Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Amsterdam.
Cofounder & chief product of social network Hyves and investing community IEX. Currently investor in startups, mostly Europe.
Technology Venture Capitalist
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.
Co-President @stanfordangels1 CEO in Healthcare 2.0. Experience in Life Science. Gov 2.0. Stanford Grad. Seed Investor.
http://jessesandoval.wordpress.com/
Managing Member @rearden-capital-management-llc • Co-Founder @voltage
Partner Stech Ventures investors in @tapulous (sold to Disney), @isocket,
Founder & Managing Partner @ advertising agency. Works for global brands like, Microsoft, ING, Monster and Amstel.
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.
Founder & CFO @smart-ad-1, @monolith-1; angel investor; finance professional; previously @pwc-1 in Silicon Valley; based in Estonia
Angel investor in early stage tech startups around the world, based in London. CEO of @1seed - investing, mentoring, building bridges.
CEO AFC Ajax. Fmr CEO @nedstat (now part of @comscore)
Co-founder @sntmnt. Formerly founded Favour.it (closure) & Share a Bite (exit). Background in finance (UBS). INSEAD MBA alumnus.
Seek change with abandon.
Co-Founder of @vitulum-ventures . Investor in several companies like @wercker @karma @human and @gibbon
Founder / Managing Director Mconomy BV
CEO of Collexion, Inc., Entrepreneur in Res. at @neustar. CSO of @webmetrics, sold to @neustar. Founder @servercast, Sold to CMGi/Navisite, CTO through IPO.
Founded EBA Express, founding partner in Adyen, angel investor in DeliveryHero, Mercadoo, Wummelkiste etc
Boralis is a young and innovative Investment Company, specialized in the founding and developing of new, cutting edge Internet Concepts.
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
Product guy @bux. Ex Head of Mobile @spil-games'. Established E*Trade in the Netherlands. MBA HKU/LBS
I'm Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten. Internet Serial Entrepreneur, founder of The Next Web Conference, Blog and Incubator, TwitterCounter.com and more…
Founder @petminds, @venturespace • Investor @spire-global
http://www.shooft.com
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
Former CEO of Albumprinter (growing 22,000% in 5 yrs). Established AH Mobile (MVNO).
CEO, Initium Consulting Group B.V, love startups, innovation & game changers, startup mentor & advisor
http://MyReal360.com
Founder @framer • Founder @sofa • Worked at @facebook • Investor @karma
E-Commerce & Internet Marketing Executive | Digital Dutchman in Europe, Russia and Ukraine
Co Founder @safarna-com
Founder, advisor & investor focused on consumer internet
Supporting @the-ant-works , @opnt and founder/CEO of a new venture. Formerly @vodafone @gemini-consulting + others @stanford GSB @vrije-universiteit-amsterdam
CEO of @908 Inc. Serial entrepreneur, angel investor, networker, bootstrapper!
Better regret what you did, than what you didn't do.
http://paulvaneijden.nl
Co-Founder @thenextweb with deep interest in business models, marketing and PR. Entrepreneur and advisor for small and larger companies.
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.
Software enthusiast with a lot of business and strategy experience. Active as investor, advisor and entrepreneur
http://entreprenl.wordpress.com
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/
Entrepreneur. Love Startups, Tech & ✈. Founder @flyr, CEO @mans-invest
http://mans.co
Angel Investor, Co-founder @snowciety (social network for skiers), founder @sugababes-nl (acquired).
Founder @alld-europe • Worked at @reed-elsevier, @bbdo • Investor @specom-web-solutions-athens • Studied at @city-university-of-london
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
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
Founder PikaPay • Investor • Board Member of the Dutch Bitcoin Foundation • Bitcoin Wednesday Amsterdam
Founder @red-urban, Founded @shoot2share, @indivirtual-com, @red-urban digital advertising agency, @freemail-nl
Founder @m4n, ZEEF • Worked at @zanox-acquired-by-axel-springer-verlag-and-publigroupe • Studied at @hogeschool-van-amsterdam
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/
Co-founder 2dehands.be (acquired by Ebay), TTY, EU1.tv, Adgoji and Searcle.
Entrepreneur and early stage investor.
Media, Technology, Telecom, Entrepreneur, Investor, Supervisory Boardmember, Mentor
Entrepreneur and early stage investor. Promoter, rainmaker, connector. Love to be involved in the early stage of entrepreneurial adventures.
Working at @rockstart • Worked at @hyves-nl, • Investor @eccky • Studied at @erasmus-university-rotterdam
http://www.ymerce.com
Founded Flow Traders
Founder @audio-network • Worked at @pwc-1, @pearson • Studied at @insead-1, @university-of-bath
M&A lawyer, investor, mentor. Specialising in IT, Media, Tech, Online. Special interest in online solutions for offline problems, innovation, greentech.
Managing Director, Payvision
Founder/CEO @ Mobile Tulip (SaaS Telecom) - Previously co-owner/CEO @ Zaypay (sold to Mobile Interactive Group (MIG), Londen, UK.
http://www.mindhunter.nl
Investment Analyst
Former founder of www.strawberries.nl, filmfocus.nl and I'm an avid @apple and Magento Commerce evangelist.
Amsterdam based adrenaline junky, startup founder, aspirant angel investor.
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)
I have a passion and experience to build and accellerate ventures. Have experience both in leading a venture, and in investing.
Investment enthusiast. Commodity trading and marketing for a Fortune 100 company. Seeking opportunities in startups, equities, bonds and forex. NUS/Yale/UBC.
Director, International Key Account Management at Philips Consumer Lifestyle
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
CEO and founder of ISVWorld (Global software industry database, Big data collection platform) Founder/Investor in WerkWerk (stealth startup in gamification)
@developer meets @entrepreneur-1. Owner directlyrics.com and fanity.com. Sold previous projects. Love to code and build great things.
Founder at @leapfunder • Studied at @university-of-cambridge
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.
Founder, CEO of @fitto
MSc. Business Intelligence BSc. Finance.
http://www.nickmulder.me
Entrepreneur: Founder of, Easytobook.com acquired by Travix (2011) and later by MMYT 2014), CPO at Easytobook.com, Mentor at Rockstart.