In our new ‘Guide to Investing’ blog series, we lead you through seven steps of investing. The third blog in the series is dedicated to analysing a startup and collecting other people’s opinions and experiences to help you make smarter investing decisions. Stop thinking you… Read more
MyStay: Making Your Guests Happy
MyStay is a Dutch-based startup with 15 employees, which has expanded from an SBC program in 2016, raising more than 1,4M€. The Van der Valk hotel chain was their first piloting partner and has cooperated with MyStay since day one. Booking.com recognized the platform’s potential… Read more
Dutch Startup Changemakers: Robin Dohmen
We interviewed Robin Dohmen, the co-founder of Pitchy, an online pitch tool, and OWOW, a creative agency that designs and develops apps and websites for (funded) startups and corporates. He was fortunate enough to work with hundreds of startups, scaleups and innovating corporates, which is why… Read more
Miriam Bundel: The New Person Behind Leapfunder’s Round Table Sessions in Germany
We interviewed Miriam Bundel, the Co-founder of Unternehmerwissen, who is now also part of the Leapfunder team. Thanks to her experience and background in the startup world, she is now responsible for organizing the Round Table Sessions in Germany. Find out what’s her experience at… Read more
Don’t Do Clever Deals (You Actually Need to Keep Your Deal as Standard and Simple as Possible)
In our new ‘Guide to Investing’ blog series, we lead you through seven steps of investing. In the second blog, we’re talking about deal-making. If you want to make a deal, you negotiate terms. That gives some people inspiration to be creative, but you probably… Read more
Soulskill: Short Form Video Curation & Publishing
Soulskill assists consumer platforms to deepen engagement within their users, by helping them publish curated short-form video content from their influencers. The content sourced by Soulskill stays in line with the brand’s identity and meets the user’s interests. Recently, they launched their first podcast series… Read more
Live Rounds Update (Germany): July 11th
Do you want to receive more notifications about rounds & our platform? Or, on the contrary, want to turn it down a notch? Tweak your settings! Even during the summer, Berlin is full of events for startups and investors. You can join a startup battle,… Read more
Live Rounds Update (The Netherlands): July 11th
Do you want to receive more notifications about rounds & our platform? Or, on the contrary, want to turn it down a notch? Tweak your settings! We had a chat with Sjoerd Mol, a lawyer advising startups and investors with financing rounds and other legal… Read more
Summer Events in Berlin
Even during the summer, Berlin is full of events for startups and investors. You can learn how to talk to investors, how to use basic financial instruments and network with founders and investors in a casual, informal setting. Check out the events Berlin has to offer this summer!… Read more
You Can Set Up a Sensible Equity Incentive Scheme in the Netherlands, But You Have to Know What You Want
Sjoerd Mol is an attorney-at-law and partner at Benvalor. He is also the co-author of the book ‘Venture Capital Deal Terms: a guide to negotiating and structuring venture capital transactions’. Find out what equity incentive schemes he has seen in the Netherlands and what kind… Read more