Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Amsterdam.
CEO AFC Ajax. Fmr CEO @nedstat (now part of @comscore)
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.
Technology Venture Capitalist
Cofounder & chief product of social network Hyves and investing community IEX. Currently investor in startups, mostly Europe.
Managing Member @rearden-capital-management-llc • Co-Founder @voltage
Partner Stech Ventures investors in @tapulous (sold to Disney), @isocket,
Co-Founder of @vitulum-ventures . Investor in several companies like @wercker @karma @human and @gibbon
Founder & Managing Partner @ advertising agency. Works for global brands like, Microsoft, ING, Monster and Amstel.
Co-President @stanfordangels1 CEO in Healthcare 2.0. Experience in Life Science. Gov 2.0. Stanford Grad. Seed Investor.
http://jessesandoval.wordpress.com/
CEO of Collexion, Inc., Entrepreneur in Res. at @neustar. CSO of @webmetrics, sold to @neustar. Founder @servercast, Sold to CMGi/Navisite, CTO through IPO.
Co-founder @sntmnt. Formerly founded Favour.it (closure) & Share a Bite (exit). Background in finance (UBS). INSEAD MBA alumnus.
Founder / Managing Director Mconomy BV
Angel investor in early stage tech startups around the world, based in London. CEO of @1seed - investing, mentoring, building bridges.
Founder & CFO @smart-ad-1, @monolith-1; angel investor; finance professional; previously @pwc-1 in Silicon Valley; based in Estonia
Founded EBA Express, founding partner in Adyen, angel investor in DeliveryHero, Mercadoo, Wummelkiste etc
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.
Seek change with abandon.
Boralis is a young and innovative Investment Company, specialized in the founding and developing of new, cutting edge Internet Concepts.
Co-Founder @thenextweb with deep interest in business models, marketing and PR. Entrepreneur and advisor for small and larger companies.
Founder @petminds, @venturespace • Investor @spire-global
http://www.shooft.com
CEO, Initium Consulting Group B.V, love startups, innovation & game changers, startup mentor & advisor
http://MyReal360.com
Software enthusiast with a lot of business and strategy experience. Active as investor, advisor and entrepreneur
http://entreprenl.wordpress.com
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/
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
Entrepreneur. Love Startups, Tech & ✈. Founder @flyr, CEO @mans-invest
http://mans.co
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
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).
E-Commerce & Internet Marketing Executive | Digital Dutchman in Europe, Russia and Ukraine
Better regret what you did, than what you didn't do.
http://paulvaneijden.nl
Co Founder @safarna-com
Founder, advisor & investor focused on consumer internet
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
CEO & Founder @tolq, @exvo • Dutch native that loves the Valley tech life.
CEO of @908 Inc. Serial entrepreneur, angel investor, networker, bootstrapper!
Founder @framer • Founder @sofa • Worked at @facebook • Investor @karma
Angel Investor, Co-founder @snowciety (social network for skiers), founder @sugababes-nl (acquired).
Founder @www-treatwell-nl, @www-justeat-nl • Worked at @just-eat
http://laurensgroenendijk.com
Founder @alld-europe • Worked at @reed-elsevier, @bbdo • Investor @specom-web-solutions-athens • Studied at @city-university-of-london
Founder @m4n, ZEEF • Worked at @zanox-acquired-by-axel-springer-verlag-and-publigroupe • Studied at @hogeschool-van-amsterdam
Media, Technology, Telecom, Entrepreneur, Investor, Supervisory Boardmember, Mentor
Founder @red-urban, Founded @shoot2share, @indivirtual-com, @red-urban digital advertising agency, @freemail-nl
12 years of cross functional experience, primarily launching services and products in emerging geographies. MBA IMD, Lausanne, M.Phil India
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
Working at @rockstart • Worked at @hyves-nl, • Investor @eccky • Studied at @erasmus-university-rotterdam
http://www.ymerce.com
Serial Entrepreneur - Business Accelerator - High-tech startup coach - CEO Coach
Founder @llx2-investments • Worked at @eit-ictlabs
http://www.llx2.nl/blog/
Entrepreneur
Co-founder 2dehands.be (acquired by Ebay), TTY, EU1.tv, Adgoji and Searcle.
Entrepreneur and early stage investor.
M&A lawyer, investor, mentor. Specialising in IT, Media, Tech, Online. Special interest in online solutions for offline problems, innovation, greentech.
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.
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/
Founded Flow Traders
Founder PikaPay • Investor • Board Member of the Dutch Bitcoin Foundation • Bitcoin Wednesday Amsterdam
CEO and founder of ISVWorld (Global software industry database, Big data collection platform) Founder/Investor in WerkWerk (stealth startup in gamification)
http://www.mindhunter.nl
Founder/CEO @ Mobile Tulip (SaaS Telecom) - Previously co-owner/CEO @ Zaypay (sold to Mobile Interactive Group (MIG), Londen, UK.
Entrepreneur: Founder of, Easytobook.com acquired by Travix (2011) and later by MMYT 2014), CPO at Easytobook.com, Mentor at Rockstart.
Founder at @leapfunder • Studied at @university-of-cambridge
Amsterdam based adrenaline junky, startup founder, aspirant angel investor.
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
Investment enthusiast. Commodity trading and marketing for a Fortune 100 company. Seeking opportunities in startups, equities, bonds and forex. NUS/Yale/UBC.
@developer meets @entrepreneur-1. Owner directlyrics.com and fanity.com. Sold previous projects. Love to code and build great things.
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.
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
Managing Director, Payvision
Investment Analyst
Former founder of www.strawberries.nl, filmfocus.nl and I'm an avid @apple and Magento Commerce evangelist.
Director, International Key Account Management at Philips Consumer Lifestyle
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)