Goboony, the ‘Snappcar for RV’s’, secures 350.000 euro seed funding Utrecht-based RV sharing platform Goboony raised a 350.000 euro seed round, ten months after launching. Founders Mark de Vos and Foppe Mijnlieff will use the money in the next year and a half to expan...
How To Tech: Inside the tech stack of a VR company In our new series How To Tech we highlight the development culture of startups. We asked Avinash Changa, CEO of WeMakeVR , how a VR company deals with creative processes, rapid change in development a...
Fashion resale platform The Next Closet secures 1 million euro from Wayne Parker Kent Amsterdam-based designer fashion resale platform The Next Closet secured an investment of 1 million euro from online publisher Wayne Parker Kent, as well as Belgian business angel Maarten Beucker Andr...
In2Care receives $10.2M grant from Bill Gates to test malaria prevention method Waginingen-based startup In2Care has received a grant of 10.3 million dollar (9,3 million euro) from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to further develop a new ‘Eave Tubes’ malaria-prevention method...
Photo book startup Pastbook raises €350k in seed funding Amsterdam-based Pastbook sure got a nice gift this Christmas: the photo book startup today announced a 350.000 euro seed investment from Dutch VC Vortex Capital Partners and several angel investors. P...
Public consultation on the review of the European Venture Capital Funds (EuVECA) and European Social Entrepreneurship Funds (EuSEF) regulations The European Commission is launching a consultation on the review of the European Venture Capital Funds (EuVECA) regulation (No 345/2013) and European Social Entrepreneurship Funds (EuSEF) regulation ...
Calendar42 received funding from Mainport Innovation Fund ‘Dynamic planning’ app Calendar42 received funding from the Mainport Innovation Fund (MIF), the company announced today without financial details. Calendatr42 wants to further expand with the funds an...
Community engagement platform Insided raises €6M series A round Amsterdam-based community engagement platform Insided announced a 6 million euro series A investment round, led by French venture capital fund Ventech, together with Belgian VC Fortino Capital and Dut...
‘Tech transforms the insurance industry:’ Aegon invests in Newest Industry Insurance company Aegon took a minority share in software startup Newest Industry , based in Bergen op Zoom. – The excitement around technology’s potential to transform the insurance seems to have hit...
Solar Monkey secures seed investment from InnovationQuarter Solar Monkey secured a seed investment of € 200.000 from InnovationQuarter and an unknown angel investor. Both companies announced this on Thursday evening at incubator YES!Delft. Solar Monkey will us...
Kickstarter Prototype to Production: $100K is not enough Q1 of 2015 saw a record 128 electronic projects raise at least $100K each on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Reaching $100K is often considered a successful campaign, and many think that the founders can t...
Dutch startup visa, one year after the launch As of 2015, the Dutch startup visa makes it possible for ambitious entrepreneurs to apply for a temporary residence permit for the Netherlands. The so-called residence permit ‘scheme for start-ups’ af...