Amsterdam
2012 Program Dates: April 11, 2012 to July 6, 2012.
Register now for Investor Demo Day on 6th July!
On Friday 6 July 2012 Startupbootcamp Amsterdam Investor Demo Day takes place at the ABN AMRO headquarters, at the famous Amsterdam Zuidas on Gustav Mahlerlaan. It will be a ground-breaking event, one you don’t want to miss, take part! Read more about the event and register – book your place now: http://bit.ly/JztXl2
Why is Amsterdam a Great Startup City
The Amsterdam Metropolitan Area is home to a very well developed creative industry and has an excellent digital infrastructure that draws many ICT firms to the area. Amsterdam has been named as the world’s fifth “smartest” city by Forbes magazine. According to the magazine today’s ‘smart cities’ tend to be smaller, compact and more efficient and are for those reasons more attractive to do business.
Bigger cities like New York or London suffer from “congenital congestion, out-of-control real estate prices and expanding income disparities”. Amongst other factors Amsterdam has a long-standing financial & trading capital (it is home to seven of the world’s top 500 companies, including Philips and ING), has relatively low corporate taxes & income taxes for foreign workers, Amsterdam’s population is well-educated, multilingual and the city lacks political corruption. Holland’s socially progressive attitude has made Amsterdam a thriving tech hub; Wired magazine named the city as one of the main digital capitals in the world and the hottest place in Europe for tech start-ups.
The Program
Get seed funding, join a co-working space with other startups in the program and get a dedicated mentorship plan that will excel you from wherever you are in the development cycle to the next. Then at the end of the program, get a chance to pitch to top angel investors and venture capitalists for funding. Fact: Over 50% of our program graduates have gone on to receive funding for their projects.
The Deal
| Startupbootcamp Program Benefits | Amsterdam Teams Receive | ||
| Access to 300+ European Based Mentor, Investor & Alumni Network (See complete Startupbootcamp Mentor network here). |
Check out the stellar group of mentors from Amsterdam. | ||
| Seed Funding for Each Member | Receive €17.000 per team. This is seed funding for each member of your team to fund yourselves during the 3 months, so that 100% of your time can be dedicated to your project. | ||
| Co-Working Space for Your Team | Get 3-6 Months free office space in the brand new Vodafone HQ next to Amsterdam Central station. | ||
| Free Housing | Sponsor Ymere, will provide 6 Months free housing to all startups in the Startupbootcamp Amsterdam 2012 program. | ||
| Sponsored Services for Startups | A sponsor package from our Sponsors and Partners with an estimated value of over €75.000 which includes: free legal & fiscal advise, free (marketing) software, server space, PR and marketing support, testing tools for you; products in the Vodafone Innovation Lab, business model research and advise from the team that developed Spotify. | ||
| Investor Day | Get in front of industry investors and pitch for funding to over 200+ VCs, Angel and Seed Investors | ||
| Silicon Valley Road Show | Invite best teams twice a year for a trip to Silicon Valley and visit our US Network | ||
| Startupbootcamp Family | Continued exposure as a Startupbootcamp Alumni in the expanding family of Startups | ||
| Startupbootcamp Receives in Return | 8% Equity. Read contract here. |
Startupbootcamp Office Amsterdam – Vodafone HQ
The Startupbootcamp Amsterdam office is located inside of the Vodafone headquarter in the very center of Amsterdam. Situated within walking distance from the central station it is easily reachable from any part of the city and provides an amazing view of Amsterdam. The office overlooks the Ij river and provides a highly inspiring environment.
Co-Founders Startupbootcamp Amsterdam
Patrick de Zeeuw & Ruud Hendriks both are former management team members of TV production company Endemol. They are long term serial entrepreneurs in the online, media and mobile industry. Being mentors at Startupbootcamp Copenhagen, Madrid, Dublin and IBM SmartCamp in London they have been in touch with Techstars since the beginning of 2010 to launch an accelerator program in Amsterdam.
For more information about Startupbootcamp Amsterdam please contact Patrick de Zeeuw at pdz@startupbootcamp.org.
Why multiple cities?
Building a European network of accelerators will benefit the Startupbootcamp teams who will get access to mentors and investors with diverse backgrounds and networks.
We believe startups need a platform for wider exposure to the entire European market in order to effectively scale their businesses.
We want to bridge startup communities, bringing together startups, mentors and investors from all across the region.