Founder Niels van Deuren on Housing Anywhere’s recipe for success: ‘I believe in focus’ [video] Earlier this year the Rotterdam-based startup Housing Anywhere raised 1 million dollar (885.000 euro) in funding led by Dutch VC firm henQ. A rental housing platform for students that study abroad for...
EIF launches €45 million European Angels Fund in Netherlands After launching in Austria, Germany, Ireland and Spain, the European Angels Fund (EAF) is coming to the Netherlands. EAF is a 45 million euro programme that provides equity to business angels and othe...
An inspiring visit to Startup Nation Israel. Blog by Neelie Kroes. An inspiring visit to Startup Nation Israel. Blog by Neelie Kroes. Last week I visited the State of Israel together with the Minister of Economic Affairs, Henk Kamp, dep. Mayor of Amsterdam, Kajsa Oll...
6 new startups in UtrechtInc’s Pressure Cooker programme Startup incubator UtrechtInc today has welcomed six new startups. Boekzorg, 2daysmood, DialogueTrainer, EdutainmentGames, Faqta and Your Next Concepts have been selected for the ninth generation of th...
Bringing transparency to US Education StudyPortals had the honour of being invited to join the joint mission to Atlanta, Georgia, USA led by Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands and the Minister-President of Flanders, Geert Bourge...
What is Open Hardware and can it benefit your Startup? By Diderik van Wingerden This story is about two men who have made a bigger impact on IT and innovation than Steve Jobs and Bill Gates combined. These men initiated the development of a piece of softw...
Scaling a security startup in the aftermath of Snowden & Madison The headquarters of CryptTalk are in Stockholm. Research and development are done in Hungary. We meet up with Co-Founder and CEO Szabolcs Kun in Amsterdam. He’s part of a scale-up program organized by...
Online auction house Catawiki is Europe’s fastest growing company, according to Deloitte Online auction house Catawiki is Europe's fastest growing company according to Deloitte, measured by revenue growth. The Dutch team behind the internationally known site won the Deloitte Fast 500 (EME...
The Hatch Firm and InnovationQuarter invest in mobile security platform Onegini Deputy Mayor of The Hague Ingrid van Engelshoven unveiled today InnovationQuarter’s newest investment in the field of Safety & Security. Onegini, provider of the eponymous mobile security platform, is...
Mobile security startup Onegini gets €1.5M in series A funding Mobile security platform Onegini announced a €1.5M series A investment from The Hatch Firm and InnovationQuarter . The money will be used to scale internationally. Based in Woerden and Polish city Gda...
Takeaway.com considers IPO – might become the next Dutch unicorn Food-delivery scale-up Takeaway.com is considering an IPO which values the company at 1 billion euro (1.1 billion dollar), Bloomberg reports based on people familiar with the matter. Details aren't pu...
Dutch VC firm HenQ launches third fund of 50 million euro Dutch venture capital firm HenQ today announced the launch of its third fund, HenQ III, with a value of 50 million euro. The team expects to finance up to 20 companies, focussing on B2B software start...