Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Amsterdam.
Founder & CFO @smart-ad-1, @monolith-1; angel investor; finance professional; previously @pwc-1 in Silicon Valley; based in Estonia
Seek change with abandon.
Partner Stech Ventures investors in @tapulous (sold to Disney), @isocket,
Technology Venture Capitalist
Cofounder & chief product of social network Hyves and investing community IEX. Currently investor in startups, mostly Europe.
Angel investor in early stage tech startups around the world, based in London. CEO of @1seed - investing, mentoring, building bridges.
CEO of Collexion, Inc., Entrepreneur in Res. at @neustar. CSO of @webmetrics, sold to @neustar. Founder @servercast, Sold to CMGi/Navisite, CTO through IPO.
Founder / Managing Director Mconomy BV
Managing Member @rearden-capital-management-llc • Co-Founder @voltage
Co-President @stanfordangels1 CEO in Healthcare 2.0. Experience in Life Science. Gov 2.0. Stanford Grad. Seed Investor.
http://jessesandoval.wordpress.com/
Founder & Managing Partner @ advertising agency. Works for global brands like, Microsoft, ING, Monster and Amstel.
CEO AFC Ajax. Fmr CEO @nedstat (now part of @comscore)
Boralis is a young and innovative Investment Company, specialized in the founding and developing of new, cutting edge Internet Concepts.
Co-Founder of @vitulum-ventures . Investor in several companies like @wercker @karma @human and @gibbon
Co-founder @sntmnt. Formerly founded Favour.it (closure) & Share a Bite (exit). Background in finance (UBS). INSEAD MBA alumnus.
Founded EBA Express, founding partner in Adyen, angel investor in DeliveryHero, Mercadoo, Wummelkiste etc
Founder (and seller) of it contracting and software development companies in north western europe since 1985. Investor in start ups since 2011. Based near Amsterdam.
Advisor & Investor in Boulder/NYC/SF. Former Head of Corp Dev MIH Naspers (Tencent, Mail.ru) & GM Mobile @yahoo VP @nokia Fulbright Scholar in Economics.
Cofounder and CEO of Dutch social network @hyves-nl and investor community IEX. Writer of the book for entrepreneurs "10.000.000 Friends", currently investing.
Former CEO of Albumprinter (growing 22,000% in 5 yrs). Established AH Mobile (MVNO).
CEO/Co-Founder @mendeley (acq by @reed-elsevier ) • Advisor to UK Govt • Fellow of the @royal-society-of-arts • voted "Best European Founder 2013" @TheEuropas
CEO, Initium Consulting Group B.V, love startups, innovation & game changers, startup mentor & advisor
http://MyReal360.com
Entrepreneur. Love Startups, Tech & ✈. Founder @flyr, CEO @mans-invest
http://mans.co
CEO & Founder @tolq, @exvo • Dutch native that loves the Valley tech life.
Co-founder of @olery. Strong background in interaction design and usability. First startup while in high school. Attended the Rotterdam School of Management.
http://www.olery.com/blog/
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Supporting @the-ant-works , @opnt and founder/CEO of a new venture. Formerly @vodafone @gemini-consulting + others @stanford GSB @vrije-universiteit-amsterdam
E-Commerce & Internet Marketing Executive | Digital Dutchman in Europe, Russia and Ukraine
Software enthusiast with a lot of business and strategy experience. Active as investor, advisor and entrepreneur
http://entreprenl.wordpress.com
Better regret what you did, than what you didn't do.
http://paulvaneijden.nl
I'm Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten. Internet Serial Entrepreneur, founder of The Next Web Conference, Blog and Incubator, TwitterCounter.com and more…
Product guy @bux. Ex Head of Mobile @spil-games'. Established E*Trade in the Netherlands. MBA HKU/LBS
Founder @petminds, @venturespace • Investor @spire-global
http://www.shooft.com
CEO of @908 Inc. Serial entrepreneur, angel investor, networker, bootstrapper!
Founder @framer • Founder @sofa • Worked at @facebook • Investor @karma
Co Founder @safarna-com
Founder, advisor & investor focused on consumer internet
Co-Founder @thenextweb with deep interest in business models, marketing and PR. Entrepreneur and advisor for small and larger companies.
