UNIVERSITY OF THE NORTH – UNIVERSITEIT VAN HET NOORDEN Five educational institutions come together to create continuous learning tracks for students in the northern Netherlands. The University of Groningen, UMCG, NHL Stenden, Van Hall Larenstein and Hanze University of Applied Sciences join hands to not only combine knowledge, but also to increase connections with business. […]
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VENTURELAB WEEKEND The next edition of the VentureLab Weekend will take place on 19-21 November 2021, aiming to help aspiring entrepreneurs sound and test their ideas, develop business models and pitch to an experienced jury. The event is a collaboration between the University of Groningen and it’s accelerator VentureLab North. Format The VentureLab Weekend is
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ANCORA HEALTH The Groningen-based start-up Ancora Health shares the first results of its preventive healthcare programme after ten-month participation. The results show that the programme has a positive effect on people’s health, also in the long term. The new, scientifical way of preventive health care shows a significant decrease in lifestyle-related health problems. Oftentimes, people
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ARC VENTURES Three AI students, successfully launching their product from scratch in less than 2 years. Although it sounds like some kind of fairy tale, it is the success story of Arc Ventures. The three founders of the company, Niclas, Tom and Moritz, got together and started working on their first prototypes halfway through 2019.
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CLOSING INVESTMENT ROUND – SENCILIA BV RUG Ventures and Triade invested in Sencilia BV, an early-stage med tech startup co-founded by dr. Amar M. Kamat (managing director) and dr. Ajay G.P. Kottapalli (chief scientific advisor). The company will commercialize the innovative micro/nano technology research performed by dr. Kamat and dr. Kottapalli at the RUG. Sencilia
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DROP & LOOP WINS THE RUG VENTURES START-UP PITCH Last Friday, the RUG Ventures Start-Up Pitch took place at the EBF Conference at the Martiniplaza in Groningen. The results were close, but Drop & Loop came out on top! We want to congratulate the Rotterdam-based startup and we wish them all the best for the
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THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY FUND (CCF) TURNED 1 IN SEPTEMBER The Campus Community Fund (CCF) underlines, accelerates and expands the unique power, opportunities and the impact of our partner Campus Groningen for the region, and it works! Campus Groningen keeps on growing. The Campus Community Fund exists 1 year in september 2021 and has a year
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We are proud to be the official name partner of the EBF Conference RUG Ventures Start-Up Pitch 2021 EBF Conference The EBF Conference is the largest two-day student conference in the Netherlands and will be held on the 7th and 8th of October, 2021. The first day will be the so-called ‘College Day’, where students
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BIOBTX PLANS TO BUILD €80 MILLION PLANT IN DELFZIJL BioBTX plans to build a new plant by the alias ‘Petra Circular Chemicals’ at the Chemistry Park Delfzijl. The plant will be up and running in 2027, processing over 50.000 tons of plastic waste each year. As the world divests from fossil fuels more and more
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LIFE SCIENCES & HEALTH-REGION NORTHERN NETHERLANDS FRONTRUNNER WITH WORLDWIDE IMPACT FAST GROWTH Growing and promising. Those are the characteristics that fit the Life Science & Health sector perfectly in the northern Netherlands. Separate initiatives perform well, the progressing collaboration is the key to even more success. Medication that does not come far from here
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