Start to scale. Startup and Scale-up Founder Stories.
Showcasing the vibrant Dutch entrepreneurial ecosystem - and our journey to support the startup and scale-up founders responsible. Hosted by Lars Crama, edited by Lisette Braakenburg.
Episodes
66 episodes
Graciella van Vliet, CEO and co-founder of Closure, on growing a startup in death-tech.
She co-founded death tech company - yes you heard that right - Closure with Chantal van der Velde in 2017. They won the Philips Innovation Award and made it to top 3 in Sprout’s Dutch startup of the year.Graciella has a Master i...
Nalden, founder of WeTransfer and Adelee, on surrounding yourself with the right people and keeping a beginner's mindset.
Fast company described him as “A hybrid of the serial entrepreneur Sean Parker and Jason Kottke, the web designer and blogger". But we like his own twitter description better: “Father of two; a husband to one, founder and angel investor o...
Founder and CEO of Nearfield Instruments, Hamed Sadeghian, about scaling up in a highly capital intensive industry.
In 2016, Hamed Sadeghian co-founded Nearfield Instruments together with Roland van Vliet as a spin out from TNO. Nearfield has since then become a leader in semiconductor metrology solutions, with offices in Eindhoven and Rotterdam, employing o...
Julian Jagtenberg, founder and CEO of Somnox, about sleep, sales and building a dream team.
Julian is the founder and CEO of Somnox, which he started with fellow students at the Technical University of Delft in 2015. Two years ago they introduced the world’s first sleep robot to the market. Somnox patented technology received various ...
Jarell Habets, CEO of Shypple, on shaking up traditional industries and the 'quantified self'.
In 2016, Jarell founded Shypple - the "booking.com for intercontinental sea freight that connects more than 3000 companies worldwide." In 2020, Shypple was voted Sprout Startup of the year. In april 2021, they raised a 7 Mi...
EJ Lugt, founder of Nimbuzz and MD at YES!Delft, on dream exits, entrepreneurial ecosystems and sports.
EJ sold his first business @Media to the Dutch Broadcasting Service in 2001. In 2006, he founded Nimbuzz, which he sold for 137 Million Euros to New Call Telecom in 2014. He then went on to found NGTI, until he dedicated himself to take up a ro...
Magnet.me founder Vincent Karremans on combining entrepreneurship with politics.
Vincent is the founder and Managing Director of Magnet.me - the online network that helps young professionals find a job they love. In his spare time, Vincent represents the VVD, the liberal party at the City Council of Rotterdam. S...
HousingAnywhere CEO Djordy Seelmann on acquisitions, dealing with investors, and fast decision-making.
Djordy is a tech entrepreneur who is passionate about real estate and building impactful ventures. With a Master in Law (Cum Laude) and a Master in Science, he joined HousingAnywhere in 2014. In 2018, Djordy took over as the CEO. He profe...
Cinzia Silvestri, CEO of BI/OND, about building a business in the pioneering field of Organ-on-chips.
Cinzia Silvestri is the Founder and CEO of Bi/ond, the Dutch biotech company on a mission to enable personalized disease treatment. Originally from Italy, Cinzia holds a Master in Electronic Engineering from the University of Rome, and a PhD in...
LeQuest CEO Hicham Shatou on building a global scale-up and being a family man at the same time.
This episode features Hicham Shatou, Founder and CEO of LeQuest.Hicham is a man on a mission to improve the world of healthcare. With a background in civil engineering, he founded LeQuest, the leading MedTech company in online training ...
CEO Jeroen van Velzen on finding a strategic buyer for Roadmap.
This episode features Jeroen van Velzen, Founder and CEO of Roadmap.Jeroen has an impressive entrepreneurial record. In 2002, he co founded Mobile2Pay, the first mobile payment system in the Benelux. After that, he became CEO and co-own...
Equalture CEO Charlotte Melkert about raising your first round of capital, becoming an entrepreneur at a young age and more.
This episode features Charlotte Melkert, Founder and CEO of Equalture.At the age of 19, Charlotte started her first company, together with her identical twin sister Fleur. Today, she is the co-founder and CEO of Equalture - the fast gro...
CEO Jan van der Tempel about his entrepreneurial journey with Ampelmann and everything about building and scaling a successful business.
This episode features Jan van der Tempel, Founder and CEO of Ampelmann.Jan is the inventor, co-founder and CEO of Ampelmann, the global leader in motion compensated offshore access systems and services, used on vessels all over the worl...
CEO Kars Veling about his personal journey growing LessonUp and his dreams for the future.
This episode features Kars Veling, Founder and CEO of LessonUp.In 2000 Kars founded strategic internet agency Q42, where he was the CTO and is still on the board of advisors. In 2014, he started LessonUp where he is now CEO. Kars is als...
Helloprint CEO Hans Scheffer on company culture and navigating your scale-up through a crisis.
This episode features Hans Scheffer, Founder and CEO of Helloprint.He started his first business at the age of 19. Today, he is disrupting the Print Industry by Creating Earth's Largest Platform for Printed Products, Next to that, he is...
CEO Judith Eyck on building travel scale-up Vakanties.nl and acquiring your competitor.
This episode features Judith Eyck, Founder of vakanties.nl and Managing Director of Zoover. Judith founded online travel agency Vakanties.nl in 2017 with Sunweb founder Joost Romeijn as investor. In the following two years Judith led Va...
