BEST PRACTICES

Link ecosystem to the outside world

Amsterdam Startup Map

Creating the Amsterdam Startup Map was one of StartupAmsterdam’s first and most important objectives. The map has proven to be essential not only for us, as…

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Educate for Talent, Re-educate talent

B. Startup School Amsterdam (BSSA)

Solving the problem of the tech talent shortage in the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem through the re-education of young unemployed graduates by giving them up-to-date tech specialisations (e.g.…

Talent

Call for projects, Capital, Governmental support

Milan’s bottom-up crowdfunding initiative, Civic Crowdfunding, was designed to foster the implementation of innovative public-interest projects with a high social impact. Through the pooling of public…

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Antwerp

Cleantech Camp

Cleantech camp is a programme to support the creation of startups in the cleantech field. What is/was the challenge? Reducing levels of pollution, producing renewable energy,…

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Government as a launching customer, Governmental support

Barcelona, Porto

Coding for Amsterdam

Bringing coding lessons into the school curriculum and making sure that schools know the importance of these skills. What was/is the challenge? We live in a…

Clients

Educate for Talent

Corporate Network

The Corporate Network initiative aims to actively engage corporates with the startup and tech ecosystem of Amsterdam. What was/is the challenge? In 2015 the Amsterdam startup…

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Corporate network

Event Services by NewCo Helsinki

The city of Helsinki produces 200+ events annually targeted for entrepreneurs. The amount of activities and initiatives in the city has required the municipal organization to…

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Government as a launching customer, Governmental support

Helsinki

FabriQ

FabriQ is the first incubator supported by the Municipality, officially launched in January 2014 through a public call. What was/is the challenge? FabriQ is located in…

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Gründen in Wien

The project “Gründen in Wien” can be described best as an “open house” event on which all relevant stakeholders of the Viennese startup scene have the…

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Vienna

Hub Criativo do Beato

The new creativity and innovation hub in Lisbon that brings together national and international players united by the same values: the best of innovation, creativity and…

Environment

Governmental support

Lisbon

Inspiring Women in the Digital Era

The Madrid Startup Community Forum, a Spanish association, runs the programme pro bono with the support of the public and private sector. The first event was…

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Female Entrepreneurship

Madrid Region

Makerspace and FabLab

Milan is the first city in Italy and among the first in Europe in terms of number of digital fabrication laboratories. What was/is the challenge? FabLab…

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Governmental support

City revitalisation, Digital Manufacturing, Governmental support, Re-educate talent

Manifattura Milano

Manifattura Milano is the program of the Municipality of Milan officially launched in April 2017. Its objective is restoration and promotion of manufacturing in the city.…

Capital

Call for projects, Capital, Governmental support

Metter su bottega

Metter su bottega is a call published in July 2018 by the Municipality of Milan, aimed at regeneration of the local suburbs by funding new entrepreneurs…

Capital

Strong and growing media presence

Munich Startup

Munich Startup is the official startup portal for Munich and the surrounding region. What was/is the challenge? Munich has some of the best universities in Germany,…

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Munich

project: a

Facilitating the most prominent scale-ups in the ecosystem with the attraction of highly skilled tech talent, by promoting Amsterdam as “the place to be” for tech…

Talent

Attract (foreign) talent, Connect talent with the industry

Strong and growing media presence

ScaleUp Porto. Call for Activities

ScaleUp Porto Call for Activities is an Open Call run by the Municipality of Porto to increase the impact of the actions of the city’s Entrepreneurship,…

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Porto

Startup Commission and Regional Policies

Set of policies and fund allocations related to venture business, based on the work of a startup commission. What was/in the challenge? The government of the…

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Governmental support

Rome

Startup in Residence

The Startup in Residence Program allows the municipality to serve as a launching customer to startups by providing the opportunity to solve ..

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Government as a launching customer

StartupAmsterdam Resources

To keep track of Amsterdam ecosystem’s main developments (events, news, opportunities for stakeholders, success stories) and communicate them via StartupAmsterdam’s online and offline channels. Marketing&Communications is…

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StartupCity Branding

Educate for Talent, Governmental support

TAKEOFFANTWERP

TAKEOFFANTWERP is a working place for entrepreneurial students and a program that focusses on the development of competences related to entrepreneurship by students. What is/was the…

Capital

Antwerp

The Berlin Startup Scholarship

Regional incubator programme for promotion of technology-related startups in the context of knowledge and technology transfer. What is/was the challenge? The support of startups is among…

Capital

Government as a launching customer

Berlin

The Next Web

Cooperating with a local event organiser to see how to make it even better and bring attention to the city and its ecosystem. A future-proof content…

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World Summit AI

The event, which brings together the 3 pillars of AI System: Enterprise, Startups & Investors and Deep Tech for 2 days of knowledge-sharing and valuable networking…

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