Writer at Silicon Canals

Remco Janssen

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Remco Janssen founded Silicon Canals in 2014 and is its CEO and publisher, responsible for partnerships and business development. He is an expert in digital media, covering European startups, scale-ups, and venture capital. In the past, he founded Proudly Represents, the Netherlands’ first communications and PR agency for tech startups while mentoring hundreds of them. Prior to that, he worked at Europe’s first food order website, Urbanbite, and was a football journalist for Dagblad De Pers. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Applied Sciences Utrecht.

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News

Welcome to Silicon Canals 3.0: a fresh look to celebrate our 10th anniversary

Ten years ago, I regularly cycled along the beautiful Amsterdam canals, visiting various exciting startups.

Jun 17, 2024

Funding

European Investment Fund opens Amsterdam office for the Benelux

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is opening an office representation for the Benelux in Amsterdam as part of its new strategy to be closer to the markets and enhance its impact.

May 15, 2024

Business

Impact startup Fynch Mobility banks €1M to make business trips greener

Mobility accounts for over a third of the global CO2 footprint each year, and roughly half is work-related.

May 1, 2024

Scaleups

Protix’ Kees Aarts wins Leading Entrepreneur in Tech Award

Kees Aarts, CEO and founder of the innovative tech scaleup Protix, received the Leading Entrepreneur in Tech (LET) Award 2024 yesterday evening.

Apr 19, 2024

News

Eindhoven-spinoff Vitalfluid raises €5M for its plasma-water alternative to pesticides

Vitalfluid, an agritech spin-off from Eindhoven University of Technology, has announced that it has raised €5 million in seed funding.

Apr 18, 2024

News

Meet the 2023 Dutch tech billionaires, according to Quote

It’s one of my favorite media moments of the year: the arrival of the Quote 500. The Dutch rich list, which counts the heiress of the Heineken-family as the absolute number one (cheers Charlene!), also ranks the most noteworthy tech millionaires of the Netherlands.

Jun 1, 2023

News

Cheers to 7 years! Looking back at our journey with Silicon Canals

We launched our first version of siliconcanals.nl with a couple of interesting posts in Dutch.

Aug 25, 2021

Covid-19

The coronavirus pandemic: What Silicon Canals has to say

Here’s a message from our publisher.

Mar 17, 2020

Cheers to the new and improved Silicon Canals!

Today marks the beginning of an exciting future for Silicon Canals.

Nov 5, 2019

News

How to build a strong digital Europe where scale-ups thrive

As the European tech ecosystem is rapidly emerging, one could wonder why the EU is lagging behind in terms of the number of scale-ups and unicorns (private companies with a $1B+ valuation) it produces.

Sep 3, 2019

News

Apparently, Facebook and Google are still unable to counter fake celebrity bitcoin ads

Ali Bitcoin?? ??‍♂️??‍♂️deel dit aub met mensen die gevoelig voor dit soort fraude zijn!

Sep 2, 2019

Business

Lime vs Circ vs Tier vs VOI: Top e-scooters in Berlin reviewed and we choose one unexpected winner!

Looking to go from A to B in a large city?

Aug 22, 2019