Overview
Lobbying Costs
250,000€
Financial year: Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5 Fte (3)
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
5
High-level Commission meetings
12
Lobbying Costs over the years
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Info
Allied for Startups asbl (AfS)
EU Transparency Register
634665118544-37 First registered on 01 Sep 2015
Goals / Remit
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 startups and grow digital entrepreneurship and digital economyMain EU files targeted
Digital Single Market
Startup Europe
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Privacy
Digital Services Act
Digital Health
E-Health
Digital Therapeutics
Data Policies
EU Copyright reform
Artificial Intelligence
Taxation
Digital Trade
Distributed Ledger Technologies
ICOsAddress
Head Office
Cantersteen 12
Brussels 1000
BELGIUM -
People
Total lobbyists declared
3
Employment time Lobbyists 100% 2 50% 1 Lobbyists (Full time equivalent)
2.5
Lobbyists with EP accreditation
All Lobbyists with EP accreditation over time
5 accreditations were / are live (in bold) for the selected state of 25 Nov 2019
Name Start date End Date David DE BAKKER 09 Feb 2024 08 Jan 2025 Natalia OLEDZKA 26 Oct 2023 28 Jun 2024 Maxime RICARD 23 May 2023 22 May 2024 Ines MORENO 09 Feb 2024 07 Feb 2025 Mr Jaime BERNAL 06 May 2023 08 Feb 2024 Ms Laura BROEK 02 Feb 2023 26 Oct 2023 Ines MORENO 02 Feb 2023 02 Feb 2024 Ms Manon TABACZYNSKY 06 Nov 2021 15 Sep 2022 Mr Benedikt Blomeyer 05 Oct 2021 15 Sep 2022 Ines MORENO 02 Oct 2021 01 Oct 2022 Ms Laura BROEK 28 Sep 2021 28 Sep 2022 Mr Benedikt Blomeyer 01 Feb 2020 30 Jan 2021 Ines MORENO 16 Jan 2020 16 Jan 2021 Ms Melike Janine SÖKMEN 11 May 2019 09 May 2020 Ms Manon TABACZYNSKY 06 Feb 2019 01 Mar 2020 Mr Benedikt Blomeyer 29 Jan 2019 01 Feb 2020 Ms Marlene STOCKER 08 Dec 2018 27 Nov 2019 Mr Lenard KOSCHWITZ 28 Nov 2018 27 Nov 2019 Mr Benedikt Blomeyer 30 Jan 2018 29 Jan 2019 Mr Lenard KOSCHWITZ 20 Nov 2017 16 Nov 2018 Mr Benedikt Blomeyer 21 Feb 2017 30 Jan 2018 Mr Lenard KOSCHWITZ 25 Aug 2016 23 Aug 2017 Mr Lenard KOSCHWITZ 25 Sep 2015 26 Aug 2016 Complementary Information
None declared
Person in charge of EU relations
Mr Benedikt Blomeyer (Manager EU Affairs)
Person with legal responsibility
Ms Melissa Blaustein (Founder)
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Categories
Category
III - Non-governmental organisations
Subcategory
Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
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Networking
Affiliation
None declared
Member organisations
http://www.alliedforstartups.org/
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Financial Data
Closed financial year
Jan 2018 - Dec 2018
Lobbying costs for closed financial year
250,000€
Other financial info
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
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EU Structures
Groups (European Commission)
none
Groups (European Parliament)
European Internet Forum
Communication activities
The organisation seeks to establish contact between the startup community and policy makers in the European Parliament, the Council and Commission including 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 extend the organisation is involved in events and other public activities.
Other activities
None declared
- Meetings
Meetings
12 meetings found. Download meetings
The list below only covers meetings held since November 2014 with commissioners, their cabinet members or directors-general at the European Commission; other lobby meetings with lower-level staff may have taken place, but the European Commission doesn't proactively publish information about these meetings. For more information about which commissioner is responsible for which portfolio, check out this link: https://commissioners.ec.europa.eu/index_en All information below comes from European Commission web pages.
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Date 09 Oct 2023 Location Brussels Subject Introduction ahead of the Climate for SME & Start ups Dialogue Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra Portfolio European Green Deal Attending - Daniel Mes (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Oct 2021 Location Brussels Subject Exchange about Europe's digital ambitions with startup communities Cabinet Cabinet of President Ursula von der Leyen Portfolio President Attending - Anthony Whelan (Cabinet member)
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Date 23 Apr 2020 Location Videoconference Subject Upcoming DSA proposals and impact on startups Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Thierry Breton Portfolio Internal Market Attending - Filomena Chirico (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Mar 2020 Location videoconference Subject Artificial intelligence Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Věra Jourová Portfolio Values and Transparency Attending - Marie Frenay (Cabinet member)
- Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 12 Apr 2018 Location Brussels Subject Start-ups and Innovation Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Carlos Moedas Portfolio Research, Science and Innovation Attending - Keith Sequeira (Cabinet member)
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Date 26 Jan 2018 Location Brussels Subject DSM general, copyright, ePrivacy Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 21 Sep 2016 Location Brussels, Belgium Subject Data protection Cabinet Cabinet of Commissioner Věra Jourová Portfolio Justice, Consumers and Gender Equality Attending - Daniel Braun (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Apr 2016 Location Brussels Subject Platforms Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 18 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM, startups Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
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Date 16 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM DG Günther Oettinger Attending - Kilian Gross (Cabinet member)
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Date 05 Feb 2016 Location Brussels Subject DSM Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Juhan Lepassaar (Cabinet member)
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Date 09 Dec 2015 Location Brussels Subject DSM Cabinet Cabinet of Vice-President Andrus Ansip Portfolio Digital Single Market Attending - Stig Joergen Gren (Cabinet member)
Other Lobbyists
- Meetings