Our Partners
A partnership with StartupLeap represents a step towards an integrated network of local entrepreneurs, motivated by the ideal of genuinely stimulating innovation, collaboration and success. Partnering with us grants you access to this interconnected network of regional entrepreneurs through which you can filter and and which you can convert to leads for your own programs.
Interested? Get in touch with us at hello@startupleap.org!
Incubators
Erasmus Center for Entrepreneurship
The ECE is the entrepreneurship-promoting arm of a leading 100 year old university.
PLNT Leiden
Incubator from Leiden creating programs, hosting events, sharing knowledge, creating a network and building a community.
VentureLab North
VentureLab North is a business accelerator located in the Northern Netherlands for early-stage startups.
Mercator Launch
A pre-incubator for early-phase entrepreneurship at the Heyendaal Campus in Nijmegen.
Support organizations
Startup Amsterdam
Startup Amsterdam is a gateway to the city’s connected hub for emerging innovation.
JADS Playground
The Playground is the startup incubator of JADS, the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science. Here, we help startups from idea to launch and everything in between.
Services
“Millions of customers – including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies – trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs. AWS offers, and not only to the participants of StartupLeap, over 175 fully featured services, including storage, analytics, machine learning, internet of things, and much more.”
Find out more about AWS
ANNA C MALLON – SR. STARTUP & ECOSYSTEM BDM AWS
AWS
“We back, build and accelerate (corporate) startups. Our in-house Venture Studio is here to help startups and corporate innovation teams. Solving human problems with innovative digital solutions that create sustainable business growth. Partnering with StartupLeap allows us to keep tap on the market and meet inspiring founders that need an extra push in the right direction.”
Find out more about Born05 Ventures
JURRIAAN DUIVENVOORDEN – COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR BORN05 VENTURES
born05
“Every founder should have the opportunity to create an successful company, everywhere, every time. For this reason Braventure is supporting StartupLeap, to create an impact, together, in the Dutch economy.”
Find out more about Braventure
RICHELLE WOUTERS – MARKETING LEAD BRAVENTURE
Braventure
“At Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship we strive to embed entrepreneurship in the DNA of people applying the knoweldge and network of Erasmus University Rotterdam. We’re happy to join StartupLeap to help even more early stage founders to pursue their entrepreneurial future!”
Find out more about Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship
LEONARDO FULIGNI – PROJECT MANAGER EDUCATION & RESEARCH
Erasmus Center for Entrepreneurship
“At Founded in Groningen, we connect, support and promote startups, companies and initiatives in the innovation ecosystem of Groningen. So they can innovate with more impact and grow even faster. A high quality programme as StartupLeap perfectly fits our goal to support early stage startups in their journey towards scale-ing up and growing their business.”
Find out more about Founded in Groningen
LUSANNE TEHUPURING – PRIVATE LEAD FOUNDED IN GRONINGEN
Founded in Groningen
“Health Valley Netherlands is the biggest Life Sciences & Health innovation network in the Netherlands. We bring technology to the care sector, together. Through a combination of innovative, market and entrepreneurial strength, our partners give an unmistakable boost to the care sector and also encourage economic growth. Startupleap plays an important role in developing entrepreneurs to company’s with a mission and impact in healthcare.”
Find out more about HealthValley
MARC KALF – INNOVATION MANAGER
Health Valley
“Novel-T accelerates innovation with our complete ecosystem. New business via our tech transfer and startup team + renew business via our SME team. That ecosystem wouldn’t be complete without partnering with some of the best that the Netherlands have to offer in StartupLeap!”
Find out more about Novel-T
MIKE VERKOUTER – MANAGER STARTUP ACCELERATION NOVEL-T / INCUBASE
Novel-T
“StartupLeap provides a unique contribution to the development of early stage startups. As StartupUtrecht, we are proud to support this mission.”
Find out more about StartupUtrecht
HEERD JAN HOOGEVEEN – DIRECTOR STARTUPUTRECHT
Startup Utrecht
“StartupAmsterdam is an action program of the city of Amsterdam that connects the public and private sector to support the startup ecosystem. We do not only focus on startups and scaleups with a proven business model, but we also encourage entrepreneurship as a whole. No matter which stage you are in. That’s why we are a partner of StartupLeap.”
Find out more about StartupAmsterdam
JOËL DORI – STARTUP LIAISON STARTUPAMSTERDAM
Startup Amsterdam
“At STERK, we believe that start-ups and innovative entrepreneurs are the sustainable future of Friesland. And therefore the rest of the world. That’s why we are building an innovative Frisian startup ecosystem together with our partners.”
Find out more about STERK Fries Ondernemerschap
ERWIN DAMBERG – PROGRAM MANAGER & PRIVATE LEAD STERK FRIES ONDERNEMERSCHAP
Sterk
“The Next Women is a network for female entrepreneurs and investors. Since we work on a paid membership base, we’ve noticed that this can be a threshold for early-stage founders. By partnering with StartupLeap we can offer these founders a valuable program to take their first steps forward.”
Find out more about The Next Women
RIXT HERKLOTS – DIRECTOR THE NEXT WOMEN
The Next Women
“The Centre for Entrepreneurship connects all activities on entrepreneurship education and research at Utrecht University. We support StartupLeap in their mission to provide all starting entrepreneurs with the opportunity to work on their own ideas next to their job or studies.”
Find out more about Utrecht University Centre for Entrepreneurship
RIANNE POOT – PROGRAMME MANAGER UTRECHT UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Utrecht University Center for Entrepreneurship
“At UtrechtInc, we support researchers and early stage startups turning their research or ideas into a business. Being able to do so in big numbers through a partnership with StartupLeap, supports that mission.”
Find out more about UtrechtInc
HERMAN VAN DEN BERG – MARKETER UTRECHTINC
UtrechtInc
Frequently asked questions
Contact us via email at hello@startupleap.org and we’ll get back to you shortly.
Ultimately, our goal is to create an integrate access network to Dutch entrepreneurship. As such, depending on the type of organization you represent, a partnership with us will look a little different. From incubators and entrepreneur communities we expect support with promotional material and access to speakers for our events. Commercial partners, still, we ask for trial versions of their services or benefits. In all cases, we offer you support with promotional activities, access to our expanding network of graduates and Dutch partner organizations.
We emphasize the collective strength of the Dutch startup community and we'd therefore like to work with the resources that are available to you. Which means you can support StartupLeap without spending any money. However, several partners choose to either host an event or provide us with a budget for online advertisements.
No, you don't. It's all in good faith and we've received great support doing things this way.