Zero One Hundred Conferences, also known as 0100 Conferences, is back for insightful discussions and networking opportunities, this time in Amsterdam.
With over 450 of Europe’s limited partners (LPs) and general partners (GPs) expected to attend, the event is expected to be a high-level platform for networking, learning, and deal-making.
What is Zero One Hundred Conferences?
Zero One Hundred Conferences is a provider of online and offline conferences for Private Equity & Venture Capital players in various regions with a global outreach.
Each conference brings together 250 to 1000 senior-level attendees, such as general partners of private equity/venture capital funds and limited partners.
In an interview with Silicon Canals last year, Pavol Fuchs, CEO of 0100 Conferences said, “The inspiration behind starting 0100 Conferences was the desire to create a platform that unites all venture capital and private equity professionals for an elevated networking experience that’s conducive to building long-lasting relationships.”
In the last seven years, 0100 Conferences organised 40+ events with 1000+ speakers, 4400+ investors, and 9100+ attendees. The locations of these events were Berlin, Luxembourg, Dublin, Copenhagen, Vienna, Prague, Tallinn, Limassol, and Bratislava.
Why Amsterdam?
This time, the conference will be held in the vibrant city of Amsterdam, one of the fastest-growing tech ecosystems in Europe.
In cooperation with the City of Amsterdam, StartupAmsterdam and Techleap.nl, 0100 Conferences is set to bring together the crème de la crème of the private equity and venture capital industry at a three-day pan-European event from March 28 to March 30, 2023.
The choice of Amsterdam, according to Fuchs, was a rather easy one. Amsterdam, in his view, presents itself as a welcoming and attractive city that lacks interesting PE/ VC events.
He says the city makes a perfect choice for bringing its entire network of investors as well as for its flagship event.
Apart from the City of Amsterdam, 0100 Conferences has also drawn support from StartupAmsterdam, a public programme designed to stimulate the local business climate for startups and scaleups.
“With the 0100 Conference being hosted in Amsterdam, we will make sure to give 20 Amsterdam-based impact-driven startups access to the event and connect them to the attending investors,” says Bas Beekman, Director of StartupAmsterdam.
Startup Amsterdam has released a list of 20 impact-driven startups from the city that will be attending this event.
According to StartupAmsterdam, these 20 were randomly selected from a long list of Amsterdam’s impact driven startups and scaleups.
The team looked at the company’s product or service and whether it’s solving an urban or social issue, the company’s growth stage, funding needs, internationalisation ambitions and investment readiness.
The Amsterdam-based startups who will be part of this year’s 0100 Conferences are:
Roboat
Founder/s: Ynse Hendrik Deinema, Rens Doornbusch, Jonathan Klein Schiphorst, Joshua JordanView Joshua Jordan’s profile
Roboat is a research project and collaboration between the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
It allows for creating dynamic infrastructures (floating bridges and stages), transportation of goods and people, and environmental sensing on Amsterdam’s canals.
Roboat units are autonomous, electric, and modular boats that can alleviate pressure from Amsterdam’s inner city in numerous ways. Beyond Amsterdam, the Roboat has the potential to provide infrastructural improvements in other water-based cities as well.
The Good Roll
Founder/s: Sander de Klerk, Melle Schellekens
The Good Roll was founded in 2017 to disrupt the toilet paper market by manufacturing toilet paper from an alternative raw material instead of wood pulp – Bamboo.
According to the company, the right kind of bamboo is a fantastic raw material for making super strong and soft toilet paper.
The Good Roll built its first factory in Ghana in 2021 with the cooperation of national and local governments (with the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and Rabobank Foundation).
Eevery
Founder/s: Michiel Slinkert
Eevery provides SMEs with a sustainability platform designed to promote sustainable practices.
The platform functions through a set of questions that generate a roadmap highlighting the opportunities for enhancing sustainability within the company, and how to implement these opportunities effectively and efficiently.
