The Peerby effect ‘The Peerby effect’: a phrase my colleague uses to refer to an overabundance of media attention. Peerby has become the darling of the startup scene, offering a service that feeds directly into the sha...
Groningen-based Crowdynews secures additional funding to scale up to the US and UK Social media curation platform Crowdynews extended its series A funding with 3.7 million euro, bringing the total round to 6.2 million euro. The additional money is provided by initial investor INKEF ...
Health Valley 2016: ‘healthcare is the next big thing’ A tiny robot which talks to an elderly woman with dementia and plays her favourite music to make her feel less lonely. A very small pill with a miniaturized system to detect cancer at a very early sta...
ING Belgium Fintech Village open for startups ING FinTech Village is opening the application period for participating in the FinTech accelerator program. Located in Diegem, in a unique fintech environment, a solid team of mentors and coaches will...
Startup SolarMonkey launches output guarantee for solar panels SolarMonkey, based in Delft, is a startup specialized in calculating the best placement for solar panels. They used their own software to create a new type of sun insurance: SolarMonkey guarantees the...
Get in the Ring NL Final winners: Blue Battery, Laevo, Nettcity Last night Blue Battery, Laevo and NettCity became the winners of the Dutch final of Get in the Ring. The three startups will represent the Netherlands at the European region final in London, hoping f...
Microcredit provider Qredits receives 100M loan from European Investment Bank Dutch SME microcredit provider Qredits has received a 100 million euro loan from the European Investment Bank ( EIB ). The institution is the first European microfinance institution that lends directl...
Rearing insects for food, feed and pharma in ‘insect hub’ Limburg The Insect Protein Innovation Platform in Limburg sees a future where insects will form a much bigger part of our lives. Insects will provide humans and animals with proteins, and the pharmaceutical i...
NS and ANWB pick ‘Holland’s best’ smart mobillity ideas The national railways (NS) and car owners bond ANWB went looking for the best smart mobility solutions last week. Eleven startups were selected out of 140 applicants to pitch in front of CEO’s Roger v...
Weekly startup news update: Peerby, Blendle, fund for social enterprises It sure has been a busy week for the Dutch startup scene. You might want to sit down for this week’s news update! Funding We saw a lot of funding activity in the second week of September. Biotech star...
Is Keadyn the investment company for you? StartupAmsterdam talks to managing partner Ton van 't Noordende about Keadyn: a Dutch-based seed/early stage investment company with offices in Amsterdam and Rotterdam. Keadyn is set to disrupt the ve...