Janneke Niessen

My first Portuguese podcast! 😍 Well, I wasn't speaking in Portuguese but still. Very excited to share this, and it was an absolute pleasure to meet Ana Mikaela. The Portuguese startup and investor ecosystem is early stage but has so much potential and I've already met so many interesting people taking since moving here. 🦄 Some of the highlights we spoke about; 1 - The unconventional way of how I landed my first ever job in the sector as an assistant to an informal investor which changed the path to my career. 2 - How much more difficult I think being a founder is to being a VC (though I never started my own fund... yet). 3 - What VC Coaching is and why it's important with The VC Coach 4 - My tips for starting founders; focus, people and do it. 5 - How to be a succesful zebra (=sustainable alternative to unicorn) 🦓 Thank you Ana Mikaela Silva for giving me the platform and hope to see you in Ericeira, Porto, Lisboa or elsewhere again soon! #startups #portugal #investing #unicorns #zebra #portuguesestartupecosystem

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It's official!! 👀 I am joining Antler's residency as part of their 3rd Amsterdam based cohort! 😁 And it's really exciting as Antler is one of the biggest early-stage investors out there, backing exciting new projects that are in pre-seed and even pre-team stages! Being completely solo and bootstrapped means that this residency is particularly interesting to me as they will open their entire network of builders, founders, VCs and partner organizations to help kickstart my journey. Starting today and for the coming 14 weeks I will be working full-time with them and focussing on the following: 𝟭. 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗰𝗼-𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿! Working solo is fun but there's only so much you can do alone. Having a co-founder will help me split tasks that I know I'm less good at. Which is why I'm now officially looking for a partner in Sales and/or Marketing to come join me! The main goal of the residency is networking and I'm confident I'll be meeting amazing people the coming weeks but if you're reading this and are passionate about Web3, are in Sales or Marketing and want to build a new venture from the ground up please send me a message too!!! 𝟮. 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 Right now I'm bootstrapping, meaning that all the money that goes into building the company comes from my own pocket. But if I can build a proper team before the end of the residency with at least 1 other co-founder (from inside or outside of the residency), I have a chance to get in front of Antler's Investment Committee and pitch truehandle to them! That is a shot at a possible 100k pre-seed investment!!! Exciting weeks ahead no doubt. Let's make the most out of them!! 🚀

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🙌⚡💡🧠🤯 Great start of the day with the community of ambitious entrepreneurs of BLiZZ Business , with 100 memes about the #ai #artificialintelligence #robotics #blockchain #future Thnx Debby Gransier blizzbusiness.nl

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Too all Dutch AI founders in my network: Support your ecosystem! Te alle Nederlandse AI Starup in mijn netwerk: Steun je ecosysteem!

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“When you invest in venture actually matters.” Jaap Vriesendorp is a legend. There’s no doubt about it. Whether you believe me or not, Episode 6 of this season of Superclusters is a must-watch. By far, one of the most deliberate guests I’ve had on the podcast so far. Not only does he break down the three pillars of building a community of entrepreneurial LPs, but also shares 3 facts that led him to create Welt Ventures’, now Marktlink Capital’s portfolio construction model. My 3 biggest takeaways: 🚪🏃 Exit windows matter more than entry windows. “The truth of the matter, when we look at the data, is that entry points matter much less than the exit points. Because venture is about outliers and outliers are created through IPOs, the exit window matters a lot. And to create a big enough exit window to let every vintage that we create in the fund of funds world to be a good vintage." 🏆 The Champion's League Effect “85% of returns flow to 5% of the funds, and that those 5% of the funds are very sticky. So we call that the ‘Champions League Effect.’" Jaap and his team constantly spend time looking at the data behind venture and is probably one of the most data-informed teams out there. He breaks down in the episode as well why his portfolio construction is 80% established, and 20% emerging managers. 🤗 Great communities all have 3 things: fun, value, uniquely organized knowledge. You need all three to create a community where each node of the network creates compounding effects. And much much more, including how much individual LPs often allocate to venture. Full episode in the comments!

