Amsterdam startup directory
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Prosus Ventures
Prosus Ventures is the venture and growth investment arm of Prosus, the Amsterdam-listed international technology investor that was spun out of South African conglomerate Naspers in 2019 and today stands as one of the largest technology investors in the world, anchored by a historically ~25 percent stake in Tencent that funds the rest of the portfolio. Beyond Tencent, Prosus Ventures and its strategy teams actively invest in growth-stage technology companies across food delivery, fintech, edtech, classifieds, and AI, owning stakes in Delivery Hero, iFood, Swiggy, Stack Overflow, PayU, Udemy, and Brainly among others. With many billions of euros of investable firepower and an explicit willingness to lead USD 100M+ rounds, Prosus is effectively one of Europe's only indigenous late-stage growth investors that can compete at scale with US crossover funds on late rounds of European technology companies.
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Recruitee
Recruitee is an Amsterdam-based applicant tracking and recruitment collaboration platform, founded in 2015 and serving talent acquisition teams globally. The platform offers structured hiring workflows, branded career sites, and candidate pipeline management. In 2021 Recruitee and Finnish HR software firm Sympa joined forces under the Tellent group backed by PSG, with both products continuing to operate independently. The combined group serves over 4,000 customers across Europe and the USA.
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Rockstart
Spring 2026 application windows for Rockstart domain programs (including energy, agrifood, and emerging tech) with initial investment and follow-on funding pathways. Programs are opening through March 2026 with track-specific deadlines.
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Rockstart Amsterdam
Amsterdam-founded accelerator and seed investor with domain-specific programs in energy, agrifood, and emerging tech. Spring 2026 application windows are opening in March with track-specific deadlines. Model combines acceleration, initial capital, and potential follow-on funding for scaling teams.
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Ruben Nieuwenhuis
Ruben Nieuwenhuis is a Dutch entrepreneur, angel investor, and ecosystem builder who co-founded StartupAmsterdam, the city's official public-private initiative to support tech entrepreneurship. He later co-founded Startup Delta (now Techleap.nl), the national platform connecting Dutch startups with government, corporates, and investors. As an angel, Nieuwenhuis invests in early-stage tech companies across the Netherlands, with a focus on marketplace models, SaaS, and civic tech. His deep connections to Dutch government, corporate, and VC networks make him an especially valuable angel for founders who need more than capital. He is widely considered one of the architects of Amsterdam's rise as a top European tech hub.
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Sander Görtjes
Co-founder and CEO of HELLO Labs, a Web3 entertainment and media company, and a confirmed speaker at Web3 Warsaw 2026. Develops blockchain-based interactive media and content platforms.
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SET Ventures
SET Ventures is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm that invests in digital technologies for a carbon-free energy system, spanning smart grids, energy storage, electrification, energy efficiency and grid intelligence. Investing across Europe, it backs early-growth companies whose software and data platforms accelerate the energy transition.
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Silverflow
Silverflow is an Amsterdam-based fintech that provides a cloud-native card payment processing platform. It offers a direct connection to the card networks via easy-to-use APIs, with features including 3D-Secure, network tokenisation, direct-to-card payouts, and dispute management based on enriched data. The company positions itself as a modern alternative to legacy payment infrastructure, serving payment service providers, payment facilitators, acquirers, and merchants. It was founded by former Adyen executives Anne Willem de Vries, Robert Kraal, and Paul Buying. Customers cited in press coverage include Deutsche Bank, Bolt, Payabl, and Buckaroo.
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Slingshot Ventures
Slingshot Ventures is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm founded in 2014, focused on late seed and Series A investments in consumer digital brands, e-commerce, and direct-to-consumer startups. The firm invests EUR 500K-3M and works closely with founders on brand building, growth marketing, and customer acquisition strategies. Slingshot's portfolio spans emerging consumer platforms across the Benelux and broader European market, with the team bringing operational experience from scaling digital-first brands and marketplaces.
