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February 11, 2025

Volunteer at Upstream Festival 2025

Do you want to volunteer to contribute to the success of this year's edition of Upstream Festival?

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February 7, 2025

24 Game-Changing European Startup Events You Can’t Afford to Miss

Looking to scale your startup, connect with top investors, or discover the latest innovations? We've rounded up 24 unmissable European startup events where founders, investors, and innovators come together to shape the future.

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January 21, 2025

Navigating the Horizon: What will 2025 bring for Europe’s startup ecosystem?

In an era defined by relentless innovation and pressing global challenges, the European startup ecosystem stands at a critical juncture.

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December 13, 2024

Join the NL Startup Competition

Pre-registration for the NL Startup Competion is open! Take your startup to the next level, participate in the second edition of the NL Startup Competition and pitch your startup for prize money, a valuable network and knowledge.

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October 21, 2024

ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY: LEAD THE FUTURE OF UPSTREAM FESTIVAL

We’re looking for 3 ambitious founders to take on pivotal roles in Program, Partnerships, and Production at Upstream this year, with the exciting prospect of stepping into full leadership by 2026.

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May 7, 2024

These are the finalists of the first NL Startup Competition competing for 10,000 euros

From over a hundred applications, sixteen startups have been selected to advance to the finals of the NL Startup Competition. They will pitch on May 29th before a jury of investors, experts, and entrepreneurs, competing for 10,000 euros.

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May 6, 2024

Randstad collaborates with student platform Minite to reach students

The platform that assists students in gaining relevant work experience through data-driven hiring and helps companies find valuable talent is entering into a partnership with Randstad to connect young talent with the business world.

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February 1, 2024

Rotterdam hosts European startup founders and investors at Upstream to drive innovation for a future proof economy

Up!Rotterdam and more than 50 public and private partners are organizing the fifth edition of the Upstream Festival on May 28 and 29, 2024. This event brings together more than 2,000 founders of startups and scale-ups, investors, corporates

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January 24, 2024

Rotterdam invests €2.6 million in investment fund Uniiq

Zuid-Holland, RVO, and the HEID foundation are co-investing: an additional 10 million euros are available for innovative startups. The municipality of Rotterdam is making € 2.6 million available to Proof-of-concept fund UNIIQ.

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