Eevery tracks the sustainability score of the company and the progress made following the application of its recommendations.
The platform also offers a great tool to share this information with customers, suppliers, and employees.
SkillLab
Founder/s: Ulrich Scharf, Karim Bin-Humam, Ragnar Martens, David Yenicelik
SkillLab started with a focus on the integration of refugees into European labour markets and evolved to assist all job seekers that would benefit from career support.
The company’s solution enables employment services and training providers to deliver skill-based career orientation remotely and at scale.
Its mobile solution allows people to identify their skill sets and connects them to education and employment opportunities.
Finch Buildings
Founder/s: Jurrian Knijtijzer
Finch Buildings is a Dutch company based in Amsterdam that make high-quality modular building from solid wood (CLT).
They offer a range of customisable models, including cabins, studios, and office spaces, all built with eco-friendly materials and innovative technologies
The company also prioritises comfort and functionality, creating spaces that are not only energy-efficient but also comfortable and aesthetically pleasing.
Clover
Founder/s: Daniel Reisman, Chris Bloomfield
Clover is an agtech company with a primary focus on developing affordable and interoperable hardware for Automated Animal Management, a technique that facilitates animal movement around the farm without constant human intervention, thereby promoting regenerative agricultural practices.
The first product from Clover is a collar for cows in dairy farming. The collar uses sound and vibrations to train cows to follow instructions on where to walk and graze.
In combination with GPS, this eliminates the need for fencing and allows for activities such as strip grazing and more advanced animal-integrated agriculture.
By simplifying and automating animal agriculture, Clover’s collar reduces complexity and labour, while encouraging farmers to adopt a more harmonious relationship with nature.
Red Orka
Founder/s: Erik Ammann
Red Orka is a sustainable platform dedicated to providing high-quality babywear while prioritising the well-being of our planet and future generations.
As a circular business, the company has developed a sustainable renting model that offers babywear exclusively through this platform.
Biosphere Solar
Founder/s: Siemen Brinksma, Perine Fleury
Biosphere Solar aims to provide circular solar energy by delivering open-source, refurbishable solar panels.
The Dutch company is developing a modular PV (Photovoltaics) module design, which can be disassembled for repair or refurbishment, can be upgraded with new technology, and can be recycled at a high value at its end-of-life.
The startup aims to start pilot production in 2023 and enter the market in 2024.
StoneCycling
Founder/s: Tom van Soest
StoneCycling is a sustainable construction materials company based in the Netherlands. They specialise in creating innovative products made from waste, particularly from the construction industry.
The company’s unique approach involves collecting discarded building materials and transforming them into high-quality, design-oriented products.
The company’s flagship product, WasteBasedBricks, is made from up to 90 per cent recycled materials and has a distinctive appearance that adds character to any building project.
PrettyPlastic
Founder/s: Hester van Dijk, Reinder Bakker and Peter van Assche.
Pretty Plastic produces facade claddings out of recycled plastic waste such as shampoo bottles, discarded pipes, rain gutters, and window frames.
The company was founded with a mission to tackle the plastic waste problem and create a circular economy for plastics.
The startup develops tiles that consist entirely of recycled PVC building material waste. As per the company’s claims, the tiles are fully fireproof certified and can be applied to any building.
Seawind Ocean Technology
Founder/s: Martin Jakubowski, Silvestro Caruso, Eugenio Belgiojoso
Seawind Ocean Technology designs and produces integrated bottom fixed and floating offshore wind energy systems.
Working closely with its tier-one partners, Seawind’s cutting-edge technology comprises a two-bladed wind turbine and a concrete support structure, which can be deployed in shallow (20 – 60 metres), deep (60+ metres) and ultra-deep (up to 3,000 metres) waters, even in cyclonic areas.
The units are completely assembled in a harbour and then floated and/or towed over to the site for anchoring.
Blue Heart Energy
Founder/s: David Rodés, Michiel Hartman
Blue Heart Energy is a deep tech company that has developed a new sustainable technology to improve the performance of heat pumps.
