Measures against coronavirus

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...

Teams from 12 highly ranked universities from all over the world put their energies into effectively collaborating online to produce the best solutions in the week-long RSM STAR O...

Wheelair established a branch in the Rotterdam area in February. From here, the Scottish medtech company, which makes revolutionary cooling systems for wheelchairs, is striving fo...

“I’m not sure if our business would have been able to survive without the COL, the Corona Bridging Loan, from the government,” says Jeroen van Velzen. “Just because our revenues a...

This summer, Alphatron Medical in Rotterdam will be delivering the portal that will enable all hospitals in the Netherlands to exchange radiology images and reports safely and qui...

The Corona Bridge Loan (Corona-OverbruggingsLening, COL) was created especially for startups, scale-ups and innovative SMEs affected by COVID-19. Previously €100 million was grant...

Are you an entrepreneur who lives outside the Netherlands (in the EU, EEA or Switzerland)? Is your company located in the Netherlands? And has your company run into financial prob...

Bees are important to us: they provide 80% of the pollination of our food. With a climate-friendly innovation, bee colonies can now be followed closely. Beep.nl, together with ict...

The corona crisis has emphasised Life Sciences & Health 010’s vital importance, with the Erasmus MC as the beating heart of this acute care in the Netherlands. Ellen Perik, the mu...

Pivot, pivot, pivot. “Creative thinking is the number one skill that successful entrepreneurs master, and the current COVID-19 situation asks for a lot of creativity. I believe t...

The 100M Corona Bridge Loan (COL) facility is available to startups, scale-ups and innovative SME's. This arrangement was established in cooperation between the Ministry of Econom...

Rotterdam faces major social, economic and ecological challenges. They require a long-term strategy with innovative solutions. We work on this together with front runners in busin...

The coronavirus situation has been evolving over the past weeks, forcing everyone – from individuals to small business owners and corporates to change the way they go about their ...

Aldermen Barbara Kathmann (Economics, Districts and Small Centres) and Arjan van Gils (Finance, Organisation, Port and Major Projects) support entrepreneurs via the message below ...

The coronavirus can have consequences for your company and your employees. This page provides an overview of the measures that can support your company. We will keep you informed ...

One campus for international education should make Rotterdam more attractive to expats, highly educated professionals from abroad. The current coalition in the city council wants ...

From March this year, SMEs can apply for a subsidy to set up a business school, receive career advice for their employees or keep their employees' skills up to date. The governme...

The CENT-R is a ‘platform’, a type of box that is ready for the future:  it can be used for electric charging and it can be equipped with 5G internet, cameras, street lighting and...

Rotterdam faces major social, economic and ecological challenges. They require a long-term strategy with innovative solutions. We work on this together with front runners in busin...

Rotterdam faces major social, economic and ecological challenges. They require a long-term strategy with innovative solutions. We work on this together with front runners in busin...

With the European Project RUGGEDISED, the City of Rotterdam is working to produce a neighbourhood where the thermal energy needed is produced, shared and used locally through a sm...

An international crowd of over 350 innovators gathered on November 12th during the Lean Innovation Summit at city music hall De Doelen. The innovators witnessed an entire day fu...

The uRecycle company had chosen the Port of Rotterdam as its new location to build a new factory for both the recycling and re-use of batteries. This new uRecycle location is ex...

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During Rotterdam Groeit, entrepreneurs help each other to take their next step in growth. Among other things by discussing growth ambitions, opportunities and challenges with each...

Rotterdam is the first city worldwide to realize a park with interactive lighting powered by plants: The Park of Tommorow. Imagine yourself walking through the park late at night,...

22 Nov 2019 – Rotterdam delivers own climate agreement following the COP21 Paris agreement objectives. Within 10 years, Rotterdam will reduce the emissions of CO2 and other greenh...

During the Smart City Expo 2019 in Barcelona, the City of Rotterdam and the developer, Lightwell, launched the CENT-R, a multifunctional and modular unit that is to become the sta...

