Djordy Seelmann is a guy driven by purpose. He is a tech entrepreneur, he is passionate about real estate and building impactful ventures, and he has always wanted to run a compan...

The Borderless Data Landscape (in Dutch: Grenzeloos Datalandschap), a collaboration between the city of Rotterdam, the city of The Hague and the province of South-Holland, has sta...

Are you considering installing a green roof, water storage or solar panels on your roof? This calculation tool will help you. The construction of a multifunctional roof requires ...

The number of people being admitted to hospital with COVID-19 is falling rapidly. And more and more people are being vaccinated. The government has therefore decided to bring forw...

The FERM foundation has been granted the OKTT status from its partnership with the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC). This is an important step in the goal of making the Port ...

The numbers of new ICU and hospital admissions for COVID-19 have continued to fall. This means the government’s decision to take the second step of the plan to reopen society on ...

The number of COVID-19 patients in hospitals has fallen slightly. And, with more than 6 million vaccine doses administered, the number of vaccinated people is growing steadily. T...

If you were to describe Hicham Shatou, CEO of medtech scale-up LeQuest, in just a few words, it would probably sound like: A man on a mission to improve healthcare. Originally fro...

The European economic stimulation program "Opportunities for West" received an additional impulse of over 82 million euros from the European Union from the so-called "REACT EU" fu...

Today - 26 April - is World Intellectual Property Day. This day was created by WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) to draw attention to the theme of intellectual prope...

More and more people are being vaccinated against corona, which means that fewer people will fall ill soon. It is expected that the number of new hospitalizations will decrease. O...

"Rotterdam is a digital pioneer city on the national and European stage." According to the jury of the Netexplo Linking Cities Award, this is the reason that Rotterdam received an...

NorthC Datacenters, the largest regional data centre company in the Netherlands, is to expand its existing data centre in Rotterdam Zestienhoven. Whereas most data centres focus o...

“Innovation is not the invention,” says Jan van der Tempel. “Innovation is getting your invention to market and making it work.” As the founder, inventor and CEO of Ampelmann, the...

For the seventh year in a row, the City of Rotterdam's CityLab010 program is opening its doors to innovative ideas from the people of Rotterdam. This year over 3 million Euros is ...

As an organization, how can you encourage your employees to get fitter? By combining gamification and blended care and making healthy behaviour fun, according to entrepreneur and ...

Connecting start-ups and scale-ups in Life Sciences & Health with relevant investors and funds. That was the goal of the matchmaking event Healthy Funding IV, which took place on ...

Kars Veling might have one of the shortest LinkedIn descriptions out there: “Fascinated by internet technology.” It’s concise, to the point and quite frankly, it says it all.   ...

There are still too many people infected with the coronavirus. The pressure on hospitals is still too high. That is why the government is not going to relax the rules any further,...

Five innovative companies have already started innovations in the city and port. From the 2nd of March until the 2nd of May 2021, new applicants can register for the second subsid...

The coronavirus measures are testing everyone’s resilience, both physically and mentally. The longer the crisis continues, the more difficult it becomes for everyone. Now that a y...

The fourth edition of Healthy Funding held on Thursday 4th of February, was co-hosted by Healthy.Capital. This investment fund invests in young, promising Dutch companies that foc...

Michiel Kuijpers and Daan Lamens were once fellow law students. Now, with their company, Euronitrile they have developed a biodegradable, disposable medical glove. This should, fi...

Contribution towards fixed costs first quarter 2021 started SME entrepreneurs who will be affected by the measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus in the first quarter of...

Judith Eyck is the type of person who goes for the things she’s set her mind to. Even when they seem distant and scary. Even when she, herself, can use a word of encouragement. Sh...

A 3D scanner that measures the growth of a premature baby from outside the incubator. International medical science follows with suspicion how former Electrical Engineering studen...

A care innovation does not always have to be technologically advanced. It can also be a social innovation. A good example of this is the KoersKaart Fit in de Nacht, a 'serious gam...

At the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021 (CAS 2021), Mayor Aboutaleb of Rotterdam presented the ten-year program '1,000 Cities Adapt Now' to world leaders including heads of state An...

How can we ship goods throughout Europe in only a couple of hours rather than days? And all over the world within a couple of days? A study is being conducted in the Randstad into...

  Anyone wanting to get a Life Sciences & Health innovation onto the market as a starter cannot do without funds or subsidies. InnovationQuarter helps companies to innovate and i...

In the Toronto Star, a Canadian newspaper, the City of Rotterdam’s vision on managing water is set as an example for Canadian cities. In the article, an overview is given of the u...

In wrapping up 2020, we’re choosing a different approach. Because if there’s one thing we learned: negative adjectives and sad stories are not what startup and scale-up founders a...

Coronavirus is once again spreading rapidly. In recent weeks, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of infections, with figures up to around 9,000 per day. The number...

'From the very first time I worked with people, I knew that everyone in a company is equal. Building a team is about working with the most driven people on a common goal regardles...

The City of Rotterdam is making €100 million available for sustainable, innovative projects in Rotterdam. The 100 million for sustainable businesses comes from the Energy Transiti...

Kaminari Medical, founded as a spin-off from Erasmus MC, will receive an investment of €300,000 for the further development of its new cardiovascular imaging technology.

Why is it that people own a car? This was the question that Niki Sie asked himself before he set out to found Juuve, a car-sharing platform currently active in Rotterdam and Utrec...

The City of Rotterdam and the Port of Rotterdam Authority will jointly roll out shore power for seagoing vessels. The aim is that in 2030 a large proportion of the seagoing vessel...

Digital accessibility means that everyone, including people with disabilities, can make full use of websites, apps and services offered via the Internet. Think, for example, of ap...

Everyone experiences the loss of a loved one at one point in their lives. There is no way around it and it is never easy to deal with. Graciëlla van Vliet and Chantal van der Veld...

The Life Sciences & Health (LSH) sector in Rotterdam is a lively and dynamic network. The City of Rotterdam considers it important to stimulate economic development within this se...

There is a lot of talk about the need to transition to a circular economy. Companies - big and small alike - embrace the challenge with enthusiasm, drive and innovative ideas. Mun...

A lot has been said lately about personal hygiene, outbreak prevention and a certain type of virus. A lot has been said about having to take strict measures, if at times only as a...

The municipality will offer a new subsidy scheme for the development of smart energy networks. With this subsidy scheme, Rotterdam wants to speed up the construction and roll-out ...

Two months later, it is already a success Entrepreneurs find opportunities where most people find challenges. They thrive on those challenges, in fact, and turn them into success...

New ways to ventilate patients to reduce lung damage, a long-distance drone for emergency medical shipments and saving 6 billion one-day cockerels worldwide. All this is now possi...

We see it all around us: these times are bringing out the smartest and most creative entrepreneurs in Rotterdam.  That’s great news, because these creative ideas will help our cit...

The demand for the communication app Genzõ with Smart Glasses from the Rotterdam company 1Minuut has exploded since the outbreak of the corona crisis. At home and abroad. ‘The new...

Nutritional supplements for people who have undergone weight loss surgery. It's a niche within a niche, but the Rotterdam-based company, Fit For Me, is the global market leader in...

Upstream Festival presents the third talk show, which will tackle the topic: how can we prepare for the jobs of the future. Upstream Talks aims to open up discussions relevant to ...

By popular demand and because of the impact it generated last year, UpstreamFestival will take place again this year from September 20 to 24. The festival is specifically curated ...

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