53 Degrees North interviewed Marlies de Kock and Pieter Vogels, co-founders of mOOvement, a corporate venture of the Dutch bank Rabobank, in a café in Utrecht. Track & Trace of beef cows over long distances? Who thought that tracking the location of cows would become a business one day? Marlies de Kock and Pieter Vogels... Continue Reading →
Melanoma (the most aggressive form of skin cancer) kills over 50,000 people a year worldwide, and that incidence is still rising (about 7% annually), but the most galling fact underlying this statistic is that with proper sun protection and education this risk can be hugely reduced. Walking up to SkinVision’s beautiful glass offices (easily our... Continue Reading →
Many founders describe hiring and recruitment as the most important part of their job. SaaSEAD spoke to Laurens van Nues, Founder and Managing Director of Magnet.me, the largest graduate career network and job site in the Netherlands and UK, on how they provide a smarter approach to connecting talented graduate students with jobs they love.... Continue Reading →
An interview by 53°N with Marieke Wassing and Alain Kummer from NLC – The Healthtech Venture Builder We already knew about VCs, incubators, accelerators, but lately a new species was created by humankind: the venture builder. With increasing volatility in markets, the acceleration of innovation and growing competitiveness in tech, the start-up model is in... Continue Reading →
An interview with co-founder Eric Pasma by 53°N. A story about sound and vibrations in vehicle engineering and beyond Quick nerd alert! This article might be tech heavy to digest. Nonetheless, it is a very interesting story about a niche player in the world of mechanical engineering and manufacturing. We meet Eric at VIBES’ office,... Continue Reading →
SaaSEAD speaks with Santiago Tenorio, founder of Melba and Venture Partner at Rewired Startups aren’t easy. We spoke with serial entrepreneur and venture partner at Rewired, Santiago Tenorio, about building restaurant tech before any playbook for entrepreneurship existed on the internet. Restaurant Apps In The Early Days Melba, an AirBnB for amateur chefs, was built... Continue Reading →
Founder and mastermind behind the NOX recipe Cinta Abell – an interview by 53°N In the middle of P.C. Hooftstraat, one of the most expensive shopping streets in Amsterdam, we met Cinta, an entrepreneur with a background in Pharmaceutical Science and a strong ambition to get sleeping problems out of this world. This story is... Continue Reading →
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