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My summary of the first keynote at WordCamp Europe 2024 with Juliette Reinders Folmer and Joost de Valk about sustainable open source. Key Topics: - Dependency Risks and Business Impact - Funding and Supporting Open Source - Maintainer Responsibilities and Challenges - Corporate Social Responsibility and Open Source #WCEU2024

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💥 𝟵𝟬% 𝗣𝗢𝗖 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 That was achieved by Dutch energy corporate Alliander, and it's way higher than typical rates of corporate POC programs. 𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗣𝗢𝗖𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿? Running POCs is an efficient way for corporations to try external technologies before deciding whether to invest further resources into a new business. However, the challenges lie in coordinating internal corporate department such as legal, procurement and compliance. In this Masterclass, we will explore how we could overcome such challenges.  𝗥𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗢𝗖𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀  Date: 5 Dec 2025 Time: 12pm-1pm Singapore time Format: Online only 𝗧𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗰𝘀 💡 How to stage POCs across a series of derisking steps 💡 POC Canvas - a tool for iterate POC design 💡 Case studies - past successful projects 💡 Discussions 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗔𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝗚 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲 12.00pm-12.05pm: Welcome 12.05pm-12.30pm: Background materials on corporate POCs and case studies 12.30pm-12.50pm: Discussions 12.50pm-1.00pm: Closing and Next Steps 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗗𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 Enterprise Singapore is sponsoring TradeSpark, a Startupbootcamp-powered POC program for multinational corporations to collaborate with global technologies in supply chain innovation.  Please visit https://lnkd.in/gS-VMwvB to contact us

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Dutch venture capital fund manager LUMO Labs is launching a new €100mn fund for Europe’s impact-driven tech startups. Building on LUMO Lab’s existing investment strategy, the new Rise Fund will target startups that develop emerging technologies which align with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The technologies include AI, blockchain, IoT, VR, and AR. Their application needs to serve LUMO Labs’s focus areas of SDGs: Good Health and Wellbeing, Quality Education, and Sustainable Cities & Communities, and Climate Action. The Rise Fund will also aim for more regional diversification beyond the Netherlands, Germany, and Belgium where LUMO Labs is mostly…This story continues at The Next Web

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👉 Full story: https://lnkd.in/eR2v_pXD 🚨 A group of 10 tech entrepreneurs is sounding the alarm and uniting under the name 'Tech Champions'. In their eyes, The Netherlands lacks the innovation and business climate in which scale-ups have the opportunity to be successful. Compared to the US, deep-tech scale-ups in the Netherlands grow four times slower. As united scale-up CEOs they call on government, investors and companies to commit to deep-tech scale-ups to ensure the future prosperity of the Netherlands. 💬 "We, the 10 Tech Champions below, have united to shape the future of the technology sectors from the NTS together. Consistently implementing the NTS (National Technology Strategy) with a focus on scale-ups is crucial to create value in a healthy and sustainable way and preserve the level of prosperity in the Netherlands. This is far from self-evident. We call on investors, the government and companies to join us in the challenge for the successful implementation of the NTS. This is how we create an economically strong, independent Netherlands, with a sustainable, healthy and safe future." The statement is signed by these 10 entrepreneurs: - Johan Feenstra (SMART Photonics) - Mattijs Slee (Battolyser Systems) - Koenraad Wiedhaup (Leyden Labs) - Merel Boers (Nicolab) - Hamed Sadeghian (Nearfield Instruments ) - Elise de Reus (Cradle) - Christian Rood (LeydenJar) - Fabrizio Del Maffeo (Axelera AI) - Joep Gommers (EclecticIQ) - Matthijs Rijlaarsdam (QuantWare)

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👯 𝐓𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲?! 👬 Wonder what it is all about? Last week I shared that the w3x: the win-win-win agency TWINSTORY app received a Computable.nl nomination for DIGITAL INNOVATION. Recognition for the great work from Royal Dutch Mint in collaboration with Free a Girl for creating the first NFT commemorative coin. (Please vote at the Computable website; still the end of this week!!) But you might still wonder what is TWINSTORY actually? Keep reading. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐭?  TWINSTORY is a spin-off from THX Network | Techstars '22 that makes it easy to create and collect digital twins of collectibles and product certificates. Safe, Simple and Secure. 🪙 ⚽ 🛒 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐬 TWINSTORY helps to reach new audiences, drive improved loyalty results and reach sustainability goals with Digital Collectibles. Digital Collectibles are digital twins to your physical collectibles that can be owned, shared and (re)sold. 🏭 🔌 👟 🏗️ 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫𝐬, 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬, 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 TWINSTORY enables business growth by improving secondary market value and insights through customer Digital Product Passports. And helps delivering on sustainability goals and regulations (ESPR). Digital Product Passports are unique digital twins of your product certificates for your customers. Providing a proof of authenticity and ownership that is stored digitally and can be transferred. 🧑‍💻 👨‍🎨 👩‍💼 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐝𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬 TWINSTORY offers to grow your account business by adding Digital Collectibles and Digital Product Passports with a safe, secure and business-user-friendly tool. 𝘞𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦?  Check out our site now: https://twinstory.io

