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Incubator for innovative entrepreneurial solutions in the cultural sector.
Amsterdam is home to a wide range of impact entrepreneurship opportunities. Whether you’re a startup in need of an incubator, looking to accelerate and scale-up your enterprise or ready to take on a major challenge, here you can find the right opportunity for your growth stage.
To stimulate impact entrepreneurship, we at Amsterdam Impact have co-created our own programmes. These include the Boost je Buurt (Boost Your Neighbourhood) challenge which supports impact entrepreneurs working to make Amsterdam’s neighbourhoods healthier, more inclusive and more sustainable. A number of enterprises are selected for each of the city’s seven districts and the most promising can win a business development programme and additional development funds. With the COVID-19 crisis reinforcing the need for more innovative business models, we created the RE:SILIENCE programme with the Goldschmeding Foundation and Impact Hub Amsterdam. This programme supported impact entrepreneurs to create more resilient businesses and emerge from the crisis stronger than ever.
Here we’ve put together an overview of the numerous options for developing impact entrepreneurship.
Incubator for innovative entrepreneurial solutions in the cultural sector.
Selected entrepreneurs receive a three-year stipend and tailored support.
By Impact Hub Amsterdam. Go from idea to successful impact startup.
Incubation & co-working for businesses in Amsterdam’s food industry.
Training programmes to turn (young) professionals into drivers of change (NL).
For startups driving innovation in fashion sustainability, circularity and transparency.
A series of sustainable innovation and circular economy accelerators developed by the Province of Noord-Holland.
By Social Enterprise NL. Develop a growth strategy for the next three years (NL).
Getting impact ventures ready for funding, growth & global impact.
By Social Enterprise NL. Sharpen your fundraising strategy & investor pitch (NL).
Accelerators & challenges for entrepreneurs in emerging tech, energy & agrifood.
An initiative of Startup Amsterdam and the Chief Technology Office of the City of Amsterdam to connect startups to key urban challenges.
Bespoke support and access to expertise, customers and capital for sustainable fashion innovations past proof-of-concept.
Supporting students to become entrepreneurial and responsible leaders.
Part of the global Impact Hub network of impact entrepreneurs and innovators with more than 16,000 members in over 100 cities around the world.
Connecting local impact initiatives to larger organisations (NL).
A community of experts, entrepreneurs & NGOs who work towards achieving one or more of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
A Netherlands-wide knowledge-sharing network of more than 350 social enterprises (NL).
An initiative by ASN Bank to share and support innovative ideas for a better world (NL).
Events and on-/offline community for young talents who want to do good while doing business.
A trajectory for new impact entrepreneurs culminating in the chance to win training, exposure and funding.
Annual competition that sees entrepreneurs compete for a share of $1million in funding for their world changing startups.