The Netherlands drops to 9th place in Global Innovation Index 2016 The Dutch economy was less innovative this year, according to the Global Innovation Index 2016 . In 2015 the country ranked 4th, this year the Dutch ecosystem takes position 9 worldwide and 7 in Europ...
Makerversity Amsterdam: mixing crafts with tech and entrepreneurship Entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes. Creativity is often a must when first starting. For designers and crafters, that's no problem at all. But how to 'go beyond Etsy', and create a viable busin...
Why Singularity University chose Eindhoven for its first international expansion Earlier this summer Singularity University (SU), think tank, business accelerator and unaccredited educational institution founded by futurists Peter Diamandis and Ray Kurzweil, opened its very first ...
Dutch startup news update: Hotelchamp, Shanghai Rankings and life in Silicon Valley The sun will come out… tomorrow! Here’s your weekly Dutch startup news update. Funding & deals Amsterdam-based startup Hotelchamp received an investment of 1.75 million euro from a group of informal i...
Adjuvo Motion and WOLK Company get proof-of-concept funding from UNIIQ Two months after the launch of the proof-of-concept fund UNIIQ, the first two investments have been made. WOLK Company (airbag against hip fractures) and Adjuvo Motion (smart glove for hand-wrist reha...
Dutch startup news update: Jaunt, Eureeca, Seedrs Here's what you need to know to stay up-to-date about the Dutch startup scene. Funding Energyworx, a SaaS-based energy data management platform from Houten, today announced a 1 million euro series A i...
Main Capital takes majority stake in social media tools OBI4wan & OBILytics Main Capital, a Dutch private equity investor, took a 55-60 percent stake in social media companies OBI4wan and OBILytics from Zaandam. According to business newspaper FD 'several millions' were paid ...
Dutch startup news update: Watermelon, eLinea, accelerators feel the heat Last week unfortunately meant the end for two Dutch startups. Here's what you need to know: News & Updates Watermelon, the Utrecht-based startup which heavily relied on Whatsapp for its business commu...
How Stiply hopes to eradicate paper documents and signatures Stiply, founded in 2014 by Joost and René Kuhlmann, is on a mission to replace printed, signed documents by digital signatures. The company has already abolished a lot of paperwork in the children day...
Startupbootcamp starts new FinTech & CyberSecurity programme in Amsterdam Startupbootcamp announced the launch of a new accelerator programme in Amsterdam, targeted at fintech and cyber security startups: FinTech & CyberSec . SBC already hosts fintech programmes in London, ...
Startupbootcamp launches Startup Kids: accelerator summer camp for kids Learning about entrepreneurship cannot start too early. Startupbootcamp has launched Startup Kids, a summercamp for 10-12 year olds, where they learn build their own company in just one week. Startupb...
ViriCiti gets €700k to expand with its commercial EV management platform Management platform for commercial EV's ViriCiti got a 700.000 euro investment from Mainport Innovation Fund II and Breesaap Green Link SL. The Amsterdam-based startup will use the funding for a quick...