Hello everyone, and welcome back,
This week brought two strong signals that Europe is finally accelerating in the right direction for those who build, invest, and scale technology on this continent.
First, the President of the European Commission announced progress on EU‑Inc, the long awaited pan-European corporate structure designed to simplify life for anyone operating across borders. A Europe where a company is born European from day one, without navigating 27 bureaucratic realities is a Europe that becomes more competitive, more coherent, and more aligned with the global stage where our founders already operate.
Second, we witnessed the launch of the Digital Enterprise Wallet, a decisive step toward reducing administrative friction, strengthening information security, and improving how companies interact with the State. And it’s worth highlighting: Portugal was a pioneer. Before it became a European trend, we had already shown that it’s possible to digitalize, simplify, and deliver real value to businesses. At a time when competitiveness, productivity, and scale are at the center of every debate, these two initiatives point toward a future where creating and operating a company in Europe stops being an act of endurance and becomes an act of ambition.
And third, the announcement of the European Scale‑Up Fund marks a long overdue shift in how Europe supports high‑growth companies. For years, founders and investors have argued that Europe doesn’t lack talent or ambition; it lacks scale‑stage capital at European scale. This fund is a concrete step toward closing that gap and giving our most promising companies the financial firepower they need to compete globally.
At a time when competitiveness, productivity, and scale are at the center of every debate, these initiatives point toward a future where creating and operating a company in Europe stops being an act of endurance and becomes an act of ambition.
If Europe wants to remain relevant in the next decade, this is the path: fewer barriers, more trust, more interoperability, and more vision.
And we, as an ecosystem, must keep doing what we’ve always done best: push, challenge, and build.
