On Thursday 2 June 2022 iTanks will organise a Pitch Breakfast at Microlab Rotterdam at 07.30 am.

During this Pitch Breakfast innovative parties will pitch about their knowledge, product or service.

Breakfast will be ready and there will be room for interaction, Q&A and making new connections. Register via the form and we’ll be happy to welcome you at the Pitch Breakfast.

The Accelerating Sustainability Summit brings startups, corporates and industry experts to discuss game changing solutions in sustainable food, circular economy, decarbonisation and sustainable industry.

There are a lot of untapped innovation opportunities in the field of mobility, circularity and sustainability in agri-food logistics. Expand your network during this event and meet other companies in this sector. Are you a startup and interested in accelerating your business? Or is your company interested in boosting innovation by collaborating or investing in startups? Then join our event via the registration link!

It takes courage to make important decisions for your company. After supporting 125+ companies to scale their impact, we’re confident you can do the same.

The Art of Scaling is our unique scaling methodology. Based on research on thousands of ventures, and confirmed by working closely with over 130 scale-up teams, we identified what differentiates those that scale from those that stall: the Scaling Success Factors.

There is no single formula for scaling. But you can learn from those that came before you. Here, we translate our empirical research into knowledge that informs you on your scale-up journey. During this workshop we provide you with the key fundamentals to reflect on your scaling journey.

For startup and scaleup founders and employees, both mental and physical health is of invaluable importance. Join us for this series of mental and physical health sessions.

Conquer your mental and physical limits and unlock your true potential by participating in the Ice Bath Challenge. Reduce inflammation in your body and learn to control your stress response. Forget about all your to do’s and meetings for a moment. Experience the power of your body and mind. Kickstart your day with an energy boost!

The Netherlands Point of Entry would like to invite you to our yearly startup visa facilitator meeting! This year, we’ve chosen to provide all our startup visa facilitators with a networking lunch that will be organized during Upstream Festival in Rotterdam. Upstream festival brings together startups, scale-ups, investors, corporates, policy makers and students. This networking lunch is a great opportunity for you to connect with other startup visa facilitators before the festival starts at 14:00.

During Erasmus Enterprise on Tour you will visit the YES!Delft incubator in Delft, and find out how YES!Delft helps to build the best startups in the world. You will learn how YES!Delft supports startups and young talent, meet startup founders and work on real startup challenges! We end the afternoon with networking drinks, where you get the connections to find a job at a startup or learn how it is to start your own enterprise!

Join the Power breathing session and fire up your inner warrior. Join the session and fire up your inner warrior. Let’s celebrate your achievements together.

Connect with yourself. Connect with other like minded people. Learn about and experience the power of the breath. Get out of your head. Breathe, dance and shout together with fellow entrepreneurs.

Do you support start-ups and scale-ups with your network or organisation? Or do you know of a successful regional programme that supports start-ups or scale-ups? The One Single Hub scheme aims to expand proven results. In this way, the regional programmes will have a nationwide effect and we will strengthen the competitive and innovative position of start-ups and scale-ups and of the Netherlands.

In this webinar, Builders’ team will tell you all about the stage-gate model and how they are building tomorrow’s thriving ventures. Get ready for it because you will learn about the following:

• What are startup studios exactly and how can entrepreneurs get involved;
• Why should you work with a startup studio;
• How to build faster, bigger, and better as a founder;
• How to shape the future with true market validation;
• How to identify the perfect co-founder match.

Join this session to get the investors’ perspective on deal making! A diverse mix of investors on stage will share their thoughts on why they invested in a certain company or entrepreneur or why the deal fell through, sometimes even at the last minute. A panel discussion, followed by networking at the Thursday Gathering of Venture Café Rotterdam.

Closing drinks with the participants and partners of the Globaliser Smart Industry.

‘Bakkie Impact: Testing the waters’ is an initiative by Voor Goed Agency in collaboration with Innofest. During this event you will be provided with insights into testing and the development of products. Through a workshop about the benefits of testing you will be taught different testing methods that you can apply to test your ideas or innovations. This workshop will take about an hour. After the workshop (max) 4 social entrepreneurs from Rotterdam will inspire you with a presentation about their stories and products. These entrepreneurs have businesses in the fields of fashion, food, innovation and design. After the presentations they will gather input from the public by using different testing methods. In this way you will experience testing in live action. Afterwards you are more than welcome to stay for a nice conversation and enjoy the DJ-set at the event venue Mono.

The most memorable connections are often accompanied by a laugh, so let’s have a good laugh together and make it an unforgettable evening! Afterwards we will set of to the closing party of Upstream Festival at Bird.