Allied For Startups asbl

AFS

Allied For Startups is the policy voice of startups in the EU and worldwide.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Henna Virkkunen (Executive Vice-President) and

11 Nov 2025 · 28th regime

Meeting with Elena Martines (Cabinet of Commissioner Ekaterina Zaharieva)

4 Nov 2025 · Exchange of views on the European Innovation Act and the EU Start-up and Scale-up Strategy.

Meeting with René Repasi (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and

17 Jul 2025 · 28. Regime

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

17 Jul 2025 · 28th Regime

Meeting with Pascal Canfin (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

8 Jul 2025 · 28th Regime

Response to Cloud and AI Development Act

1 Jul 2025

Meeting with Egelyn Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Michael McGrath)

18 Jun 2025 · Exchange of views on the forthcoming Digital Fairness Act

Meeting with Jörgen Warborn (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Jun 2025 · Startsups

Meeting with Marc Lemaitre (Director-General Research and Innovation) and

25 Apr 2025 · Second meeting of the European Startup and Scaleup Forum. Discussion on the draft building blocks of the EU Startup and Scaleup Strategy structured along the identified obstacles and possible solutions.

Response to Savings and Investments Union

7 Mar 2025

Response to Single Market Strategy 2025

31 Jan 2025

Meeting with Eero Heinäluoma (Member of the European Parliament) and

24 Sept 2024 · Current Affairs

Meeting with Moritz Körner (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Apr 2024 · startups and innovation in Europe

Meeting with Isabel Benjumea Benjumea (Member of the European Parliament)

3 Apr 2024 · Startups

Meeting with Daniel Mes (Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra)

9 Oct 2023 · Introduction ahead of the Climate for SME & Start ups Dialogue

Meeting with Elena Lizzi (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

9 Oct 2023 · Own-Initiative Report on startups and scale-ups

Meeting with Dragoş Tudorache (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur)

28 Mar 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Meeting with Tomislav Sokol (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and The Holomedicine® Association

22 Mar 2023 · European Health Data Space - EHDS

Meeting with Ibán García Del Blanco (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur for opinion) and

30 Jun 2022 · Joint exchange of views on the Data Act

Meeting with Alexandra Geese (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and

24 May 2022 · Online platform regulation

Meeting with Axel Voss (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur)

6 Apr 2022 · AI Act

Meeting with Anthony Whelan (Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen)

12 Oct 2021 · Exchange about Europe's digital ambitions with startup communities

Meeting with Filomena Chirico (Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton)

23 Apr 2020 · Upcoming DSA proposals and impact on startups

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová), Marie Frenay (Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová)

26 Mar 2020 · Artificial intelligence

Meeting with Keith Sequeira (Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas)

12 Apr 2018 · Start-ups and Innovation

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

26 Jan 2018 · DSM general, copyright, ePrivacy

Meeting with Daniel Braun (Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová)

21 Sept 2016 · Data protection

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

18 Apr 2016 · Platforms

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

18 Feb 2016 · DSM, startups

Meeting with Kilian Gross (Digital Economy)

16 Feb 2016 · DSM

Meeting with Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

5 Feb 2016 · DSM

Meeting with Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip)

9 Dec 2015 · DSM