This Amsterdam Tech Startup Guide gives you an overview of what is happening in the Amsterdam startup ecosystem. If your startup, organisation or initiative isn't in our list, please let us know. Send us an email to hello@startuptour.org.

1. The Amsterdam
Tech Startup Guide
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2. The tour's Mission
Startup Tour is the first travel agency for founders
& startup community leaders. We put together
tours to the most exciting startup ecosystems in
the world and make sure you connect with the
most prominent startups and founders, visit
accelerators and meet high profile investors.

3. CONTENT
1. Amsterdam Startups
2. Some people to know
3. Organizations
4. Incubators & Accelerators
5. Business Angels & Venture Capital
6. Centers for science, engineering and tech
7. Coworking spaces
8. Startups hangouts
9. Meetups, conferences and events
10.What they say about Amsterdam

4. 1.
AMSTERDAM STARTUPS

8. Some Successful Cases:

9. 2.
SOME PEOPLE TO KNOW

10. 2. Some people to know
Oscar Kneppers
Rockstart
Don Ritzen
Rockstart
Rune Theill
Rockstart
Ruud Hendriks
Innoleaps B.V.
Patrick de Zeeuw
Startupbootcamp
Renato Olmos
Human.co, Inc.
Mike Lee
New Lemurs
Boris VvZ
The Next Web

11. 2. Some people to know
Wouter Kneepkens
SNTMNT
Salar al Khafaji
Silk
Nalden
WeTransfer
Patrick de Laive
The Next Web
Erwin Blom
The Crowds
Werner Vogels
Amazon
Arne Hulstein
StartupBus
Bas Beerens
WeTransfer

12. 2. Some people to know
Ruben Nieuwenhuis
DutchBasecamp
Paul O’Connell
StartupKeg

13. 3.
ORGANIZATIONS

15. 4.
INCUBATORS &
ACCELERATORS

17. 5.
BUSINESS ANGELS
& VENTURE CAPITAL

18. Floris Rost van
Tonningen
Maarten Beucker
Andreae
Koen Bok Michael Kinsbergen Jan-Joost Rueb Sander van
der Blonk

19. 6.
CENTERS FOR SCIENCE,
ENGINEERING AND TECH

21. 7.
COWORKING SPACES

23. 8.
STARTUPS HANGOUTS

25. 9.
MEETUPS, CONFERENCES AND
EVENTS

28. 10.
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT
AMSTERDAM!

29. “[…] app developers and internet entrepreneurs aplenty have found a
home in the Netherlands, attracted by lower taxes and living costs,
and a creative lifestyle that fosters open innovation. One example of
genius generated here is Layar, the first app to put augmented
reality on the map by merging smartphone cameras with location-based
“Amsterdam is a true port city - international, tolerant and adaptable.
These qualities, plus liberal tax laws, make it attractive for foreign
companies. Aussie software giant Atlassian, for instance, chose
Amsterdam as its European operations hub in 2008 because of the
city's convenience and strong tech community. This year it will run
AtlasCamp, a developer conference, in the city.
!
Wired
data.
Entrepreneur

30. “Amsterdam may be leagues away from Silicon Valley, but its close
proximity to other European countries, liberal tax laws and the city's
overall vibe of tolerance and adaptability make it a natural startup
environment. Recently, the city opened its arms to data centers and
cloud computing companies like Digital Ocean […]“It starts with our
history. Being a small country with a wacky language forces many
Dutch entrepreneurs to be fluent in English and look beyond our
borders to create business of meaningful size.”
!
Inc.

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Authors:
Inês
Silva
Rafael
Pires
Daniela
Monteiro
Ana
Almeida
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