Here are nine Amsterdam-based startups that are currently fundraising

Amsterdam has been growing rapidly and is considered one of the most attractive European destinations for startups. This rise can be attributed to several factors, such as the city’s robust support system for entrepreneurs, its abundance of talent, and its excellent infrastructure.

A Dealroom report reveals that Amsterdam tech companies are worth €227B as of June 2022.

We have compiled a list of Amsterdam startups that are fundraising right now. This list has been compiled with inputs from StartupAmsterdam’s collaboration with Leapfunder and Startup Fountain.

Startup Fountain is an open fundraising platform offering free introductions for startups and investors. It charges no success fees and the sign-up is free of charge too. 

Leapfunder, an Amsterdam-based platform that aims to help startups find early-stage financing. Join the largest Angel network in Europe & discover interesting startup rounds.

Foremore

Founder/s: Maarten Ingen Housz, Ife Runsewe

Foremore is a last-mile building materials procurement platform that relieves contractors from the burden of time-consuming and expensive building materials logistics. The Amsterdam startup partners with building materials wholesalers, enabling them to provide a better logistics service for its customers.

Wavy

Founder/s: Loïc Boisnard

Wavy designs, manufactures, and sells premium earplugs with great acoustic performance. Currently, the company has designed  Wavy Ocean earplugs for the watersports market, preventing users from infections like Swimmer’s ear and Surfer’s ear.

Wavy Ocean is a reusable secure-fit earplug, protecting the ears from water and wind without decreasing sound quality or communication. Besides the watersport market, the company plans to enter other markets, including construction, noise sensitivity, and sleeping.

Chopstick district

Founder/s: Vincent 

Chopstick district is a food startup that aims to bring new cuisine to Amsterdam through authentic ingredients. With the funding, the startup aims to open three stores in the next two years.  

Urban Kitchen

Founder/s: Lars Keus, Sebastiaan Maliepaard, Nick Bosch Van Rosenthal

Originated as a cloud kitchen in Amsterdam, Urban Kitchen is building a portfolio of virtual restaurants focused on delivery to help restaurants generate extra revenue from existing assets through a licensing model.

Move to impact

Founder/s: Skadi Mobius, Amber Kesselaer

Move to Impact is developing data-driven and scalable ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) tools to help companies prepare for non-financial reporting. The company is on a mission to help organisations deliver a more positive impact. 

Ludimos

Founder/s: Madan Rajagopal, Deepak Viswanathan, Menaka Viswanathan

Ludimos is a sports-tech startup that helps cricketers and clubs worldwide with their player development.  

The platform extracts player insights using advanced ball and bat tracking technology powered by AI from cricket videos to help them train and reach their true potential. The Dutch startup enables cricketers to measure, track & improve their skills over time.

Sous

Founder/s: Thomas Scholte, Devon Scoulelis

Sous is a chef-to-customer platform that connects consumers with premium branded meal kits from their favourite restaurants and chefs.

Mithra-ai

Founder/s: Christophe Frere and Arash Saberi

Mithra AI is an Amsterdam-based AI startup that helps procurement teams to make data-driven decisions by providing them continuous visibility and insights into their spending data through its cognitive spend intelligence solution. Mithra AI will also be doing a Lightning talk at the NL Lounge. The company intends to raise €1M in a fresh funding round to accelerate product development and revenue, according to Christophe Frere, co-founder of Mithra-ai.

Hotelshousing

Founder/s: Mayke Hoynck van Papendrecht, Kirill Smirenko, Maxime ten Brinke

Hotelshousing is a B2B platform in the hospitality industry, connecting Amsterdam-based hotels to companies that want to relocate their employees to Amsterdam for an extended period. The mission of the Amsterdam-based startup is to broaden the horizon of working professionals by matchmaking them to the best suitable hotels, worldwide.