UPSTREAM FOR STARTUPS
Upstream connects you to a global network of change makers so you can grow your business
- Connect with fellow change makers
- Meet your next investor
- Accelerate your growth sustainably
Upstream offers startups and scale-ups the opportunity to connect with fellow entrepreneurs, fuel up, think even bigger and change the world.
SELECTED PROGRAMME
CO-LAB
In this Online Co-Lab session, you’ll get the tools and connections to find the right co-founder to build your startup...
UNLOCKED
Unlocked is a full scale program to attract international startups and scale-ups from worldwide to Rotterdam and expose them to challenges of...
F*CKUP NIGHTS
Where stories of failed businesses are told, questioned and celebrated. Brave guests share their Fuckups so you don’t have to make them...
DISCOVER THE FULL STARTUP PROGRAMME
| Opening Event - Resetting the Economy | 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM | Keynote |
| Wheel of Funding by Symbid and GGP investments | 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Infosession |
| YES!Delft Infosession | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Infosession |
| IT/Security Tour by Dutch Innovation Park Zoetermeer, IT Campus Rotterdam, HSD, The Hague Tech and YES!Delft The Hague | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Infosession |
| Upstream Daily Talkshow | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Panel Discussion |
| Upstream Mingle | 5:00 PM - 5:45 PM | Matchmaking |
| NEXT GEN entrepreneurs in Rotterdam by VNO-NCW Rotterdam & Regio Rijnmond, CIC & Venture Café | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Keynote |
| Funding Table by Funding Table | 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM | Challenge |
| Why Startup Studios are the hottest asset class in venture capital by Builders | 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM | Keynote |
| YES!Delft & Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship Incubator Tour | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Visit |
| Mechatronics, accelerating innovation. Boosting your business by cooperation. | 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM | Workshop |
| Upstream Investor House with PHX | 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM | Panel Discussion |
| Unlocked by Unknown Group (selection procedure applies) | 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Challenge |
| KPN Sustainability Challenge (selection procedure applies) | 2:30 PM - 5:00 PM | Challenge |
| Upstream Daily Talkshow | 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM | Panel Discussion |
| Let's Grow! by CIC and Venture Café | 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM | Panel Discussion |
| Upstream Mingle | 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM | Matchmaking |
| Green Growth Clusters by Innovation Bridge Europe | 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Matchmaking |
| Get inspired about innovative entrepreneurship by Philips Innovation Award | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM | Workshop |
| Co-Lab: find the right co-founder to build your startup by YES!Delft (selection procedure applies) | 1:00 PM - 4:30 PM | Workshop |
| P!tch Please by FunX Media, Venture Café and CIC | 2:45 PM - 5:00 PM | Challenge |
| StartupRoulette (applications closed) | 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Matchmaking |
| Upstream Daily Talkshow | 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Panel Discussion |
| Biodesign Night by BlueCity (paid event) | 8:00 PM - 11:00 PM | Conference |