Dutch hyperloop startup Hardt banks €1.25M from football player Gregory van der Wiel, amongst others
Hardt, the Dutch start-up that wants to develop a Hyperloop, a high-speed vacuum tube train, has raised €1.25M in a new financing round.
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Students at Startups: Ioana Nicolau from Hotelchamp
In this series we profile recent graduates who landed a job at a startup, either right after graduating or after a long and tough quest.
Carsharing platform Amber lands first seed round funding of €500.000
Amber, a new Dutch carsharing platform, has landed €500.000 in its first funding round.
Dutch startup ScanMovers receives half million euro growth capital
The independent movers platform ScanMovers receives an investment of half a million euros.
Ambitious car sharing platform Snappcar snaps up competitor in a quest to once again conquer Germany
SnappCar, one of Europe’s biggest car sharing platforms, dedicated itself to reducing the number of cars in Europe by 5 million in 2022. Doing this will improve the quality of life in European cities, and it will also reduce CO2 emission.
Logistics tech startup Synple raises €1.1M for its smart collaboration platform
It is a good day for truck drivers, as startup Synple lands an investment of 1.1 million euros by Newion and Mainport Innovation Fund II. Using Synple's software and platform, transporters can easily manage freight which would otherwise lead to multiple drives for a transporter.
Successful Dutch startups SendCloud, Hotelchamp, and Bolt Mobility raise millions more (funding overview week #35)
This week has started quite well, as multiple Dutch startups successfully closed their funding rounds and launched public investment campaigns.
Quicargo wants to save the environment and the transporting sector
Israel-born entrepreneur Avishai Trabelsi managed his family company in road transport before he headed to Amsterdam to start Quicargo.
Startups FlickBike and Urbee set the stage for e-bikes in Amsterdam
The city of Amsterdam will be the center of the rise of e-bikes in the summer of 2017, as startups FlickBike and Urbee promote their innovative bikes.
Fast-growing Dutch travel blogging app Polarsteps closes €900k seed round
Polarsteps is a travel blogging app that enables a traveler to share travel memories with friends and family in real-time as the journey unfolds.
For its 5th anniversary, Startupbootcamp reinvents the Demo Day
Startupbootcamp (SBC) is one of the largest accelerators in Europe and the biggest in the Netherlands.
Hackatrain back on track to improve rail passengers' customer journey
This morning, a very special train left Amsterdam Central Station.