Founders Bring the SME POV to Brussels @GAEC: EU 2026

  ACT’s Annual Global App Economy Conferences (GAECs) bring our startup and small tech members together for three days of founder-to-founder networking and direct engagement with policymakers. GAECs are the culmination of what we do at ACT, bringing our three pillars together in one event that fosters community, provides resources [...]

Empowering Europe’s Innovators Through the 28th Regime and the European Innovation Act

  EU ACTivists for Change: Members join forces to make the Single Market work for startups Across Europe, startups, scaleups, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are building world-class products, but their growth path is still more complicated than it should be. EU startups face 27 different systems for incorporation, [...]

ACT Welcomes 28th Regime Proposal But Warns Half-Measures Risk Perpetuating Single Market Fragmentation

  BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – ACT | The App Association welcomes the Commission proposal to establish the 28th regime in the form of a Regulation, while also highlighting continuing concerns over some provisions that would create more legal fragmentation. ‘We strongly support the goal of defragmentation of the Single Market and [...]

By |2026-03-18T10:48:40-04:00March 18th, 2026|European Union, Statement|

ACT | The App Association Calls for a 28th Regime Regulation to Deliver Ambitious Reform

  BRUSSELS, BELGIUM – Today, the European Parliament adopted the own-initiative report on the 28th regime. ACT | The App Association recognises the Parliament’s substantial work undertaken to advance the discussion on strengthening the Single Market for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). The Parliament’s report contains many constructive and forward-looking [...]

By |2026-02-19T09:23:01-05:00January 20th, 2026|European Union, Statement|

A Scroll Down Membership Lane: December’s 2025 Membership Mondays

  ACT | The App Association’s members drive the innovation that powers our digital world. Each month, through our Member Monday series, we spotlight these trailblazing small businesses and their cutting-edge achievements. This month, we’re looking at what’s top of mind for small and medium-sized tech companies as we enter [...]

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