Awesome startups are currently raising funding via Leapfunder and we wanted to take this opportunity to present their disrupting, amazing solutions. Each one of them is solving a pain, moving fast and breaking things, working day and night in order to offer their significant improvement… Read more
This Friday 28 November, Startup Weekend Eindhoven is taking place. Bert-Jan Woertman, Marketing and Business development director at High Tech Campus, is one of it’s initiators of this event. We asked him about the event, it’s beginnings in Eindhoven and about his expectations for this Startup… Read more
Startupbootcamp HighTechXL program in Eindhoven took off this week! Meet the 11 stars of their winter batch and let us convince you why it’s not enough to only keep an eye on the Amsterdam startups. Find out why you should make sure to save February 6th in your calendar,… Read more
Often founders spent more time raising funding than they do on building their business. If they succeed, they have lost valuable time during which they could have grown their company. If they fail to raise investment, the whole company fails. We started Leapfunder with a… Read more
To take you back to the core of the pitch and introduce you to a valuable exercise “Peer Pitching”, we interviewed André Knol, Co-founder and CEO of Innoleaps where he supervises complex innovation programs and loves to realise breakthroughs in the field of strategy and new business.… Read more
by Jan-Jaap Verhoeve Last Thursday, we organized the Leapfunder Pitch Academy event where 6 startups upgraded their pitch skills and left the event with polished pitches which will, without a doubt, win attention. Find out which startup got funded the most in the investing game and… Read more
We interviewed Wouter Kneepkens investment banker turned startup guy from the Netherlands. He gives away tips for both angels and founders; straightforward and brutally honest answers about how to reduce risk when funding startups, the key to being successful in financial markets, warning signs and… Read more
Amsterdam may not be as big as London or as sexypoor as Berlin, but it has a valid proposition for your startup that will make you seriously consider it for your EU base. Amsterdam is home to risk-takers, entrepreneurs and creatives. After Copenhagen, the bicycle… Read more
Buzzoek (Shopper Concepts B.V.), one of Leapfunder’s first clients, has just announced closing an equity round for EUR 100k. Previously, Buzzoek closed two seed funding rounds via Leapfunder Notes, raising EUR 97k in the first round and EUR 138k in the second. Buzzoek now raised… Read more
Is it worth it? That’s the question you ask yourself when the day finally comes, and your idea gets recognized as a valid business opportunity by a significant startup accelerator. Just moments before getting selected you doubted yourself, comparing your idea with other startups, convincing… Read more
