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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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Silicon Canals 2.0 has arrived, bringing you Europe’s perspective to the world’s growing technology industry

If you have been keeping a close eye on Silicon Canals lately, you may have noticed we have gradually shifted away from covering only Benelux tech startup news, to covering the whole of Europe.

May 9, 2019

Business

Technology PR in the Netherlands: Here’s what you need to know

Launching your technology company in the Netherlands any time soon?

Mar 25, 2019

Business

WeTransfer goes completely Trump; harasses media to take down stories [UPDATED]

WeTransfer stuurt vanuit het niets met dreigende taal een jurist op me af vanwege dit.

Nov 22, 2018

Business

These are the most noteworthy Dutch tech millionaires according to Quote 500

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.

Nov 2, 2018

Business

Move over Tinder, the Netherlands’ hottest dating app just won Deloitte Technology Fast 50

Move over, Tinder. The Netherlands' hottest dating platform The Inner Circle, a selective dating app (read: elite), won the Deloitte Technology Fast 50. At a gala dinner in Amsterdam, the Amsterdam-based company beat "Slack for retail"-startup Speakap and last year's winner Sendcloud.

Oct 12, 2018

Business

Digital Waves #3 with Tienko Rasker: “Leapfunder will soon have a presence in the Nordic region”

Dutch angel community Leapfunder aims to help startups to find early-stage financing.

Sep 25, 2018

Business

Four more years! Here’s what’s in store for our birthday boy, Silicon Canals

Happy to birthday to our self!

Aug 24, 2018

Business

Digital Waves #2: “At Hotelchamp, we have the ambition to build a hyper-growth company”

Thanks to local tech powerhouse Booking.com, The Netherlands has become a hotbed for startups aiming to disrupt the travel industry.

Aug 9, 2018

Business

Digital Waves #1: “Quicargo is basically a Tinder for trucks – but we go on the date as well”

At Digital Waves, a new video talkshow powered by Silicon Canals and digital boutique Node1, we got the chance to sit down with Avishai Trabelsi, the founder, and CEO of thriving Dutch startup Quicargo.

Jul 9, 2018

Business

Tech5: German scaleup Emma Mattress named Europe’s fastest growing startup at TNW Conference

German ‘bed-in-a-box’ retailer Emma Mattress has been named as Europe’s fastest growing startup at the Tech5 Awards hosted by TNW and Adyen at the TNW Conference in Amsterdam.

May 25, 2018

Business

Blendle “wins the lottery”: banks millions from Bookspot and Danish entrepreneur

Blendle, the Dutch startup on a quest to save paper journalism from becoming extinct, has raised an additional €4M in a new funding round.

May 14, 2018

Event News

Blockchain Innovation Conference to award the “Best Dutch ICO”

Blockchain Innovation Conference, the leading conference on Blockchain innovations and technology in Europe to be held June 7th in Utrecht, celebrates its fifth edition with a Pitch Competition for ICOs.

May 8, 2018