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Spacegoods
Spacegoods is a direct-to-consumer wellness brand founded in Amsterdam that sells functional-mushroom and adaptogen drink blends, including a coffee alternative (Rainbow Dust), a matcha blend, an evening relaxation blend (Astro Dust) and an electrolyte blend (Hydro Dust). The company sells through its own online store with UK and international shipping.
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Startup Fest Europe 2026
Pan-European startup festival in Amsterdam connecting early and growth-stage founders with investors, corporate innovation teams, and ecosystem builders. Features pitch competitions, workshops, and structured networking across multiple stages.
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Startup Valley
Organizer of recurring Amsterdam tech job fairs and startup networking events connecting pre-seed founders with local angel communities. Also operates as a media platform covering the Dutch and German startup ecosystem, offering editorial features, event calendars, and visibility for emerging startups seeking talent and early-stage funding.
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Startupbootcamp Amsterdam
Amsterdam hub of Startupbootcamp (est. 2010) running 3-month accelerators in fintech, cybersecurity, smart cities, IoT, and commerce. Provides EUR 15K seed funding, 6% equity, mentorship, and partner deals; alumni include early Adyen mentoring. Scope: International.
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StuDocu
StuDocu is an Amsterdam-based platform where students share and access study materials such as lecture notes, summaries and practice exams. Operating under the legal entity StudeerSnel B.V., it launched as StudeerSnel.nl before expanding internationally under the StuDocu brand, serving students across many countries and disciplines. In recent years it has added AI-based study tools for generating quizzes, summaries and structured notes. The company raised a $50 million Series B round in 2021 led by Partech.
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Swapfiets
Swapfiets is a Dutch mobility company founded in 2014 in Delft that pioneered the bicycle-as-a-subscription model: for a fixed monthly fee members get a bike, recognisable by its blue front tyre, with maintenance and repairs included and a replacement swapped in within days if anything breaks. It operates in cities across the Netherlands, Germany, Belgium, Denmark and beyond, with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.
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Sympower
Sympower is an Amsterdam-headquartered energy flexibility company that helps businesses turn their flexible energy assets, including batteries, industrial demand response, and renewable generation, into a new revenue stream. Its platform aggregates and trades this flexibility with transmission system operators, paying customers a share of the compensation it receives for balancing national electricity grids. With nearly a decade of experience, Sympower operates across ten European countries, offering BESS optimisation, demand response, and balance responsible party (BRP) services.
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TechEx Europe 2026 (October 2026)
A large enterprise-technology event of eight co-located shows under one roof at RAI Amsterdam, spanning AI and Big Data, Cyber Security and Cloud, IoT, Digital Transformation, Intelligent Automation, Edge Computing and Data Centres. It draws thousands of attendees, 200-plus speakers and exhibitors, targeting CTOs, data and AI leaders and digital transformation executives.
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TechEx Events
TechForge Media portfolio organiser behind the TechEx series of co-located enterprise technology shows, spanning AI and Big Data, Cyber Security and Cloud, IoT, Digital Transformation, Intelligent Automation and Edge Computing. TechEx Europe convenes thousands of CTOs, data and AI leaders and digital transformation executives at RAI Amsterdam.
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Techleap.nl
Techleap.nl (formerly StartupDelta) is the Dutch national nonprofit organization dedicated to accelerating the growth of the Netherlands' tech startup ecosystem. Originally founded in 2015 as StartupDelta by special envoy Neelie Kroes (former European Commissioner for Digital Agenda), the organization was rebranded to Techleap.nl in 2019 to reflect its expanded mission. Techleap works at the intersection of government, startups, investors, and corporates to remove barriers to scaling tech companies in the Netherlands. Key programs include the Techleap Rise benchmarking tool for startups, talent attraction initiatives, and policy advocacy on topics such as stock option taxation and visa procedures for international founders. Techleap also produces the annual State of Dutch Tech report and facilitates connections between Dutch scale-ups and international investors.
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TECHSPO
Organiser of the TECHSPO technology expo series, which brings developers, brands, marketers and technology providers together across internet, mobile, AdTech, MarTech and SaaS. TECHSPO Amsterdam is co-located with the DigiMarCon Europe digital marketing conference.
