Patrick van Hoof

🚀 Calling all AI founders in the Netherlands! 🇳🇱 We need your insights! 🤔 As announced at the AI salon, Techleap embarked on a research journey to explore the conditions needed to build successful AI companies in the Netherlands. With a lack of unicorns in our ecosystem, it's time to make a change! Why? Because Techleap identified the following:  1. Addressing the challenges faced by Dutch founders in staying abreast of rapid international AI advancements and fostering a competitive edge in the global market  2. Lack of founder participation in shaping crucial AI regulations, especially in anticipation of compliance with the upcoming EU AI Act  3. Strategically mapping out the landscape of AI developments to drive growth and innovation within the Dutch tech ecosystem, ultimately aiming to elevate the emergence of unicorns. By filling out our survey, you can help shape steer the Dutch ecosystem. Your input is crucial as we navigate through the ever-evolving international AI landscape. 🌍 https://lnkd.in/g_y2CZBC Thank you! Myrthe Hooijman #AIFounders #TechEcosystem #NetherlandsAI #UnicornsInTheMaking 🚀💡🦄

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The trend is picking up. Investing in #deterrance & #defence to further support competitiveness and resilience of #European countries. This time Netherlands Ministerie van Defensie is joining other #EU MoDs and national development agencies to facilitate access to funding for #defence #DualUse and #security innovations. Our fund Coinvest Capital was the first in the region, fully authorised to invest in pure #defense already back in March 2023, shortly joined in April by Baltic Sandbox Ventures with #DeepTech focus and the launch of dual-use accelerators by ScaleWolf in October. Just our fund alone already coinvested 6.8mEUR in #aerospace and #defense, including one of the largest regional #VC rounds in Unmanned Defense Systems. Today we will be watching and supporting two teams from #Lithuania - winners of our joint prizes with DEPO Ventures - pitching on stage at #DefSec innovation challenge hosted by Dr. Kristina Soukupova with their solutions for #cyber #security and #drone enhancement, that enables all drone makers to get faster time-to-market. Wishing the best of luck and a solid pitch to the teams of AI Drone.Tech with co-founders Laurynas Česūnas and Domantas Brucas, winners of our prize at the defence #hackathon The Flaming Shield of Lietuvos šaulių sąjunga , and CBRX with co-founder Kazimieras Sadauskas, winners of our prize at the Startup Lithuania annual event #StartupFair

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I look forward to attending my first TNW this week in #amsterdam. Please join me on 📆 *June 20* (Thursday) as I am looking forward to: 💡 Diving into a conversation with Lars Reger on emerging trends in #deeptech and how best to scale compute to meet the increasing demand for #AI, interviewed by Cristina Criddle [Vision stage: 11:00-11:30am] 🎤 The State of European Deep Tech panel discussion with leading deep tech investors in Europe: Nicolas Autret (Walden Catalyst Ventures), Thomas Oehl (Vsquared Ventures), Cyril Vančura (imec.xpand), Sander Verbrugge (Innovation Industries), moderated by Victoria Slivkoff (Extreme Tech Challenge, Walden Catalyst Ventures) [Growth Quarters Stage, 16:00-16:20], followed by 🎙️ Extreme Tech Challenge Global Deeptech Startup Competition where the Top 5 finalists will pitch and judged by Marcus Hølland Eikeland (Katapult), Andy Lurling (LUMO Labs), Thomas Oehl (Vsquared Ventures), hosted by Secorro Green of Extreme Tech Challenge [Growth Quarters Stage, 16:20-17:00]. Sign up for the event => https://2ly.link/1yKc3 While the judges deliberate, Secorro Green will have a fireside chat with Lukas Leitner (Lakestar), who co-authored the The State of European Deep Tech report 2023 with Walden Catalyst Ventures and Dealroom.co. 🎉Congratulations to the Top 5 startup finalists and look forward to hearing their presentations, followed by a 🏆 winner announcement: ⚡️Calectra (US): Low-cost electrification of high-temperature industrial heat via thermal storage; therefore, reducing the CO2 emissions of industrial production process 👩 Matrix Health & Care (UK): AI-based digitally-enabled device designed for gynecological self-examination 💻 Parrots AI (US): AI/ML neurocare solutions platform providing voice and telecare to people with neurological disorders 🧬 QurieGen (Netherlands): AI-driven software to accelerate drug discovery through patented single-cell technology ༄ REBLADE (Denmark): Wind turbine blade repair drone I look forward to catching up with Constantijn Van Oranje-Nassau, Gary Shapiro, et al and making new connections. Thanks to Andy Lurling for facilitating the program partnership for Extreme Tech Challenge with TNW. 🎟️ Sharing the Extreme Tech Challenge's 50% discount code to TNW tickets if you'd like to attend the full conference: XTC2024-50.

