Map of the local innovation industry.
Meet some of the best and newest startups based in Amsterdam.
Partner Stech Ventures investors in @tapulous (sold to Disney), @isocket,
Co-founder @sntmnt. Formerly founded Favour.it (closure) & Share a Bite (exit). Background in finance (UBS). INSEAD MBA alumnus.
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.
Founder / Managing Director Mconomy BV
Cofounder & chief product of social network Hyves and investing community IEX. Currently investor in startups, mostly Europe.
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.
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.
CEO AFC Ajax. Fmr CEO @nedstat (now part of @comscore)
Seek change with abandon.
Founder & Managing Partner @ advertising agency. Works for global brands like, Microsoft, ING, Monster and Amstel.
Founder & CFO @smart-ad-1, @monolith-1; angel investor; finance professional; previously @pwc-1 in Silicon Valley; based in Estonia
Co-President @stanfordangels1 CEO in Healthcare 2.0. Experience in Life Science. Gov 2.0. Stanford Grad. Seed Investor.
http://jessesandoval.wordpress.com/
Angel investor in early stage tech startups around the world, based in London. CEO of @1seed - investing, mentoring, building bridges.
Co-Founder of @vitulum-ventures . Investor in several companies like @wercker @karma @human and @gibbon
Managing Member @rearden-capital-management-llc • Co-Founder @voltage
Technology Venture Capitalist
CEO of Collexion, Inc., Entrepreneur in Res. at @neustar. CSO of @webmetrics, sold to @neustar. Founder @servercast, Sold to CMGi/Navisite, CTO through IPO.
CEO & Founder @tolq, @exvo • Dutch native that loves the Valley tech life.
Entrepreneur. Love Startups, Tech & ✈. Founder @flyr, CEO @mans-invest
http://mans.co
Supporting @the-ant-works , @opnt and founder/CEO of a new venture. Formerly @vodafone @gemini-consulting + others @stanford GSB @vrije-universiteit-amsterdam
Jesse Thomas is the Founder of @jess3 – a creative interactive agency specializing in Social Media Data Visualization.
http://blog.jess3.com
E-Commerce & Internet Marketing Executive | Digital Dutchman in Europe, Russia and Ukraine
CEO, Initium Consulting Group B.V, love startups, innovation & game changers, startup mentor & advisor
http://MyReal360.com
Product guy @bux. Ex Head of Mobile @spil-games'. Established E*Trade in the Netherlands. MBA HKU/LBS
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…
Founder @framer • Founder @sofa • Worked at @facebook • Investor @karma
Co-Founder @thenextweb with deep interest in business models, marketing and PR. Entrepreneur and advisor for small and larger companies.
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
Founder @petminds, @venturespace • Investor @spire-global
http://www.shooft.com
Former CEO of Albumprinter (growing 22,000% in 5 yrs). Established AH Mobile (MVNO).
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/
Better regret what you did, than what you didn't do.
http://paulvaneijden.nl
Software enthusiast with a lot of business and strategy experience. Active as investor, advisor and entrepreneur
http://entreprenl.wordpress.com
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.
CEO of @908 Inc. Serial entrepreneur, angel investor, networker, bootstrapper!
Angel Investor, Co-founder @snowciety (social network for skiers), founder @sugababes-nl (acquired).
Entrepreneur and early stage investor. Promoter, rainmaker, connector. Love to be involved in the early stage of entrepreneurial adventures.
M&A lawyer, investor, mentor. Specialising in IT, Media, Tech, Online. Special interest in online solutions for offline problems, innovation, greentech.
Co-founder 2dehands.be (acquired by Ebay), TTY, EU1.tv, Adgoji and Searcle.
Entrepreneur and early stage investor.
Founder PikaPay • Investor • Board Member of the Dutch Bitcoin Foundation • Bitcoin Wednesday Amsterdam
Founder @m4n, ZEEF • Worked at @zanox-acquired-by-axel-springer-verlag-and-publigroupe • Studied at @hogeschool-van-amsterdam
Working at @rockstart • Worked at @hyves-nl, • Investor @eccky • Studied at @erasmus-university-rotterdam
http://www.ymerce.com
Founder @audio-network • Worked at @pwc-1, @pearson • Studied at @insead-1, @university-of-bath
Entrepreneur
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
Serial Entrepreneur - Business Accelerator - High-tech startup coach - CEO Coach
Founder @llx2-investments • Worked at @eit-ictlabs
http://www.llx2.nl/blog/
Founder @alld-europe • Worked at @reed-elsevier, @bbdo • Investor @specom-web-solutions-athens • Studied at @city-university-of-london
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/
Founder @www-treatwell-nl, @www-justeat-nl • Worked at @just-eat
http://laurensgroenendijk.com
Media, Technology, Telecom, Entrepreneur, Investor, Supervisory Boardmember, Mentor
Founded Flow Traders
Founder @red-urban, Founded @shoot2share, @indivirtual-com, @red-urban digital advertising agency, @freemail-nl
@developer meets @entrepreneur-1. Owner directlyrics.com and fanity.com. Sold previous projects. Love to code and build great things.
Founder/CEO @ Mobile Tulip (SaaS Telecom) - Previously co-owner/CEO @ Zaypay (sold to Mobile Interactive Group (MIG), Londen, UK.
CEO and founder of ISVWorld (Global software industry database, Big data collection platform) Founder/Investor in WerkWerk (stealth startup in gamification)
Investment Analyst
Founder at @leapfunder • Studied at @university-of-cambridge
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.
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
http://www.mindhunter.nl
Amsterdam based adrenaline junky, startup founder, aspirant angel investor.
Former founder of www.strawberries.nl, filmfocus.nl and I'm an avid @apple and Magento Commerce evangelist.
Managing Director, Payvision
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
Entrepreneur: Founder of, Easytobook.com acquired by Travix (2011) and later by MMYT 2014), CPO at Easytobook.com, Mentor at Rockstart.
I have a passion and experience to build and accellerate ventures. Have experience both in leading a venture, and in investing.
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)