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Meet the Startup in Residence selection
The results are in! Out of a total of 26 submissions for Startup in Residence, 8 startups have been selected to join the program. Last Friday at the Groninger Forum, they pitched their ideas and now it high time to roll up sleeves and get cracking on making Groningen and even more awesome place to work and live.
Want to help make Groningen a better place with your startup?
Find out more about Startup In Residence here!
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Sign up for Angel Island
No suit & tie, no name cards. Angel Island brings startups together with potential angel investors, sailing together towards the fortress island of Pampus, near Amsterdam. There’s still a couple of spots left, so be sure to sign up before Thursday, September 20. We’ll take care of transportation and you’ll get a discount on tickets for the event.
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Meet the Startup in Residence mentors
The Startup in Residence program will officially kick off on September 14, but before we announce the final selection, we’d like you to meet the four mentors who will guide the startups to world domination in the coming five months. So without further ado and a drumroll for good measure, here they are!
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Sign up your startup for START JLM and win a trip to Jerusalem
The Israeli Embassy is looking for Dutch MedTech, BioTech, Digital Health & Life Sciences startups for the START JLM startup seminar in November. Selected startups will pitch and compete for an all-inclusive, cost-free startup experience in Jerusalem. Closing date for signups is October 1.
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Alledaags lands half a million in investments for medical learning platform
The Groningen digital agency Alledaags recently received an investment from Nextgen Ventures for the development of a unique, intelligent learning environment for healthcare. The learning environment uses Artificial Intelligence to make healthcare training more efficient and effective.
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Klippa lands €250,000 investment
Klippa, the company behind digital receipts, received €250,000 in a second investment round, making it a very successful year for the startup from Groningen. In the last 6 months, their subsidiary company KlippaCast landed a spot in Startup Bootcamp’s Fintech Accelerator and they also won the ASN Bank World Award in the category Nature & Environment.
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Startups from Groningen offer 26 solutions for local challenges
With the Startup in Residence program, Groningen will actively collaborate with startups to find new and innovative solutions for societal challenges facing the city. In total, 23 entrepreneurs have signed up for the first edition of the program. In the coming weeks, they will pitch their ideas to the City, Groningen Seaports and Campus Groningen. The final selection for the program will be announced in late August.
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Saturday 14-07
Girls who like code #10
An overview of awesome initiatives to boost your startup
Ecosystem initiatives
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Monday 09-07
SMC050 : China, china, china.
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PayPro gets a licence from Chinese tech giant Tencent
Earlier this week, payment service provider PayPro announced it has received a licence from the Chinese online giant Tencent and now offers full payment services for WeChat Pay, for both web shops and regular retail. In stores, customers can use a special PIN device for WeChat Pay.
