Connecterra wins Web Summit Alpha Startup PITCH Competition The Amsterdam-based startup Connecterra has won the Web Summit 2015 alpha startup PITCH competition. The so-called ‘Fitbit for cows’ hopes that the title will enable the team to more easily land the €...
JePPIX and the exponential rise of Photonics Business Creation Europe has proven its capacity to generate breakthrough innovations. Now, Brainport Eindhoven, the leading high-tech region of the Netherlands, is highlighting the path to Photonics Business Creation....
Rotterdam is “a city on the up,” according to a recent article by The Financial Times. Launch Your Startup in Rotterdam – The Financial Times Featured in FT’s “Let’s Launch In” series, Rotterdam is an up-and-coming startup hub As entrepreneurs look for new and supportive environments to...
Money transfer made cheaper – interview with Moneytis Moneytis is one of the most successful examples of how startups are changing the financial industry. The startup helps expats move money between countries and currencies by acting as the booking.com o...
Telecommunication startup OPNT secures seed funding from Cottonwood Amsterdam-based telecommunication startup OPNT secured a seed investment of 500k from the Dutch branch of technology fund Cottonwood, based in Enschede. OPNT , a systems provider for highly accurate t...
Weekly startup news update: ‘Futuristic’ t-shirts, IFA and new sources for funding Time for some coffee (or tea) and your weekly dose of Dutch startup news. What happened last week and what lies ahead? Funding Less than one year after launch, Bux has reached 200.000 user and announc...
Under the radar: EclecticIQ and the ‘hot’ battle against cyber criminals Battling cyber criminals is becoming an increasingly hot topic in the international startup society. StartupJuncture therefore dived ‘under the radar’ with the entrepreneurs of EclecticIQ, an Amsterda...
YES!Delft and UtrechtInc rank top 10 as best European university business incubators Two incubators from The Netherlands, YES!Delft (4) and UtrechtInc (6), found themselves in the top 10 of the UBI Europe Awards for university business incubators. The incubators are affiliated with th...
“Expand ASML’s role as catalyst of innovation” ASML annual corporate responsibility report 2015, interview with StartupDelta director Sigrid Johannisse In their annual Corporate Responsibility Report, this year ASML has devoted some of their attention to startups within the growing Dutch startup ecosystem. It is evident that startups are becoming inc...
Why robots will enable us to live a happier and healthier life [video] South Korea, Japan and Germany are countries most known for their ageing population. The economic implications of more and more people getting older are such that it will change the global economic la...
Dutch startup news update – EUnicorns, Peerby’s super crowdfunding and ‘sexy robots’ Good morning! Here’s what happened in the Dutch startup scene last week. Funding & News Amsterdam-based bike sharing service Cycleswap was acquired by American competitor Spinlister. Cycleswap will ta...