Despite the economic boom, the climate for high-growth companies, or scale-ups, has deteriorated over the past year. This is evident from the ScaleUp Dashboard 2019 of Erasmus Cen...

Heerema Marine Contractors will provide its crane vessels in the Calandkanaal in Rotterdam with clean energy. The large ships no longer need to use diesel generators at the quay, ...

Let’s say you are an inhabitant of Rotterdam, you’ve come up with a great idea for the city and would like to get started with your plan. But ... where do you start? Who should yo...

With brief elevator pitches Skoon Energy launched the Skoon Cloud - World’s first online platform for battery sharing. In addition they unveiled a special battery trailer. This ...

Business conferences and events are changing, and traditional meeting destinations are changing along with them. In addition, more smaller cities - like Rotterdam - are getting in...

In 2019, the Dutch economy will for the first time be the most competitive in Europe. Worldwide, only Singapore, the United States and Hong Kong are still ahead. This is reflected...

The Dutch Windwheel Innovation Program Foundation and its partners invite interested parties to view the Mock-up and its "smart building as a service" innovations in Blijdorp Zoo....

Today, vice-major Kathmann congratulated the major of Nantes for winning the iCapital Award. However, she is super proud of Rotterdam to be runner-up. “Rotterdam is one of the lea...

The Rotterdam Maritime Capital of Europe network is working to strengthen the international position of the Maritime Business Services in the region. London is an important tradin...

On Wednesday, September 11, the European Commission named Rotterdam as one of the six iCapital winners. The other winners are Antwerp (BE), Bristol (UK), Espoo (FI), Glasgow (UK),...

The Erasmus Centre for Urban, Port and Transport Economics (Erasmus UPT) has housed its port-urban development knowledge and expertise in a dedicated Rotterdam Maritime Capital th...

Rotterdam is one of the finalists in the battle for the title of iCapital. (Innovation Capital of Europe) The winner will be announced at the end of September. In this movie you m...

The Port of Rotterdam Authority fully supports the Goodshipping Program of IKEA Transport & Logistics Services, container shipping company CMA CG and the Dutch companies GoodFuels...

There is a good chance that without water Rotterdam would not even have existed. In recent years, however, the city has become acquainted with water in a less favourable manner. T...

Tension is rising in Rotterdam now that it has been announced that the city has a chance of being elected European capital of innovation next month.

Great news: Rotterdam reached the next round in the battle to become iCapital. Or, in other words, innovation capital of Europe. At the beginning of September we, together with 11...

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During the Online Info Session with the YES!Delft' Head of Scouting Andreea Bota you get the chance to get inspired, ask all your questions and connect with fellow (potential-) en...

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Visiting our Tech Incubator will be a visit to remember! Here we will show you how our startup incubator in Delft looks like and what is the story behind it. The duration of a tou...

The success of international delegations and missions, are bound by the concreteness of the shared challenges. They can also be closely linked to governmental focus areas/sectors,...

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Your idea in 54 hours. Startup Weekend is coming back to Rotterdam!

StartupRoulette is a monthly online speeddating event for selected startups and relevant venture capital investors. Each startups will have 3 meaningful speeddates (20 minutes) wi...

Bioneers Festival is the grand opening of the new wetlabs of BlueCity Lab and takes place during the last weekend of September. Come and celebrate these new facilities that bionee...

Bitz & Pretzels is usually held in Munich, but this year it’s going online for a whole week and connecting with global locations like San Francisco and Shanghai.

Are you working for a startup, scale-up or SME company that offers a technology or service in the field of Sustainable Building? Does entering the Swedish market fit in with your ...

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Combining a dynamic new online community for high-value continuous collaboration, with a high-impact event, the Tech Tour Photonics & Electronics 2020 Program will connect the ver...

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Building upon the success of last year, the Dutch Government, trade organisations and a variety of renowned offshore wind companies invite foreign government delegations to visit ...

The Tech Tour Energy Transition promotes innovation and investment into the best technology companies from across Europe and is your chance to connect with VCs, entrepreneurs, ind...

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