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Twenty startups competing to become ‘Best academic start-up in the Netherlands’

From no fewer than an astounding 57 contenders, the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), the Netherlands Academy of Technology and Innovation (AcTI) and Techleap have nominated 20 academic startups to compete in the finals of the second edition of the Academic Startup Competition. The level of the applications was very high, but finally the most ground-breaking and innovative academic startups were indeed selected to compete to become ‘Best academic start-up in the Netherlands’.

What do the winners of 2019 think about this Competition?

Read the quotes of three winners of last year. Bart from STENTiT, Aaike from VSParticle and Vincent from Findest share their insights!

Academic Startup Competition is back up and running!

We’re excited to announce that the Academic Startup Competition is back on again and open for registration! Although we had to take a brief pause, during that time we set to work on a revamped version which we’re sure you’ll be excited about.

Deadline is coming up soon!

More startups are finding their way to apply for the Academic Startup Competition and have joined the race to win the coveted trip to the United States.

Applications 2020 are open! Register now

The Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU) has teamed up with Techleap.nl and AcTI, the Netherlands Academy of Engineering to organise the second edition of the Academic Startup Competition (ASC). The competition aims to accelerate transforming technologies into successful business opportunities and push the scalability of the technology. The ASC fits perfectly with the ambition of VSNU and Techleap.nl to become the fastest-growing ecosystem for academic startups in Europe.

10 academische startups winnen deelname aan GES en een reis naar Silicon Valley

Een vakjury heeft in bijzijn van staatssecretaris van Economische Zaken en Klimaat, Mona Keijzer, uit 28 genomineerde startups de 10 winnaars bekendgemaakt van de Academic Startup Competition. De 10 startups mogen pitchen op de Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) en krijgen van het Ministerie van EZK een reis naar Silicon Valley aangeboden. Daar leren zij hoe ze hun innovatie sneller kunnen opschalen en zo de stap van startup naar scale-up kunnen zetten.