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Attention fellow professionals! I have created an in-depth analysis of the state of Digital Commerce in 2024 and beyond. The study includes a comprehensive overview of Spatial Computing, Avatars, GenAI, Chinafication, Social Commerce, Sustainability, Retail Media and concludes on the end of Quick Commerce, Voice Shopping, and Staff-less shops. Please message me if you are interested in a presentation at your site or conference. #DigitalCommerce #FutureTrends #SpatialComputing #GenAI #SocialCommerce #RetailMedia #Chinafication

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🎯 Glad to be speaking at "Responsible and Safe AI: The Blueprint for Trust" at Davos 2025. As AI systems become increasingly woven into the fabric of society, the decisions we make today about responsible AI practices will echo for decades to come. I'll be joining fellow industry leaders to discuss how we can build AI systems that not only earn trust but maintain it through generations of technological advancement. With transformative AI capabilities continuing to emerge, establishing robust frameworks for Trust, Safety, Data Stewardship, and Governance isn't just about managing present-day challenges—it's about creating an enduring foundation that will shape how AI serves humanity in the years ahead. 📍 Cognizant Chalet, Promenade 68, Davos 📅 Thursday, January 23, 2025 🕐 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM 🍽️ Panel discussion & networking lunch Looking forward to sharing insights and engaging in meaningful discussions about shaping the future that AI is going to help us build. Would love to see you there! Register here: https://lnkd.in/givxYmW9 #WEF2025 #Davos2025 #ResponsibleAI #AIGovernance #FutureOfAI #TechForGood #AIEthics #DigitalTransformation CC Cognizant Fred Werner Babak Hodjat Kian Katanforoosh Mark McDonald Naveen Sharma

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I love this article from Ian Hogarth! The US has shown what's possible, but here in Europe (and especially in the UK), we have a tremendous opportunity to follow the American footsteps. That is why, in 20 years, I don't think I've ever seen such a good time to be investing: - the platform shifts we're seeing today operate at an extraordinary scale, and much of the fundamental innovation underpinning this is coming out of Europe - repeat, successful entrepreneurs are building again, at pace - society has become inherently entrerpreneurial ("starting a business" is now the top career choice for undergrads at many UK universities) - there is funding available now at all stages of a company's lifecycle - as was clear at Slush last week, the market is now 'back' - risk is back on, deals are being done, funds are being raised, - but valuations are sensible; good for investors but good for companies too as expectations are in check with reality - and the upside is considerable! 10 years ago, we couldn't have imagined there being even 1 trillion dollar company; now we have 7! A good time to be building, a good time to be investing, a good basis for optimism. AlbionVC, John Thornhill, Matt Clifford, John Taysom, Sherry Coutu CBE Max Bautin, Andy Phillipps, George Coelho, Tom Nugent, Brent Hoberman, Hussein Kanji, Chris Smart, CAIA

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We have created a new podcast: "The evolution of AI from Generation to Singularity" The podcast is based on a series of articles written by Marco van Hurne, editor of https://lnkd.in/escU8iaq In it we are discussing the evolution of artificial intelligence and its impact on business. In the podcast, we will talk about his framework that categorises AI development into four stages: Generation Space, Productivity Space, Business (re)Design Space, and the Singularity Space. In the podcast we talk about various AI applications in those spaces, including content creation, data analysis, trend spotting, autonomous communication, personal assistants, process automation, AI First businesses, Robotization, and ultimately Super Intelligence. It also examine the challenges and opportunities associated with these advancements.

