The Amsterdam Tech Startup Guide
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The Amsterdam Tech Startup Guide highlights the vibrant startup ecosystem in Amsterdam, detailing successful startups, influential figures, and key organizations such as incubators and accelerators. It emphasizes Amsterdam's appeal to entrepreneurs due to its lower taxes, creative lifestyle, and international community. The guide serves as a resource for founders and startup leaders interested in exploring the city's startup landscape.
![“[…] app developers and internet entrepreneurs aplenty have found a
home in the Netherlands, attracted by lower taxes and living costs,
and a creative lifestyle that fosters open innovation. One example of
genius generated here is Layar, the first app to put augmented
reality on the map by merging smartphone cameras with location-based
“Amsterdam is a true port city - international, tolerant and adaptable.
These qualities, plus liberal tax laws, make it attractive for foreign
companies. Aussie software giant Atlassian, for instance, chose
Amsterdam as its European operations hub in 2008 because of the
city's convenience and strong tech community. This year it will run
AtlasCamp, a developer conference, in the city.
!
Wired
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![“Amsterdam may be leagues away from Silicon Valley, but its close
proximity to other European countries, liberal tax laws and the city's
overall vibe of tolerance and adaptability make it a natural startup
environment. Recently, the city opened its arms to data centers and
cloud computing companies like Digital Ocean […]“It starts with our
history. Being a small country with a wacky language forces many
Dutch entrepreneurs to be fluent in English and look beyond our
borders to create business of meaningful size.”
!
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The Amsterdam Tech Startup Guide
- 1. The Amsterdam Tech Startup Guide brought to you by e-mail: [email protected] www.startuptour.org | @startup_tour
- 2. The tour's Mission Startup Tour is the first travel agency for founders & startup community leaders. We put together tours to the most exciting startup ecosystems in the world and make sure you connect with the most prominent startups and founders, visit accelerators and meet high profile investors.
- 3. CONTENT 1. Amsterdam Startups 2. Some people to know 3. Organizations 4. Incubators & Accelerators 5. Business Angels & Venture Capital 6. Centers for science, engineering and tech 7. Coworking spaces 8. Startups hangouts 9. Meetups, conferences and events 10.What they say about Amsterdam
- 9. 2. SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW
- 10. 2. Some people to know Oscar Kneppers Rockstart Don Ritzen Rockstart Rune Theill Rockstart Ruud Hendriks Innoleaps B.V. Patrick de Zeeuw Startupbootcamp Renato Olmos Human.co, Inc. Mike Lee New Lemurs Boris VvZ The Next Web
- 11. 2. Some people to know Wouter Kneepkens SNTMNT Salar al Khafaji Silk Nalden WeTransfer Patrick de Laive The Next Web Erwin Blom The Crowds Werner Vogels Amazon Arne Hulstein StartupBus Bas Beerens WeTransfer
- 12. 2. Some people to know Ruben Nieuwenhuis DutchBasecamp Paul O’Connell StartupKeg
- 13. 3. ORGANIZATIONS
- 15. 4. INCUBATORS & ACCELERATORS
- 17. 5. BUSINESS ANGELS & VENTURE CAPITAL
- 18. Floris Rost van Tonningen Maarten Beucker Andreae Koen Bok Michael Kinsbergen Jan-Joost Rueb Sander van der Blonk
- 19. 6. CENTERS FOR SCIENCE, ENGINEERING AND TECH
- 25. 9. MEETUPS, CONFERENCES AND EVENTS
- 28. 10. WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT AMSTERDAM!
- 29. “[…] app developers and internet entrepreneurs aplenty have found a home in the Netherlands, attracted by lower taxes and living costs, and a creative lifestyle that fosters open innovation. One example of genius generated here is Layar, the first app to put augmented reality on the map by merging smartphone cameras with location-based “Amsterdam is a true port city - international, tolerant and adaptable. These qualities, plus liberal tax laws, make it attractive for foreign companies. Aussie software giant Atlassian, for instance, chose Amsterdam as its European operations hub in 2008 because of the city's convenience and strong tech community. This year it will run AtlasCamp, a developer conference, in the city. ! Wired data. Entrepreneur
- 30. “Amsterdam may be leagues away from Silicon Valley, but its close proximity to other European countries, liberal tax laws and the city's overall vibe of tolerance and adaptability make it a natural startup environment. Recently, the city opened its arms to data centers and cloud computing companies like Digital Ocean […]“It starts with our history. Being a small country with a wacky language forces many Dutch entrepreneurs to be fluent in English and look beyond our borders to create business of meaningful size.” ! Inc.
- 31. Want to receive the upcoming Tech Startup Guides in your inbox? Subscribe here! Brought to you by: Authors: Inês Silva Rafael Pires Daniela Monteiro Ana Almeida e-mail: [email protected] www.startuptour.org | @startup_tour