Amsterdam
Amsterdam’s startup and scaleup scene have a lot to offer. In collaboration with the City of Amsterdam's initiative StartupAmsterdam, Silicon Canals brings you the latest breaking news and insightful background stories on the Amsterdam startup ecosystem.
Amsterdam’s online wholesale marketplace Orderchamp raises €16.6M; will double headcount in 12 months
The rise of the internet has reduced the need for physical retail stores and wholesalers. As the retail landscape is...
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Amsterdam-based sustainable crowdfunding platform Oneplanetcrowd raises funding from Unknown Group
Sustainable investing, once considered an afterthought in business, has come a long way with billion-dollar potential. At present, many investors...
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Amsterdam’s Rockstart closes its AgriFood fund at €22+M; here’s its rock-solid investment plan
Rockstart is a global accelerator-VC that supports purpose-driven founders across three domains, including Energy, AgriFood and Emerging Tech.
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Amsterdam-based impact investment firm Goodwell Investments launches new €50M fund to back African SMEs
Goodwell Investments is an impact investment firm focused on inclusive growth in sectors providing basic goods & services and income...
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Here’s Amsterdam-based Messagebird’s flight path to raising largest Series C in Europe at $1B; acquires Twilio rival SparkPost
MessageBird acquires SparkPost, a predictive email intelligence platform; and raises $1B in funding.
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Personio to open Benelux office in Amsterdam; looks to scale up total headcount by 300 this year
Personio offers cloud-based HR management and recruiting solutions and software for startups and SMEs.
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The land of tulips, canals, and unicorns: Here’s why moving your startup to Amsterdam is a good idea – Part 2
Amsterdam - the emerging unicorn hub. Amsterdam’s tech ecosystem has hit €100B in value, making it the third most valuable...
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Amsterdam-based BUX raises €66.5M; CEO Nick Bortot hands over the reins to COO Yorick Naeff, here’s why
BUX is a neo broker and has been making it easy and affordable for Europeans to do more with their...
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Amsterdam-based Dott raises €70.4M to expand its micro-mobility services to Spain and the UK
Dott is a European micromobility operator with a mission to free cities with clean rides for everyone.
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Amsterdam-based Lumicks raises €77.6M to provide instruments to reveal unique molecular, cellular interactions
Lumicks is a next-generation life science tools company that develops single-molecule analysis technologies for cancer research and cancer immunotherapy.
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