Tech Startup Day 2016 - Closing Plenary - Alexander De Croo

digitalbelgium.be @digitalagendaBE


1 year digital belgium


start-upscentral focus


more talentstronger client baseenabling contextaccess to investors


more talent lowered labour cost increased flexilibity night work allowed

(ecomm) more digital champions


stronger client base one EU digital single

market ambitious open data

policy


enabling context top-notch infrastructure digital act: digital =

paper


access to investors tax shelter for start-ups stimulating

crowdfunding EU-market for scaling up


tax shelter start-ups1. direct investments2. (credit) crowdfunding 3. start-up funds


tax shelter start-ups -30% or -45% income

tax max. 100.000/year max. 30% of capital min. 48 months


tax shelter start-ups start-ups up to 4 years created from Jan 1st,

2013 not listed on stock

market max. 250.000

euro/start-up


What’s happening in ?

Source: O Mohout - Sirris


~35 collected >1M in 2015

Source: O Mohout - Sirris


And what about 2016?# number of

deals1 UK (48)2 France (39)3 Germany (21)4 Sweden (12)5 BELGIUM (11)

# amount raised1 UK (589M)2 France (235M)3 Germany (176M)… …7 BELGIUM

(26M)Source: O Mohout - Sirris


peer-to-peereconomy


p2p proof policy goodbye old schemes p2p passport if

occassional simple & rewarding if

semi-professional

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