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Hello all,

In precisely 34 days, TNW will take place. So strap in for a couple of major announcements 🔥

Together with Smart Health Amsterdam, we selected the 12 startups and scaleups that will exhibit with the City of Amsterdam at TNW22! 🚀 Clairify, Caro Health, Skinive, Founda, Spectrum Intelligence, Health Curious, Plekky, Anywyse, Ozarka, Aectual, BeeSage & Lalaland will join us at our Amsterdam pavilion at TNW. Stay tuned for more content on them in the upcoming days and definitely drop by our pavilion if you're at TNW.

But let's start getting into TNW mood already, shall we? On May 25th, we will co-host The Road to TNW, a pre-gaming event leading up to the main event - for the Amsterdam startup and tech community. Did you sign up already?

Grab a coffee and dive into our Lucky Friday the 13th newsletter. For our #FoundersFridays series, we caught up with Kathryn Saducas, co-founder of swap-studio, and asked her five questions about her entrepreneurial journey and the vision behind the Enough Stuff challenge.

& Don't forget to participate in our survey! Together with the Dutch Startup Association, we want to understand what the Dutch startup ecosystem lacks in different areas.

Wishing you an insightful read,
Aleksandra

&Amsterdam pavilion at TNW

 

Together with Smart Health Amsterdam, we selected the 12 startups & scaleups that will exhibit with the City of Amsterdam at TNW2022!


If you're attending TNW22, drop by the Amsterdam pavilion and meet Clairify, Caro Health, Skinive, Founda, Spectrum Intelligence, Health Curious, Plekky, Anywyse, Ozarka, Aectual, BeeSage & Lalaland!

Got your ticket? Want to learn more about these startups?
🔥Stay tuned & see you at TNW!

&Grow in Amsterdam and beyond

 

Let us know how the startup ecosystem is doing!


StartupAmsterdam, in collaboration with Dutch Startup Association, wants to find out whether or not the Dutch startup ecosystem lacks in different areas that might be essential for a thriving, innovative ecosystem and how (local) governments can act and support the startup ecosystem and its entrepreneurs.

Therefore, we launch this survey to understand how startup and scaleup founders and CEOs feel about specific characteristics and factors of the Dutch startup ecosystem, such as talent acquisition, financing, and community support, among others. Your participation will involve reading small texts and answering a few questions and should only take about 8 minutes.

PS. Anyone completing the survey will be eligible to participate in DSA's raffle for TNW conference tickets. 
Take part in the survey and win a TNW ticket!

Host an event during World AI Week!

#AI
On top of hosting World Summit AI, InspiredMinds! are bringing World AI Week back to #Amsterdam coming October, and anyone and everyone can submit a side-event to the main schedule! Host your own AI-centered event and contribute to the 2022 edition of World AI Week!

ACE AI Lab

#AI
Are you a student or a researcher affiliated to a NL-based knowledge institution? Do you want to put your knowledge into practice and create your own AI-based startup? ACE AI Lab has two brand new challenges for you!

Codam Fellows

#mentorship
Codam is on a mission to bridge the gap in tech talent in the Netherlands by providing high-quality software engineering education. They recently launched a new initiative, Codam Fellows, a network of tech professionals contributing with their knowledge & network to the growth of the next generation of software engineers. Learn more!

Startupbootcamp's Sustainability Accelerator

#accelerate
Startupbootcamp is looking for startups who are excited to tackle some of the most significant challenges in sustainability! Are you ready to make a real impact? Learn more and apply before June 15th.

Master Challenge

#talent
MasterChallenge is a triple win real-life challenge platform allowing students to gain relevant experience, educators to improve their course and companies to get their challenges solved. Explore the upcoming challenges!

ENOUGH STUFF | 30 Day Shop Stop Challenge

#sustainability
The world needs to stop shopping. Because buying less is better than buying “green”. This is why swap-studio together with The Next Closet and Equals encourage you to join the 30 Day Shop Stop Challenge this May: 30 days of no unnecessary shopping. No new clothes, accessories, shoes, cosmetics, books, magazines or stuff for your home. Can you do it? For yourself. And for the planet.

Reimagine Football

#sport innovation
The football innovation platform is looking for smart solutions to reimagine football in the context of sports performance. Through Reimagine Football, they invite you and your team to work with them to tackle two of their most urgent challenges in the context of sustainability and to turn your first-class solutions and development roadmaps into reality. 

FEMpreneurhulp

#mentorship
Equals Amsterdam, together with FEM-START, is launching a new mentorship platform called FEMpreneurhulp, which will match your personalized profile to a mentor and give you the space to expand on the fields of your interests. FEMpreneurhulp has a network of more than 40 mentors and has helped over 100 mentees. You can be the next one! 

Dutch Applied AI Award

#AI
The Dutch Applied AI Award is one of the prizes awarded during the annual Computable Awards. Since 2020, the Center of Expertise Applied AI, together with Computable and podcast De Dataloog, has rewarded an innovative initiative in the field of applied Artificial Intelligence. Do you want to compete for the Dutch Applied AI Award 2022? Then submit your innovative AI application!

&Events

 

MAY 25 | The road to TNW - In partnership with StartupAmsterdam


June 16 & 17 are just around the corner which means we’re that much closer to enjoying this year’s edition of TNW Conference! A two-day event, Europe’s leading tech festival is the place for you to rub shoulders with international tech executives, policymakers, startups, scale-ups, and general tech enthusiasts.  If you’re as excited as we are to attend this year’s edition, then you’re eager to kickstart your journey to TNW Conference 2022. In case you missed it, we’ve paired up with TNW to help you do just that.
 
