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We want innovation and tech sovereignty. So we asked founders what building in Europe actually feels like.
130
founder perspectives (so far)
27
member states covered
10+
cursed regulations
EU
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Amplifying founder voices in Brussels.
Working daily with founders scaling across Europe, we kept hearing the same stories repeated across markets and industries: delayed expansion, lost deals, blocked product launches, and growing compliance costs. This research aims to bring real founder experiences into the broader European policy conversation.
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An internationalization partner working with startups and scaleups expanding across Europe. DutchBasecamp leads the research through its founder ecosystem, cross-border scaling experience, and direct access to companies operating across multiple EU markets.
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Digital compliance platform focused on frameworks such as NIS2, CRA, GDPR, and the EU AI Act. Ogni contributes practical compliance expertise and firsthand insight into how regulation impacts companies building in regulated industries.
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A European trade association representing a broad cross-section of the tech industry. CCIA Europe contributes the broader Brussels and EU policy perspective, helping connect founder experiences with ongoing European regulatory discussions.
The people building Europe’s future and the people regulating it still rarely speak directly to each other, even though they should. This research was started to help bridge that gap by bringing real founder experiences into the broader European policy conversation.
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