Medtech in Nijmegen: Rockstart Digital Health demo day Ten startups participated in the first edition of Rockstart’s Digital Health accelerator programme in Nijmegen, developing their products over a period of six months. Last Thursday they pitched during...
‘The Netherlands Ranks #1 on overall adoption of EU Startup Manifesto The European Union is moving quickly to improve the business climate for startups. According to the latest study the Netherlands Ranks No. 1 Overall; Italy No. 2 and the United Kingdom No. 3. However,...
Term sheet need to knows: liquidation preferences A standard clause in every venture capital term sheet is about liquidation preferences. This blogpost explains how liquidation preferences work in practice, what forms of liquidation preferences exist...
DNA startup Omnigen: ’You need to be very pro privacy’ Like every DNA or bioinformatics startup, Omnigen from Rotterdam can be considered controversial. The company gives its users information about their DNA by analyzing their spit. We talked with founde...
Call for Ideas for a European Innovation Council The European Commission has launched a Call for Ideas for a European Innovation Council to support Europe's most promising innovators. Positive steps have been taken in recent years to integrate an in...
Dutch startup news update: Fastned, funding, Amsterdam-Paris startup exchange Good morning! Sit down for another news update. Here’s what you need to know about the Dutch startup ecosystem. News & updates WeTransfer last week has made its first acquisition by taking over digita...
Interview with HR success story magnet.me Magnet.me is a succesfull Rotterdam based startup in the HR and recruiting market. The company started in 2012 to connect students and graduates to potential employers and has been used by more than 4...
Launchbase pre-incubation programme: Maastricht is looking for youngsters The Maastricht Centre for Entrepreneurship (MC4E) opened applications for its Launchbase pre-incubation programme, aimed at startup youngsters: students, graduates or anyone interested in entrepreneur...
Trading app Bux receives €6.1M in new venture round – focuses on Germany Trading app Bux scooped up a third investment of 6.1 million euro, led by German VC Holtzbrinck Ventures, in January, the fintech startup announced today. The money will be used to expand the team, to...
Startup Almere, a startup ecosystem in Flevoland Located close to Amsterdam, but with a very different vibe, the city of Almere wants to become a startup hub of its own. Startup Almere is opening its doors, starting with a kickoff event on January 2...
“A new love affair”: banks meet fintech startups at Breaking Barriers Breaking Barriers was the ambitious title of a fintech event that took place on Feb 10th in Amsterdam. The goal of the event was to bring together corporates and startups in the Dutch fintech scene, a...
GetSocial raises €2.3M to expand its monetizing mobile games platform The Hague-based startup GetSocial last week announced a 2.5 million dollar (2.3 million euro) venture investment in its monetizing platform for mobile games. With the money the company has a shot at e...