Startups have been blossoming across Europe for a while now. Some of them have become success stories, some can call themselves a “unicorn”, many of them are not European any longer because they were obliged to move outside Europe and/or give up ownership to find the money to scale up.
The lagging European economy cannot be revived solely on the basis of a thriving ecosystem for startups. The EU needs to offer an environment nursing scale-ups and just replicating Silicon Valley is not an option.
In order to have a wider discussion around this issue, EIF & Lambert van Nistelrooij MEP invited a panel of entrepreneurs to talk about what it is like to scale up in Europe.
Alberto Onetti, President & Chairman at Mind the Bridge, noted that startups are flourishing across the European Union, including small regions and towns. However, it is not enough. Entrepreneurs need to be nurtured and given help to connect to the global ecosystem.
Lenard Koschwitz, Director European Affairs at Allied for Startups, noted that there is not enough startup representation at the EU policy making level. He also stressed the fact that we should not only focus on growing start-ups and scale-ups here, but also on keeping them in Europe. He noted that the European startup visa could be a useful tool to attract skilled professionals to Europe to start businesses here. He also stressed the importance of allowing a possibility to give stock options as remuneration to early employees.
Gianpiero Lotito, Founder and CEO of FacilityLive, an Italian startup founded in 2010, presented his success story on how to raise investment in Europe. He noted that Europe needs to have its own scaling-up models, because a simple replication of the models used in the Silicon Valley is not working here.
EIF used this debate as an opportunity to see how the policy climate for the scalability of European start-ups could be improved. Our event speakers shared their views:
Highlights from Twitter:
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Intellectual property
Trademarks in the digital economy
Digital Mobile Broadcasting
Online platforms
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Feedback from the EIF Study Visits in the Asia Pacific Region ‘Examining Asia’s dynamic digital development’ April 2013
EIF Asia Study Trip: Examining Asia’s dynamic digital development
Feedback from EIF Study Visits in the USA ‘ICT Innovation & Venture Capital’
A Pan-European Trust Mark: a tool to gain consumers' trust in Europe's e-commerce
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The Digital Economy in 2025: Europe's Role and Weight in the Global Digital Economy
Matthew Mayo, VP MasterCard on Innovation, mobile commerce and retail
Peteris Zilgalvis, DG CONNECT, on Innovation, mobile commerce and retail
Margriet Keijzer, Dutch Retail Association on Innovation, mobile commerce and retail
Lambert van Nistelrooij, MEP, on Innovation, mobile commerce and retail
Pilar del Castillo MEP opens EIF debate on Open Service Platforms
Pearse O'Donohue DG CONNECT on Open Service Platforms
Ulrich Ahle FIWARE Foundation on Open Service Platforms
Miguel Arias CARTO.COM on Open Service Platforms
Kaja Kallas MEP opens EIF debate on taxation in the EU
Lars Andersen on taxation in the EU
Egon Veermäe, Estonian Tax and Customs Board, on taxation in the EU
Lambert van Nistelrooij MEP opens EIF debate on Scalability of Startups
Alberto Onetti, Mind the Bridge, on European Startups Scene
Lenard Koschwitz, Allied for Startups, on Scalability of Startups
Gianpiero Lotito, FacilityLive, on how to Scaleup in Scaleup
Online Platforms in the EU: what should policy makers know?
Michal Boni MEP: Why Online Platforms are important for the EU?
Brian Williamson, Communications Chambers, on Online Platforms
Alfonso Lamadrid de Pablo, GARRIGUES, on Online Platforms
Thibault Larger, Oxera, on Digital Service Platforms
Gerard de Graaf, DG CONNECT, on Online Platforms
Stefan Krawczyk eBay on shared economy & competition
Vicky Ford MEP opens EIF debate on the shared economy & competition
Eliana Garces-Tolon DG GROW on shared economy & competition
Prof. Alexandre de Streel on shared economy & competition
Fabienne Weibel Bla Bla Car on shared economy & competition
Juliette Langlais Airbnb on shared economy and competition
Guillermo Beltrà BEUC on shared economy and competition
Serafino Abate GSMA on shared economy & competition
Neena Gill MEP on startups and digital entrepreneurship in Europe
Isidro Laso Ballesteros DG Connect on startups and digital entrepreneurship in Europe
Julian David TechUK on the business environment for startups in Europe
Gianpiero Lotito FacilityLive on running a startup in Europe
Jorin Aardoom Syneratio on running a startup in Europe
Adina Ioana Valean MEP on competition, openness and neutrality along the digital value chain
Martin Bailey, DG CNECT, on competition, openness and neutrality along the digital value chain
Chris Sherwood, Allegro, on competition, openness & neutrality along the digital value chain
Christoph Steck, Telefonica, on competition, openness & neutrality along the digital value chain
Peter Grüter, Fastweb, on competition, openness & neutrality along the digital value chain
Vicky Ford MEP on the DSM: Barriers to e-Commerce
Jörgen Bödmar EMOTA on the DSM: Barriers to e-Commerce
Oliver Prothmann, Choice in eCommerce, on the DSM: Barriers to e-Commerce
Clare Josa on the DSM: Barriers to e-Commerce
Paul Alfing on the DSM: Barriers to e-Commerce
Ursula Pachl BEUC on the DSM: Barriers to e-Commerce
Monique Goyens (BEUC) on the Digital Single Market
Christian Verschueren (EuroCommerce) on the Digital Single Market
Claire Bury (DG MARKT) on the Digital Single Market
Malcolm Harbour MEP opens EIF Online Payments debate
Marta Ienco (GSMA) on Online Payments
Lorenzo Gaston (Gemalto) on Online Payments
Philippe Pellé (DG MARKT) on Online Payments
James Waterworth (CCIA) on the Economic Impact of the Internet
Katrine Ellersgaard Nielsen on the Economic Impact of the Internet
David Dean (BCG) on the Economic Impact of the Internet
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