18 AMSTERDAM

There is more to Amsterdam than the red-light district and legal marijuana. It boasts an excellent education system and a government interested in tech entrepreneurship. The Highly Skilled Migrant Visa and 30% Ruling helps skilled immigrants come into the city, and Amsterdam’s affordability, open culture, and English-speaking population means that they want to stay. Access to capital and seasoned mentors is still a problem, but entrepreneurship has been and remains a tradition in Amsterdam.

VENTURE ACTIVITY Q4’15 - Q3’16

VC FUNDING: $189.4M

DEALS: 111

EXITS: 29

5 YEAR YoY FUNDING GROWTH: 13.9%

5 YEAR YoY DEAL GROWTH: 37.0%

Source: CB Insights

ANGELS

Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten

Jonathan Nelson

Raj Ramanandi

Rune Theill

VCs

HENQ Invest

NPM Capital

Peak Capital

Prime Ventures

SET Ventures

StartGreen Capital

Van den Ende & Deitmers

ACCELERATORS

ACE Venture Lab

Founder Institute

RockStart

StartupBootCamp

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVENTS

ICEID Amsterdam

Startup Weekend Amsterdam

Techallstars

The Next Web Conference

TNW Amsterdam

Q4’15 - Q3’16 TOP FUNDING ROUNDS

Pyramid Analytics—$30M

Avantium Technologies—$23M

Binder Image Library—$22M

3D Hubs—$7M

BUX—$6.9M

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AMSTERDAM

VENTURE ACTIVITY Q4’15 - Q3’16

AMSTERDAM AT A GLANCE

Power Breakfast

Coffee Shops to Start Up In

Local Beer

Offline Tinder

Best Bar

“Must Be At” Local Events

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ANGELS

VCs

ACCELERATORS

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVENTS

Q4’15 - Q3’16 TOP FUNDING ROUNDS