Kat Borlongan, Board Member at the European Innovation Council and former Director of President Macron's La French Tech

Opinion

June 13, 2025

Europe has a startup plan. Founders should start paying attention

The EU finally has a plan for startups, and it might be the most important policy you haven’t read

Did you know the EU appointed a Commissioner for Startups — and dropped its first real startup strategy recently? Maybe not. Maybe you tuned out because, honestly, for years founders have built global companies despite the prevailing operating environment, not because of it. 

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Kat Borlongan

Kat Borlongan is a board member at the European Innovation Council and former director of president Macron's La French Tech

Tom Wehmeier

Tom Wehmeier is a partner and head of intelligence for Atomico, where he created and co-authors the State of European Tech report

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