Insiders Guide to Successful Crowdfunding Jon Leland is the Director of strategy and insights at Kickstarter , the New York based crowdfunding platform. They currently have a network of 8.5 million backers, people who are willing to financial...
Founder Story: Brian Garret, 3D Hubs Brian Garret is the founder and CEO of 3D Hubs, a startup that connects anybody with a 3D printer. How did it come about? Tell us a little of the founding story. Bram (Co-Founder) and I were working a...
Startup envoy Neelie Kroes: “Get conscious about collaboration” We interviewed special startup envoy Neelie Kroes on short term vs. long term solutions, collaboration between hubs, the main role of StartupDelta and her personal opinion on Dutch startups: “Keeping ...
European Startup Insights. Founded in Germany. Scaling up in The Netherlands. A conversation with Tinnitracks CEO, Joerg Land Solving the problem of ringing tones affecting 400 million patients Over 25 million people across Europe hear ringing tones inside their head. World-wid...
Why blood holds the key to launching next stage health-tech. Leading European corporates are quickly adopting “start-up methodologies” to push forward their innovation. That means building incubators and matching corporate “intrapreneurs” with disruptive startu...
Founder Story: Martijn Nijhuis, Roamler How startup-minded are we in the Netherlands? Founded in Holland is curious to see what the current ‘ startup state of mind ’ is in this beautiful country. We couldn’t think of a better way than to as...
Talent spotting for the next great startup teams Tapping into international expertise already here “Smart people are the best at spotting other smart people,” says Guus Frericks CEO of Startupbootcamp HighTechXL. “And as our next accelerator program...
3D printing leader Shapeways raises US$30.5 million Series D round 3D printing giants Shapeways have just announced they closed a new US$30.5 million (EUR27.2m) Series D funding round. The scale-up’s SEC filing states the full round will eventually close at an even h...
Peak Capital launches new tech fund of 12 million euro Investment fund Peak Capital has opened up a new fund containing 12 million euro for tech startups. The money must be invested in at least ten promising companies. Peak Capital already opened two fund...
Cofely partners with Dutch startup community Technology services company Cofely, a subsidiary of energy giant Engie, announced yesterday that it’s going to collaborate with a number of actors in the Dutch startup ecosystem to foster open innovat...
Karma: for the love of internet It is lunch time in New York, dinner time in the Netherlands. My Skype conversation with Steven van Wel, one of the founders of Karma, keeps him away from his "delicious panini". He doesn't seem to mi...
How Fileboard set foot in Silicon Valley Fileboard is founded by Dutch entrepreneurs and has its headquarters in Mountain View, Silicon Valley. How to set foot on the ‘holy ground for high-tech companies’? And what are the lessons learnt fro...