Iva Jankovic: Building Bridges and Inroads for Innovation

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Iva Jankovic is a generalist who uses innovation to seed positive growth in people and companies. She believes in impact, values, mutual support, and the power of community. She is currently part of the leadership team of MDX, a product development unit of MetaDesign. Find out how she stumbled upon the startup world, and check…

Urte Zahn: Helping Entrepreneurs Grow

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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 three successful startups herself. Find out which advice for founders…

German Startup Changemakers: Jens Urbaniak

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Jens Urbaniak is an entrepreneur, a mentor and a pledger. He’s the Founder of DrSmile, a dental brand for modern teeth straightening, a mentor at Techstars, a startup accelerator that holds 13-week programs & a Pledger at the Founders Pledge, a global community of entrepreneurs, finding and funding solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Find out how he…

State of the Startup Market Q3 2021 Report

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Our Startup Directory feature works as a one-stop shop for startups. We want to give very early-stage companies an opportunity to get visibility and help them raise funding. We believe there is enough capital out there for every good idea. What we offer startups is to sign up with us and get the opportunity to be…

Dutch Startup Changemakers: Stefan Braam

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We had a chat with Stefan Braam, the Startup incubation lead at UtrechtInc, an incubator for early-stage tech startups. UtrechtInc is the #10 university startup incubator worldwide, with a mission to connect scientists and entrepreneurs to the right people, skills and strategies to turn ideas into leading technology companies. Find out what Stefan loves about…

German Startup Changemakers: Tobias Szarowicz

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Tobias Szarowicz is an Investment Manager at Sunbo Angel Partners and a General Manager at Startups Berlin, an international startup hub that wants to empower ordinary people to harness great ideas and turn dreams into reality. Find out how Tobias entered the startup world, how he’s shaping the ecosystem in Berlin and what he thinks…

German Startup Changemakers: Rayk Hahne

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We talked to Rayk Hahne, a professional athlete and entrepreneur, who already founded five companies and helps entrepreneurs improve their business skills through online resources. Find out how he entered the entrepreneurial world, what are the lessons for founders he learned over the years and what he predicts for the German startup ecosystem in the…

Dutch Startup Changemakers: Simone Schoutens

Dutch Startup Changemakers Simone Schoutens

Simone, 27, is a director of Capital Tour XXL and she recently joined the Amsterdam Capital Week team. Her goal at Capital Tour XXL is to ‘demystify the world of funding’ in different cities in the world. Find out more about her background, what particularly attracts her to the startup world and what she predicts…

Dutch Startup Changemakers: Remco Janssen

Dutch Startup Changemakers Remco Janssen

Remco Janssen aka the ‘Godfather of startups’ is the first influencer in our Dutch Startup Changemakers blog series. Proudly Represents, his PR agency for high profile and rapidly growing technology companies, and Silicon Canals, his online magazine about technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation open up the Dutch startup ecosystem to the world. Find out more about…

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