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German Startup Changemakers: Anna-Lena Gerber

Anna-Lena Gerber is a mission to improve the lives of families through community-building and social innovation. She is the Co-Founder & CEO of Mello, a Berlin-based startup and Techstars Accelerator alumni, which aims to help parents build strong local support networks online and in the real world. Find… Read more

Dutch Startup Changemakers: Femmie Geradts

We had a chat with Femmie Geradts, the Director of Startup Village Amsterdam. Startup Village is Amsterdam’s innovation hub where science-based startups are facilitated in locations, co-working spaces, and event studios. It houses a strong community of 35 startups. Femmie’s focus is to strengthen the… Read more

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Dutch Startup Changemakers: Anna C. Mallon

Driven by a passion for education, innovation and entrepreneurship, Anna C. Mallon has almost 20 years of experience transforming global startup innovation, education and marketing businesses across Europe and Southeast Asia. She is a Senior Startup & Ecosystem Business Developer at Amazon Web Services, where… Read more

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CoolBeez: Word-of-Mouth for Online Shops

CoolBeez solves the following problem for small and medium-size online shops: when people recommend things to each other, the default reaction is to google or go directly to Amazon. So word-of-mouth benefits Google or Amazon rather than individual shops. CoolBeez brings the online shop back… Read more

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Convertible Note Checklist

This checklist is designed to help you check the quality of a convertible contract. You may have received a proposal from an investor, or you found a contract online. If you go through the checklist below it will give you a sense of how solid… Read more

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Startup Changemakers: Sven Brossi

Sven Brossi is the Founder of Good Process, where he provides consulting in the areas of Business Engineering, Transformation and Workflow Solutions. He contributes to the Swiss ecosystem by providing startup coaching for the City of Zürich’s incubator & accelerator Blue Lion, and as an active… Read more

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BASH: a Social Network Based on Events

We had a chat with Joris, the Co-Founder of BASH, a social network based on events. The platform attracts active users by enabling them to easily host and share invites for private events such as birthdays, dinners, weddings, and more. Find out why BASH is a… Read more

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Smart VR Lab: B2B Virtual Reality CMS

We had a chat with Roeland, the CEO & Founder of Smart VR Lab, a virtual reality content management system. The platform enables users to easily manage, and safely distribute content across multiple VR devices. Find out why Smart VR Lab is a product-market fit, what… Read more