We talked to Eddy van den Brink, the founder of New Venture Match, an Amsterdam-based company that plays an intermediary role for startups, institutional investors and VC firms. Eddy has over 20 years of experience in the financial industry, working with names like ABN AMRO… Read more
Myrthe Bastings always had a passion for communication and enjoys making the right connections between people. A couple of months ago, she joined Leapfunder as a Community Manager, and four Round Table Sessions in two different cities are already behind her. Find out more about… Read more
We talked to Michael Dooijes, the Co-founder and Managing Director of Startupbootcamp’s FinTech & CyberSecurity program, who is passionate about how innovation can impact the lives of millions. With his involvement in the startup ecosystem, he is trying to bridge the gap and help transition… Read more
Salestack brings lead discovery into a new era. It changes the way businesses: select, qualify and warm-up their sales leads. It also saves their clients up to 90% of their time prospecting by generating qualified leads succeeded by automated and personalized outreach solutions. Find out… Read more
Have you ever considered investing in early-stage startups? There are many who find it extremely rewarding to try and help a business grow. For those of you who want to become a business angel, but don’t know where to start, we spoke to three experienced… Read more
In our new ‘Industry Changemakers’ blog series, we pick the hottest topics and the experts that can tell us all about them. We talked to Johan van Mil, an active investor, entrepreneur and the co-founder of Peak Capital about the European VC scene. Find out… Read more
The Dutch startup scene is always full of events, demo days and awards. And 2018 will be no different, it will be a year with a lot to discover and learn. Here are the important Dutch events no investor should miss in 2018! Integrated System… Read more
In the Netherlands, we saw a lot of activity in the startup scene about 5 years ago. Around that time the startup accelerators – such as Rockstart and Startupbootcamp – came to the Netherlands. They were able to bring all the pieces of a startup… Read more
2017 was about consolidating our position as the biggest angel investment platform in the Netherlands, consistently with the most deals. In 3,5 – 4 years of history, we’ve only seen about 10% failure rate. That doesn’t mean that all our companies are going to be… Read more
Anouk Bikkel works as a Director at Amsterdam Capital Week, one of the most important startup events in the Netherlands, where startups and investors connect and create long-term partnerships. Find out what is it about startups that particularly attracts her, what she predicts for the… Read more
