Let the Countdown Begin! Dear friends, With just five more months to go with StartupDelta, we would like to keep you posted on the latest facts, fun and results around our activities! This will be the start of our weekly blog...
“Call for Change agents and more Oxygen for ecosystem” (Blog VIIII) Where does innovation come from? Who will hold the key to change? From the 1st of July Slovakia will hold the EU Presidency and will succeed the Netherlands. Slovakia is a small country in the heart o...
SkinVision: about the introduction of new technology in healthcare Introducing new technology in the healthcare sector isn’t easy. Often, lots of research – and thus money – are needed before a market introduction takes place. We talked SkinVision, the startup behind...
Celebrating Dutch online entrepreneurs, an interview with Loey Awards’ Patrick Kerssemakers Is tech’s ‘Great-Man’ myth – the idea that particular individuals drive history – indeed a myth and based on utterly flawed reasoning? Is Elon Musk, our contemporary embodiment of the ‘great-man’ chan...
Best Startup Cities in Europe; Amsterdam ranks 2nd The European Digital City Index (EDCI) recognizes Amsterdam as the second best startup city in Europe. Yesterday, the 2015 report was published at the ICT 2015 event in Lisbon by the European Digital ...
Founded in Groningen launches online startup portal No less than 7 startups from Groningen ended up on the Deloitte Technology Fast50 list this year, putting the city in 2nd place as one of the hottest startup cities, after the capital of Amsterdam. Th...
Jan Andriessen (HenQ): ‘Helping entrepreneurs to make their dreams come true’ [video] Helping entrepreneurs build great ideas and make their dreams come true. It’s the conviction based on which HenQ was built now just more than 10 years ago, says Jan Andriessen, associate partner of th...
Battling the brain drain in Nepal In January I had the pleasure of visiting Kathmandu as a mentor for Rockstart Impact, an accelerator programme based on Rockstart’s business acceleration principles and tailored for the support of Nep...
“Procuring the future: the public sector as change agent for startups.” (Blog IV) This week, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, the largest startup competition was held on mobile technologies and new business models. At the venue for startups 4YFN ( #4YFN @4YFN_MWC ) hundre...
“To be, or not to be ranked?” (Blog VI) StartupDelta has accomplished its key indicator: reaching the top 3 of the best European Startup ecosystems! In less than 1 1/2 year. Or even better: In the Startup Nation Scoreboard the Netherlands r...
Tide Microfluidics: microbubbles on demand Tide Microfluidics uses “novel platform technology for the creation of monodisperse microbubbles.” Founder Wim van Hoeve explains what this actually means – it’s something to do with a Nespresso coffe...
These ten startups are selected for Rockstart Digital Health Rockstart accelerator is changing from a good generalist accelerator into a family of industry-focused programs. Yesterday it announced the names of the ten selected startups that will join the 180 da...