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.
Response to Digital Omnibus revising several legislative acts in view of regulatory simplification
14 Oct 2025
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
Response to Communication on a Strategy for a European Data Union
16 Jul 2025
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
Response to Apply AI Strategy: strengthening the AI continent
4 Jun 2025
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
Response to WHITE PAPER How to master Europe's digital infrastructure needs?
28 Jun 2024
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
Response to Fairness in platform-to-business relations
20 Nov 2017
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