On May 25, join StartupAmsterdam and TNW during the first Road to TNW meet-up and connect with the ecosystem of attendees ahead of the event. We’ll start with drinks but make sure to stick around for a special panel discussion, curated by StartupAmsterdam's team, about the sprawling, and vibrant, Amsterdam tech ecosystem.
Register

MAY 17 | ACE AI Lab presents: new AI-based challenges
#infosession

During this event, you will learn more about ACE AI Lab and the way they work, and they will present the upcoming challenges provided by uniQure and Gemeente Amsterdam.

MAY 17 |  Tech.eu Summit
#discount

Our friends at Tech.eu are organising their first summit and bringing together 1,800 thinkers and doers to help shape the best possible future for the European innovation ecosystem. The key focus will be on sustainable growth. For our community, they offer a 25% discount on tickets. Use code DC25_SOD60_UM52VSEZZV at checkout.

MAY 19 | The Things Conference Series: The Things Agriculture Webinar
#conference

The Things Conference Series is a series of events leading up to The Things Conference 2022 in Amsterdam. The Things Conference Series events focus on individual verticals and highlight the innovations about LoRaWAN and business cases. In the first one, you will learn how you can get smart with your irrigation, animal tracking, precision framing, soil moisture, waste management, and more.

MAY 19 | HVA Innovation Cafe
#talent & SMEs

Join the first innovation cafe of the SME Innovation traineeship on Thursday 19 May! An afternoon full of inspiration, meeting and match-making. Learn from professionals and meet upcoming talent!

MAY 19 | Startupbootcamp FinTech & CyberSecurity 2022 Demo Day
#startups

Startupbootcamp's 11 FinTech & CyberSecurity startups have worked extremely hard for the past three months and are ready to present their progress and solutions during one of the most exciting events of the year!

MAY 20 | Equals - Tech Academy 2022: Q&A session
#talent

In collaboration with Amsterdam-based coding schools, Equals offers a traineeship where they will train and provide you with all the necessary tools and know-how of the tech industry, ready to kick off your tech career! If you are curious to learn more, join the May 20th Q&A session at the Equals Clubhouse!

MAY 23 | Information and discussion session for Dutch companies about the consequences of the war in Ukraine
#discussion

The war in Ukraine impacts all of us; In business terms, the war can have a major impact on your company and, therefore, the economic development in our city and region. Amsterdam Trade & Innovate is organising an information and discussion session for Dutch companies doing business in Ukraine and Russia. The event will be hosted in Dutch.

MAY 25-29 | Omek Summit x Africadelic
#culture

Omek x Africadelic are collaborating to bring you a unique 5-day cultural festival filled with music, films, talks, a club night, networking and more.

MAY 31|  TOMAS CONNECT #2
#talent

TOMAS is organizing a matchmaking session between companies and impactful initiatives that focus on broad access to technology. The event will be in Dutch!

MAY 31 -JUN 2 |  UPSTREAM2022
#discount

Join our neighbor and friend Rotterdam's Upstream for 40+ events, 2000+ attendees and a place to meet Startups, Scaleups, Corporates, Investors and Policymakers. For our community, they offer a 15% discount on tickets

JUN 15 |  P!TCH XL by ASIF Ventures
#pitch event

​​Hosted by ASIF Ventures, P!TCH XL is Amsterdam's largest startup pitching competition. On June 15th, come witness the 8 best student- and recent graduate-founded startups pitch to our jury and battle for the competition's CA$H PRIZE 💰
See our full calendar

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&News

 
Amsterdam has placed second in the Global Green Finance Index, a study of the world's finance centres and the efforts its financial institutions to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals. 
Read more
📊 30% of developers in the Netherlands are looking to move roles within the next 12 months: OfferZen report
🌿 Six Amsterdam startups protecting plants for people and the planet
⚡ ACE Incubator: Cohort Spring ’22
🔥 University of Amsterdam ethical AI research receives multimillion-euro boost
🌍 An Agrifood Powerhouse: Small Country with Global Reach Feeds the World
🚀 AMS Institute - Annual Report 2021: Cumulative impact to reinvent the city

#funding

💲 AG5 secures €1.2M from Peak to close the skills gap 
💲 Mr. & Mrs. Watson launches first sliced cheese made from plant milk; raises Seed funding
💲 Pyramid Analytics secures €113.5M
💲 Fairnance raises Seed funding from Maydan Capital
💲 Gymstory receives €234K in convertible loan for development of its tracking tech for gyms
Bookmark our news page

&Amsterdam Startup Map

 
Explore the local ecosystem with the Amsterdam Startup Map! 

Find startups, scaleups, coworking spaces & accelerators around you!  Get noticed globally by potential clients, partners & investors on Europe’s #1 data set! Get matched to investors with the Investor Finder Tool & find out their portfolio.
Get your startup on everyone's radar with the Amsterdam Startup Map!

&FoundersFridays

 

Have too much stuff? Give things away. Take other things you love!


Kathryn Saducas & Nilofer Christensen started swap-studio to provide an online peer-to-peer community where members swap the things they no longer want using a points system called kudos. 

Recently together with Equals and The Next Closet, they launched ENOUGH STUFF, a 30 Day Shop Stop Challenge. 

For our #FoundersFridays series, we caught up with Kathryn and asked her five questions about her entrepreneurial journey and the vision behind Enough Stuff.

P.S. If you're a founder with a cool story and want to be featured, email Aleksandra at a.sheshmini@amsterdam.nl
Get inspired by Kathryn's story!

&Help for Ukraine

 

Amsterdammers stand with Ukrainians. Do you want to help? Submit your offer. Do you know someone who needs help? Send in your request for help or search the range of initiatives in the city. Find each other via the WijAmsterdam platform or donate to these organisations.

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