Agtech and Life Sciences Propel Amsterdam-StartupDelta’s Startup Scene
Netherlands
Amsterdam-Delta #12
Attraction Phase
MEMBERS:
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
TechLeap.nl
In the current crisis, the world is increasingly dependent on digital and technological solutions from startups and scaleups. In the Netherlands, we understand it is more important than ever to empower our leaders in tech to futureproof the world.
Sub-sector Strengths
Agtech & New Food
Amterdam’s food industry continues to grow. Picnic, the online grocery platform, raised a $275 million series C round in 2019. The Vegetarian Butcher, a meat substitute startup with 2,600 sales outlets across 13 countries, was acquired by Unilever in 2018. Wageningen University & Research was #1 worldwide in agriculture and forestry in 2019.
Life Sciences
The European Medicines Agency, a leading regulatory authority moved its headquarters to Amsterdam in 2019. Aidence, an AI-based imaging company looking to accelerate the diagnosing of X-Ray, MRI and CT images, raised $11 million in a series A funding round. AM-Pharma, a biopharmaceutical company, secured around $127 million in VC funding in 2019 to further develop their treatment for acute kidney injury (AKI).
Why you should invest in Amsterdam-Delta
TOTAL EARLY STAGE FUNDING
$960 m
GLOBAL AVG.
$431 m
ECOSYSTEM VALUE
$22 bn
GLOBAL AVG.
$10.5 bn
Top 20 Global Ecosystem
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Reasons to move your startup to Amsterdam-Delta
Welcoming International Talent
Highly skilled immigrants can qualify for the 30% tax reimbursement ruling, international graduates get one year to find work or start a business post-graduation, and there are entrepreneur visas available.
Corporate Connections
Startups can gain access to corporations across every sector. Nearly 200 multinationals have their European headquarters in Amsterdam, including Netflix, Uber, Tesla, and Salesforce.
COVID-19 Policy
The Dutch government support package includes tax deferrals, a temporary employment bridging scheme, and a credit guarantee program. Together with Techleap.nl, Invest-NL, and the regional development agencies, the government structured a soft loans regime for startups, scale-ups and innovative SMEs, which provides bridge loans of up to €2 million. Invest-NL also launched a €100 million convertible loan scheme, which offers larger loans.
Startup Community
Startup Genome
Members
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Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy
The Ministry promotes the Netherlands as a country of enterprise with a strong international competitive position and an eye for sustainability. It is committed to creating an excellent entrepreneurial business climate, by creating the right conditions and giving entrepreneurs room to innovate and grow.
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