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“The European Commission approved a €1.5 billion fund this month for seven new or modernised artificial intelligence (AI) Factories spread out throughout Europe. Each factory will deploy or upgrade AI-enhanced supercomputers, large general-purpose artificial intelligence (GPAI) models and programming facilities, the Commission said. The new AI Factories will "widen AI usage" among small businesses in the EU while "boosting" AI research among the bloc’s academics.”

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Generating $96bn. in value and minting 2 new unicorns. It is in essence great news that we are performing better than a year ago. However with future developments in the Dutch fiscal climate still casting their shadows, while it is also a worrying statistic that with a 13th place we are still the best performer from mainland Europe closely followed by Paris & Berlin at 14th and 15th place. “We are not blinded by this relative success because we see that we are falling behind in several crucial value chains due to a lack of money, people, electricity, and focus. To compete on a European and global scale and make a greater social and economic impact, our tech companies will have to grow faster.” says Constantijn Van Oranje-Nassau, special envoy of Techleap. The only better peer at European Scale is London with a tied 2nd place. It means that Europe has only one ecosystem in the top 10, which is an alarming signal. It also shows that we should take great inspiration from London, in order to really strive for improvement. 12th place next year is simply not good enough, and although we may or may not want to shoot for the moon, our ambition should be no less than a firm top 10 position. Our rich heritage as an entrepreneurial country should be cherished. Noblesse Oblige as they say. This is why we have launched Co:cubed Netherlands, an initiative to help Dutch corporates to effectively work together with startups to make impact and solve the biggest problems. Feel free to reach out and discuss. Very keen to help raising the bar and shoot for the moon for the Dutch ecosystem.

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Call it web3, call it decentralization, call it the new web, call it Going Dutch. Fact is: we need to change how we deal with our data on the web. And marketing needs to reinvent how it deals with that. Great article by Arno Otto.

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My newest column in Quote Magazine: Dutch Dynamism 🇳🇱 💡 Inspired by Andreessen Horowitz’ “American Dynamism” and the Not Boring newsletters of Packy McCormick about why tech is going to be much bigger, I realized there is a momentum in the Netherlands to become one of the European leaders to lead this new industrial revolution - if we double down. 💻 Historically, the Netherlands was strong in trade and banking. However, the country now leads in technology with companies like ASML, Adyen, and NXP Semiconductors as the top 10 most valuable companies, replacing former giants like Shell, Unilever, ING and ABN AMRO Bank N.V 💶 Fueled by capital, according to the latest report of Techleap; 48% Venture Capital investments in 2023 the Netherlands went to deeptech companies. 🤖 While the latest AI innovations have enhanced office jobs, the fusion of software and hardware, like physical robots, is set to revolutionize all types of labor, making tasks scalable and more manageable and cheaper. Two great examples of Dutch robotics companies are Monumental and family business Lely, that are automating less attractive jobs, like bricklaying and milking cows. ⚡ The insight is that the world's largest tech companies of the next decade will likely surpass today’s giants, and for the first time in a long time, tech companies have the opportunity to rebuild the world’s industrial base and tap into huge, existing pools of revenue at higher margins than incumbents can. Assuming the same revenue but structurally higher margins will create more valuable companies than the incumbent comps. 🇳🇱 In the Netherlands, we have access to incredible research institutes, top technical universities like Delft University of Technology, Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research & University of Twente, (which has its own Robotics Centre University of Twente) - incredible talent and more and more hardware friendly VC funds, (incl the support of Invest-NL) and recently the NATO Innovation Fund (NIF) with an office in NL, so I don’t see why we can’t punch above our weight and become one of the leaders to reshape the industrial foundation in Europe. Curious to hear your thoughts, what's needed to make this happen? Dutch Dynamism 🇳🇱 , het bekt toch lekker (Thanks Salar :-)). Link to article (for translation) in the comments. #HardTech #AI #Robotics #Innovation #DutchDynamism #AIRevolution #DeepTech #FutureOfWork #Netherlands #Technology

