In the last year, fashion marketplaces have shown signs of quick adaptation due to supply chain bottlenecks. When COVID hit, low consumer confidence and supply chain bottlenecks forced high discounts to be applied to products. To move away from this trend, players had to unlock supply chain bottlenecks not only with logistics partnerships and expansion, but also with a focus on predictive capabilities for product demand in different geographies. The…
Ecosystem Spotlight: 5 Questions to … Up!Rotterdam
22 December, 2022
What is unique about the Rotterdam ecosystem? (e.g., industry focus, founder background, technologies, fundraising etc.) What is its biggest strength? Rotterdam is the best connected large city in Europe, providing…
Cyber security is increasingly becoming a priority for education agencies and policymakers. Cyber security startups could be the answer to all their problems. As schools utilize edtech services and tech,…
Digital Therapeutics – medical intervention beyond the pill
15 December, 2022
Digital Therapeutics, the fastest-growing area of healthtech with transformational potential for medical outcomes. We take a closer look at the innovation and investment landscape of DTx, in partnership with Inkef, MTIP and Speedinvest. Digital therapeutics has grown the fastest of any healthtech segment since 2017. Global VC funding in digital therapeutics has increased 4x since 2017 to $1.2B in 2022…
Commodity marketplaces struck gold this year. The segment tapped into the improving demand for raw materials amid China’s recent relaxing of COVID restrictions and Europe’s push…
Fintech companies and startups are increasingly integrating Space Tech into their operations. In particular, the potential of low-cost, high-coverage, repeatable and global Earth Observation data and of the capabilities…
One of the UK’s most geographically distributed startup sectors has been bucking global startup trends in 2022. Following the launch of the UK Security ecosystem database, in partnership with…
The Nordics have skyrocketed into the European tech landscape in the past few years, and scaleups are the key to that growth. In partnership with Nordic Scalers and…
We are currently living through the sixth mass extinction. Man-made interventions such as climate change, land-system change (urban development, deforestation, monocrops), and introduction of novel entities (e.g. plastics and chemical…
Startups have created over 135K jobs in the Netherlands
6 December, 2022
In the fourth annual report on Dutch startup employment, we’ve found that startups in the Netherlands currently support over 135,000 jobs across the country, more than ever…