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🛑 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆? This was the central theme of a recent panel discussion I participated in at WeAreDevelopers. Technology has revolutionized every facet of our lives—from communication and work to governance and civic engagement. I joined a panel with David Simas, former CEO of the Obama Foundation, and Constantijn Van Oranje-Nassau, envoy of Techleap and leader of the Dutch Technology Ecosystem. The panel was expertly moderated by Dr. Fanny Jimenez Jimenez from Business Insider. Our discussion delved into the impact of technology on democracy. Drawing from my experience of the past decade, I focused on how countries like the UAE and Saudi Arabia leverage technology to deliver exceptional public services and attract global talent. In the UAE, initiatives like the Smart Dubai Initiative aim to transform Dubai into the world’s smartest city. Another noteworthy project, the Dubai Future Accelerators—of which I was privileged to be a founding team member—connects innovative global companies with government entities to drive innovation. 💡 These Public-Private Partnerships have been remarkably successful, and I believe Europe could greatly benefit from similar developments. As we look ahead, it is crucial for governments worldwide to create frameworks that harness the full potential of technology. 𝙄’𝙢 𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨—𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙘𝙝𝙣𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙡𝙪𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚? What are some of the best examples of technology use-cases in governments you have seen? Thank you for having us Sead Ahmetovic and Naida Vikalo 🌟 #Technology #Innovation #Governance #Leadership #Governments #AI #WAD

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Founders: want to know what your company is worth? 📢 ➡️ Tomorrow torq.partners is giving a Valuation 101 workshop at Crossroads 2024 by Startup Utrecht Region at Dotslash Utrecht. At 13.00 at the Frontspace stage we will be giving founders (and other interested parties) a quick run through of how investors and acquirers value companies. So: 𝐀𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝: 💰 Planning a fund raising round? 🤝 Thinking about your exit roadmap and curious what your company would be worth? 📈 Wanting to offer key personnel shares and in need of a market valuation for your business? We will provide you with a very practical "how to" and easy-to-apply valuation methods. So you can ensure that you will approach your fund raising round or exit well-informed and with confidence. Yori May Mitch Karsten torq.partners | Benelux #startup #fundraising #valuation #entrepreneurship #founders #venturecapital #capitalraise #exit #mergersandacquisitions

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Jacqueline van den Ende is unlocking something massive: A way to mobilise trillions to fight climate change. 🌍 Carbon Equity lets regular people invest in the world's top climate tech funds. With $68T set transfer from Boomers to Millennials in 20 years, this could trigger the biggest climate investment shift in history. 🌊 They make the inaccessible accessible: - Previously: You needed €10M to back top climate tech funds - Now: with Carbon Equity you can sart with as little a €25k 🇪🇺 They're doing it all from Europe. And they're gaining momentum: → €275M under management → 1,000+ investors → Funding 170+ climate tech startups → Jacqueline was just named 'Changemaker of the Year' by Change Inc. 🏆 "𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳, 𝘥𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴𝘯'𝘵." Get the full story of how a serial founder is democratising climate investing: https://lnkd.in/gSc8iK-n --- ↳ "𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗺" tells the stories of ambitious founders building from Europe, and why their work makes me optimistic about the future.🙌

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Did you know about the first speculative bubble that occurred? Dive into the exquisite history of finance! Explore this article for information about the Tulip Crash. Do consider to like,share and follow for more such exciting articles! #tulipmania #bubble #Marketcrash

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So far renewable energy has only increased consumption of energy and electricity. Trillions are needed if your goal is net zero. Nations get to choose their own path for energy and electricity. Vaclav Smil estimates the cost to reach net zero is $440 trillion, paid for by affluent nations spending 20% to 25% of their GDP for the next 25 years.

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