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We're doubling down! Join us for the Re-Industrialize Europe Meetup 👩‍🏭 We’re bringing together leading minds in HardTech, TechBio, and DeepTech to discuss what it will take for Europe to lead the next wave of industrial innovation. Learn more about: ➡ Farmless’ fermentation platform that allows for local protein production independent from climate and agricultural land, increasing food security. 🎤 Adnan Oner ➡ Cradle’s design platform that uses generative AI to help biologists design improved proteins and accelerate research and development, making it easier, quicker and more cost effective to create bio-based products for human and planetary health. 🎤 Jelle Prins ➡ Monumental’s AI-driven electric construction robots that are capable of building walls autonomously, solving the labour, cost and sustainability challenges crippling the global construction industry. 🎤 Salar al Khafaji ➡ ASML's involvement in the European startup ecosystem and the biggest challenges we need to tackle. 🎤 Evelien de Vries Connect, collaborate, and be inspired by ambitious founders shaping the future. Sign up here: https://lu.ma/de2uprl2 NP-Hard Ventures #FoundryMeetups #HardTech #Deeptech #TechBio #Founders #Hiring #Startups #Europe

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From Weverthon Machado: “📊When teaching or giving a talk, do you like presenting plots step by step, revealing e.g. one group at a time? This is often useful for walking through complex results. “I made a R package that makes it extremely easy to do this! “ggreveal: Reveal a ggplot incrementally” https://lnkd.in/eTpFM9cF #rstats #dataviz #ggplot #ggplot2 #R

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scale up: The Systematic Approach to Breaking Growth Barriers for High-Performing Companies Recently, I came across a post that questioned the innovation behind frameworks like the 4D Scaleup Framework. Here's a quick summary of the post: "The framework consists of four steps: Direction, Design, Delivery, and Development. While this sounds familiar — goal setting, strategy, execution, and continuous improvement — is this really innovative? I’ve approached challenges similarly before." I love this kind of discussion, so I wanted to share my take, particularly in the context of how we help companies at scale up. While the steps themselves may seem familiar, the real innovation lies in how we execute them at ScaleUp. Our approach isn’t just theoretical—it’s practical and designed to help already successful companies break through the barriers they face when scaling. We focus on: 1) Data-driven diagnostics to pinpoint exactly where the bottlenecks are and prioritize impactful actions. 2) Live interaction with experienced entrepreneur coaches who have faced the same challenges and provide real-world insights. 3) Turning strategy into daily operations, ensuring that it’s not just a leadership conversation, but one that’s lived by the whole team. 4) Building scalability into your core, making sure your teams, culture, and processes grow smoothly, without friction. Sustainable, long-term solutions, so you don’t just fix today’s problem, but create lasting growth without constant fire-fighting. At ScaleUp, we work with businesses that aren’t failing—they’re successful, but they hit a ceiling. Our process helps them break through that ceiling with a systematic and repeatable approach that works across industries. It’s not about intuition alone; it’s about executing growth through a structured, proven method.

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I signed the Eu-Inc petition. I did it as a founder (Fybra). I've been working at a European level for a while now. And yes, I found a landscape always different from Country to Country. Different regulatory systems, different investment framework, different incentives, different employment operations. And if we come to taxes the field is even more complicated. Then I also found investors stating that they can invest only if you are under the law of certain Countries, and advisors that say that only the US are a good market for a startup since it's a unified market and ecosystem. Can EU be the same? Can we play the "startup game" with the same chances of US and UK startups? Proud to support this petition for a unified pan-European startup entity. Let’s unite Europe's startup ecosystems! https://www.eu-inc.org 🇪🇺 Nicolas Borrero Marco Scaramelli Plug and Play Europe hubraum GERMANTECH Maria Gross BIND - Basque Open Innovation Platform Impact Hub Madrid Impact Hub Hamburg Hamburg Invest Startup City Hamburg Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg STARTUP AUTOBAHN powered by Plug and Play

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Who are the most exciting Blockchain Startups in the Energy Domain? Where are they from? Clue: Not only US. Also The Netherlands, Spain, South Africa, France, Germany, Bahamas, and the UK. Below the list of startups handpicked by our Mind the Bridge Innovation advisors. This list will be updated regularly. It is worth a look. #startups #blockchain #energy Gioacchino Bellia Daniele Vitullo Enrico Pochettino Gianluca Serale Matteo Vacchetti Palmo Antonio Cavallo Nicholas Sartor Nadia Poli Max Brigonzi Mattia Poletti Serena Orizi

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