The Dutch startup is currently developing the first heat pump for residential use based on a Thermo Acoustic (TA), a technique that consists in creating sound waves in a closed circuit to generate heat and cold.
The company’s technology enables heat pumps to turn into affordable, silent, and flexible devices, capable of working with wide temperature ranges suitable for both new and existing houses.
Bambooder
Founder/s: Marc Bokeloh, Dr.Ir.Ing. Almer van der Stoel
Bambooder is working on developing biobased alternatives for traditional fossil fuel-produced composites.
The Dutch company has developed a patented technology to extract ‘long’ bamboo fibres and to make an endless bamboo thread for high-performance composite applications.
Composites made from Bambooder BioBased fibres can compete with carbon, glass fibre, steel, aluminium, flax, and hemp fibre.
Avy Drones
Founder/s: Patrique Pi Zaman
Avy Drones develops and operates drones and aerial networks for long-range missions. The Dutch company has since developed a range of drones that can be used for tasks such as medical deliveries, environmental monitoring, and search and rescue missions.
Silatha
Founder/s: Veroniek Vermeulen
Silatha has developed a meditation and community programme to support companies in creating a healthy environment for women by addressing their mental needs triggered by pregnancy, motherhood, female leadership, menopause, and more.
The Silatha Meditation Course is 21-day guided meditation practice and takes 15 to 20 minutes a day.
The platform was created to deal with personal and professional challenges so that women feel more fulfilled in their job, perform better, and ultimately stay.
Kumasi
Founder/s: Lars Gierveld, Linda Klunder, and Rogier Power
Kumasi Drinks is a soft drink company that prevents food waste and fights poverty.
The company claims to have developed a new strain made from a waste product – the pulp of the cocoa fruit from Ghana.
Until now, farmers used to throw away this pulp and only used the beans. But Kumasi saw an opportunity here. It pays cocoa farmers for the pulp and thus fights food waste and poverty.
The farmers earn up to 30 per cent more per kilo of cocoa by selling this pulp.
The soft drink that Kumasi makes is available in two variants: the thirst-quencher Sappi and the tantalising Gassi. Both consist purely of juice and water, without additives. The juice contains Magnesium, Vitamin B1, Potassium, and Zinc.
NeuroReality
Founder/s: Faviola Dadis
NeuroReality is a medtech startup that aims to change the way people approach cognitive training and rehabilitation through VR, neuroscience & gamification.
The Amsterdam startup provides VR games to train a variety of cognitive skills such as calculation, attention, memory, visuospatial abilities, executive functions, and reaction time.
The company is working on clinical efficacy with various new patient populations, with Koji’s Quest helping long-COVID patients, children with congenital heart defects, healthy children, and also those with learning disabilities
Kosa AI
Founder/s: Layla Li and Sonali Sanghrajka
KOSA AI builds multi-stakeholder AI governance software tools to detect and mitigate AI bias throughout the ML lifecycle.
The Amsterdam-based company’s automated responsible AI system helps enterprises build more responsible AI practices, reduce costly litigation risks, and increase customer trust and revenue.
Gaiyo
Founder/s: Lucien Groenhuijzen
Gaiyo is a Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) app that functions as a personal travel assistant. It provides a real-time overview of all available travel options and combinations, complete with departure and arrival times, travel time, and costs.
Options range from train, tram, and bus to shared transport. The app also shows the available times for connecting public transport and is available free for Android and iOS users.
Impackt
Founder/s: Bouwe van Neerbos, Max van Velzen, Thomas D, Yannick Caron
Amsterdam’s Impackt provides a convenient and easy-to-use recycling programme that encourages consumers to recycle their packaging.
By utilising its discount app or collection points, users can recycle empty plastic packaging and earn points for vouchers.
The plastic packaging recycled with Impackt is high quality and processed responsibly by the company’s recycling partners.
You can register for the 0100 Conferences scheduled for March 28-30 here.
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