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.
Social distancing in times of COVID-19: How Aura Aware ‘smart device’ has the world turning towards Amsterdam?
Dealing with a pandemic is tough but simple measures can definitely go a long way. While the governments of the...
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Wat-pod: How this Amsterdam-based wearable company turned the crisis in festival business into opportunity
Many industries are hit hard by COVID-19, and one of the hardest hit is the festival industry. With no festivals...
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Amsterdam’s Bunq, the Swiss army knife of banking, announces new revamped app with option for donating to charities
Digital banking is on the rise and with the current COVID-19 situation, it is reaching new heights. Bunq is one...
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How Amsterdam fintech giant Adyen is helping Rijksmuseum reopen with cashless payments for post-COVID era
Most of the Netherlands was in complete lockdown to combat the spread of coronavirus. Now, with the first stage of...
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henQ 4 announced with €70M fund: Amsterdam-based VC’s pillar plan for European B2B software startups
Coronavirus has definitely impacted businesses yet there are multiple companies that are doing their best. As we previously reported, VCs...
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Here’s how two young founders from Amsterdam got an early Alibaba investor on board
Fashion-tech startup Otrium announces it has raised €24 million in a Series B funding round. The round is led by...
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India’s Ola Electric acquires Amsterdam startup Etergo, the ‘Dutch Tesla of scooters’
The electric vehicle market is all set to grow in a humongous way owing to the ambitious plans and initiatives...
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Amsterdam-based AI startups Lalaland and Syntho sweep Philips’ Innovation and Rough Diamond League awards
The Philips Innovation Award is the largest student-entrepreneur award in The Netherlands that is organised for students, by students. It...
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