Founder @audio-network • Worked at @pwc-1, @pearson • Studied at @insead-1, @university-of-bath
Entrepreneur and early stage investor. Promoter, rainmaker, connector. Love to be involved in the early stage of entrepreneurial adventures.
Founder PikaPay • Investor • Board Member of the Dutch Bitcoin Foundation • Bitcoin Wednesday Amsterdam
Founder @www-treatwell-nl, @www-justeat-nl • Worked at @just-eat
http://laurensgroenendijk.com
Co-founder and technology guy at Venture Capital for Africa (VC4Africa). Founder of ActivSpaces, Cameroon's first technology incubation space. Board member of the AfriLabs Foundation. Formerly an engineer at Visio and @microsoft.
http://27months.com
M&A lawyer, investor, mentor. Specialising in IT, Media, Tech, Online. Special interest in online solutions for offline problems, innovation, greentech.
Founder @alld-europe • Worked at @reed-elsevier, @bbdo • Investor @specom-web-solutions-athens • Studied at @city-university-of-london
Angel Investor, Co-founder @snowciety (social network for skiers), founder @sugababes-nl (acquired).
Founder @red-urban, Founded @shoot2share, @indivirtual-com, @red-urban digital advertising agency, @freemail-nl
Entrepreneur
7 years experience in Investment Banking in London, Amsterdam & NY for @accenture, ABN AMRO / RBS. In 2010, she became an entrepreneur & investor herself.
http://www.efactor.com/profile/blog/id/31/
Media, Technology, Telecom, Entrepreneur, Investor, Supervisory Boardmember, Mentor
Co-founder 2dehands.be (acquired by Ebay), TTY, EU1.tv, Adgoji and Searcle.
Entrepreneur and early stage investor.
Founder @m4n, ZEEF • Worked at @zanox-acquired-by-axel-springer-verlag-and-publigroupe • Studied at @hogeschool-van-amsterdam
Serial Entrepreneur - Business Accelerator - High-tech startup coach - CEO Coach
Founder @llx2-investments • Worked at @eit-ictlabs
http://www.llx2.nl/blog/
12 years of cross functional experience, primarily launching services and products in emerging geographies. MBA IMD, Lausanne, M.Phil India
Founded Flow Traders
Working at @rockstart • Worked at @hyves-nl, • Investor @eccky • Studied at @erasmus-university-rotterdam
http://www.ymerce.com
I have a passion and experience to build and accellerate ventures. Have experience both in leading a venture, and in investing.
Founder, CEO of @fitto
MSc. Business Intelligence BSc. Finance.
http://www.nickmulder.me
Started at @uunet. Co-founded The @cavell-group and @f11. Co-founded early LBS app @gypsii, now in a JV w/ sina.com. Co-founder @spaaza, advisor @skilio and @libersy.
Former founder of www.strawberries.nl, filmfocus.nl and I'm an avid @apple and Magento Commerce evangelist.
CEO in online media with a strong focus on growth. CEO Werkspot (largest home services marketplace in NL), former publisher Tweakers (TheVerge/CNET in NL)
Managing Director, Payvision
CEO and founder of ISVWorld (Global software industry database, Big data collection platform) Founder/Investor in WerkWerk (stealth startup in gamification)
Founder at @leapfunder • Studied at @university-of-cambridge
Amsterdam based adrenaline junky, startup founder, aspirant angel investor.
@developer meets @entrepreneur-1. Owner directlyrics.com and fanity.com. Sold previous projects. Love to code and build great things.
Invested/founded/worked in ten-plus start-ups. Including a deloitte fast-50 company. Was CEO of an investment fund of NZ$100m-plus and generated a return of 10% p.a. over a period of 7 years. Grew up in east-africa have amasters of business from the Rijks
Founder/CEO @ Mobile Tulip (SaaS Telecom) - Previously co-owner/CEO @ Zaypay (sold to Mobile Interactive Group (MIG), Londen, UK.
http://www.mindhunter.nl
Director, International Key Account Management at Philips Consumer Lifestyle
Investment Analyst
Investment enthusiast. Commodity trading and marketing for a Fortune 100 company. Seeking opportunities in startups, equities, bonds and forex. NUS/Yale/UBC.
Entrepreneur: Founder of, Easytobook.com acquired by Travix (2011) and later by MMYT 2014), CPO at Easytobook.com, Mentor at Rockstart.