Urte Zahn sees herself as a sparring partner, especially for female founders, by providing strategic business and mental support as a coach, mentor, or advisory board member. With 25 years of professional and leadership experience, she guided over 30 startups as they grew and founded… Read more
Urban Agrotech: Cost-Effective Container Farms
Urban Agrotech sells cost-effective plug-and-play vertical farms to high-end restaurants, resorts, and grocery stores while reducing Co2 emissions significantly, using minimum amounts of water. They have developed the farm within a standard 40′ shipping container. Compared to the most efficient competitor in the market, their… Read more
Fishbuddy: Find Out What to Catch, Where, and How
Have you ever been on a guided fishing trip and experienced the excitement of fishing with a pro? With an expert who knows exactly where to go and offers the best advice? That’s the idea behind the Fishbuddy app. They’ve picked the brains of some… Read more
Jonie Oostveen & JADS Playground Incubator
We talked to Jonie Oostveen, the Venture builder at JADS Playground Startup Incubator. They aim to help students get their startups off the ground. While focusing on JADS students, the Playground is an open incubator, meaning that students from other universities and working professionals interested… Read more
Movacar: Rental Car for 1€
Movacar crowdsources drivers by marketing vehicle transfers as one-way rentals for 1€ to users, saving fleet operators up to 50% in logistic costs. Their win-win proposition delivers significant savings to fleet operators by monetizing unused capacities of their vehicle logistics (empty seats) and creating unbeatable… Read more
Veronica Ostring: Supporting Early-Stage Startups
Veronica Ostring is a Senior Startup Account Manager and the Early Stage Startups Vertical Lead in EMEA North at Amazon Web Services. Her mission is to help early-stage startups across EMEA North, including Benelux, with their growth journey. Find out why she fell in love… Read more
Arena51: Peer-to-Peer Prediction Games
Arena51 is a peer-to-peer web app for football prediction games with an official license in Austria. In prediction games, the players predict the exact results of football matches. The closer a player’s predicted result is to the actual result, the more points the player receives.… Read more
Alexandra Belicova & StartupAmsterdam: Supporting Startups, Scaleups, and the Ecosystem
We chatted with Alexandra Belicova, the Comms, Partnerships & Events Lead at StartupAmsterdam, a program run by the City of Amsterdam that brings the public and private sectors together to support startups, scaleups, entrepreneurs, and other players in the ecosystem. Find out how she first… Read more
State of the Startup Market Report Q1 2023
At the end of each quarter, we prepare a State of the Startup Market Report. In the report for Q1 2023, we’re talking about the upcoming startup hubs in Germany and the Netherlands and the hot startup industries. Flip through the spotlighted startups and the… Read more
Yori May & torq.partners: Supporting Startups in Their Scaling Journey
We chatted with Yori May, the Managing Partner for Benelux at torq.partners. This consulting firm provides fast-growing businesses with the knowledge, support, and stability they need to continue growing at the right pace. He first got connected to the startup world when he worked as… Read more