: 0.699999988079071
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: 1. Membership is limited to non-government affiliated, non-profit, startup organisations with clear mandate from startups. This is the core of our structure as they will exclusively vote on our Mandate, policy priorities and run and vote for leadership (the Allied for Startups Management Board, known officially as the continental council “conseil continental”). They must follow the following guidelines:
Organisations with direct engagement with startups.
Legitimate organisations.
Organisations that align with our values (which are available to view on our website).
Organisations that are in line with their national government regulations.
Organisations with transparent governance structures.
Our Members:
- Austrian Startups
- BESCO
- Bridge Budapest
- Centraal
- Cluj Startups
- Dansk Iværksætter Forening
- Dutch Startups Association
- Engine
- France Digitale
- Ghana for Startups
- HealthTech Finland
- Innovup
- Italian Tech Alliance
- Latitude 59
- Roma Startups
- Sapie
- Scale Ireland
- Scaleups.eu
- Silicon Allee
- Silicon Valletta
- Spanish Startup Association
- Startup Canada
- Startup Chile
- Startup Coalition
- Startup Croatia
- Startup Foundation
- Startup Greece
- Startup Hungary
- Startup Malaysia
- Startup Poland
- Startup Portugal
- Startup Ukraine
- Startup Verband
- Startup Brasil
- SUP46
- Swiss Entrepreneurs & Startup Association
- Swiss Healthcare Startups
2. Affiliate Members: Organisations with a proven interest in startup success that represent one or more startup sectors and other entities. These could now include but are not limited to: regional startup organisations, or sector-specific organisations, government-funded organisations and for-profit organisations. They must follow the following guidelines and will only be added to the Membership with a two-thirds majority vote from the Board:
Organisations with direct engagement with startups.
Legitimate organisations.
Organisations that align with our values.
Organisations that are in line with their national government regulations.
Organisations with transparent governance structures.
Our Affiliate Members:
- Tech Barcelona
- Beta-i
- EsTech
Corporate Board:
All for-profit companies and non-governmental organisations (...) may be members of the Corporate Board. The term of office for members is 12 months, renewable upon appointment by the Board of Directors.
The Corporate Board agrees to sponsor and support the Association in financial or in-kind priorities for a given geographical region.
Each member of the Corporate Board has the same status. Members of the Corporate Board :
- do not have voting rights;
- do not participate in General Assembly meetings or other internal meetings of the Association;
- do not participate in the definition of priorities;
- may not veto, prevent or otherwise influence the activities of the Secretariat, the Continental Council, the Board of Directors or the General Assembly;
- are informed of public activities and events and may participate in them by informing the Secretariat or the Corporate board;
All logos or names of the members of the Corporate Board shall be published on the Association's website, upon prior approval of the Board of Directors.”
Corporate Board composition: MSD, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, Meta, Google, Glovo
Organisation Members: European Internet Forum (EIF) https://www.internetforum.eu/
European Connected Health Alliance https://echalliance.com/
European Alliance for Research Excellence (EARE) https://eare.eu/
Portugal Tech League http://www.portugaltechleague.eu/