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Why Build a Successful Marketplace Today (and Tomorrow)

There’s no perfect formula for knowing when, where, how, and for whom to build a marketplace. Arguably, there has always been a need for marketplaces. But building one successfully 20 years ago was much more challenging than it is today.

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B2B Marketplaces: The key challenges

For those of you who have been following our page for a while, know that we love B2B marketplaces. Why? Simply because there is still so much terrain to win in the B2B space.

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Why we love the middleman

‍The mantra of Cutting out the middleman prevails in the venture ecosystem. An extra node in the supply chain would only hinder transactions, burden either the seller or the buyer with extra costs, and would only allow for opaque transactions.

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Marketplaces 101. What makes a good marketplace?

We really like marketplaces: from 1-sided to 3-sided and from horizontal to vertical. What makes a killer marketplace?

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Webinar: the art of Fundraising

What to do (and most importantly, what not to do) when raising funds? How do you successfully secure your first term sheet?

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B2B Marketplaces Open Office Hours | Ask us anything!

We know: starting and scaling your company isn’t always sunshine and lollipops. That’s why we are here to help.

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Ukraine

Instead of informing you about marketplaces and funding rounds, we figured to take this opportunity to highlight some fantastic initiatives or ways to donate to the country of Ukraine right now.

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Ukraine

Instead of informing you about marketplaces and funding rounds, we figured to take this opportunity to highlight some fantastic initiatives or ways to donate to the country of Ukraine right now.

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Buildstream

Matching supply-chain talent with engineering jobs: see how Terry and Adam have built the best marketplace for QA/QC professionals.

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Buildstream

Matching supply-chain talent with engineering jobs: see how Terry and Adam have built the best marketplace for QA/QC professionals.

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Shypple

David vs Goliath: tackling the massive fragmented freight-forwarding business through an interactive platform. The story of Shypple.

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Shypple

David vs Goliath: tackling the massive fragmented freight-forwarding business through an interactive platform. The story of Shypple.

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YourCampus

Attracting and retaining talent: via a gym subscription to an e-bike. Find out how Florian built his marketplace for employee benefits.

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Dutch Founders Fund launching partner in the #Fundright movement.

The VC’s are concerned about the male dominance in the tech sector and about the fact that currently only 1.6 % of all Dutch venture capital is invested in women-led start-ups.

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Dutch Founders Fund launching partner in the #Fundright movement.

The VC’s are concerned about the male dominance in the tech sector and about the fact that currently only 1.6 % of all Dutch venture capital is invested in women-led start-ups.

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DutchFounders launches €62m seed fund to back founders building the next wave of marketplaces.

Amsterdam, 20 January 2022 - DutchFounders has reached the final close for its second fund, making more than €62m ($70m) available for early-stage marketplaces and so-called marketplace enablers. The fund joins the broader trend of VCs narrowing their focus to specific niches. 

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B2B Marketplaces: The key challenges

For those of you who have been following our page for a while, know that we love B2B marketplaces. Why? Simply because there is still so much terrain to win in the B2B space.

Why we love the middleman

‍The mantra of Cutting out the middleman prevails in the venture ecosystem. An extra node in the supply chain would only hinder transactions, burden either the seller or the buyer with extra costs, and would only allow for opaque transactions.

Marketplaces 101. What makes a good marketplace?

We really like marketplaces: from 1-sided to 3-sided and from horizontal to vertical. What makes a killer marketplace?

Webinar: the art of Fundraising

What to do (and most importantly, what not to do) when raising funds? How do you successfully secure your first term sheet?

On the importance of reporting: why you should care as a founder (and as an investor for that matter)

We won’t sugarcoat it: having to report on a monthly and quarterly basis isn’t really what you signed up for when you decided to take the plunge and follow your entrepreneurial ambitions. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t care. 

16.11.21
The Marketplace Conference
Join the online annual Marketplace Conference featuring lightning talks, open discussion tables and breakout groups on all things marketplaces!
29.10.21
Stage 2: Global Pitch Competition
Stage Two is the first pan-European competition for the best startups spinning out of leading European universities.
22.10.21
Startup Commons
The Startup Commons has been a tradition in Berlin and Amsterdam: once per year all the leaders of the startup scene should meet f2f and exchange views. We are delighted to partner up and hold the event at Startup Village Amsterdam.
1.11.21
Web Summit
Web Summit brings together the people and companies redefining the global tech industry. Web Summit will return to Lisbon this year.
1.12.21
SLUSH 2021
Return to Europe's leading tech and startup conference on dec 1-2.
20.9.21
Upstream festival - Grow & Scale your business
40+ events, 2000+ attendees and the place to meet Start-ups, Scale-ups, Corporates, Investors and Policymakers.
17.9.21
Pitch your EdTech startup w/ Daniel Havens
Join us on September 17th for our annual EdTech Pitch event, this time co-hosted by Daniel Havens, founder of ProctorExam (acquired by TurnitIn). Apply via the link for a chance to take part.
31.8.21
AMA: Eric Migicovsky, Partner at Y Combinator
Eric Migicovsky is a Partner at Y Combinator, the Silicon Valley startup program known for birthing companies such as Airbnb, Dropbox, and Stripe. In 2009, he founded Pebble Technology (YC W11), the company got acquired by Fitbit in 2016. Eric will provide an introduction to YC, share what he looks for in startups to invest in, and answer any questions you might have.
31.8.21
Webinar: How to F*ck up. The right way.
Join us in this interactive webinar where several founders will share their biggest fuck ups, and how you can avoid them.
2.9.21
Summer SaaS 2021
Join us on one of the biggest online SaaS events of the year. Meet top-tier VC's, founders, future employees and other aficionados at Flashpoint's Summer SaaS event.
29.9.21
Startup Padel Tour 2021
On September 29, 2021 starting at 6pm, the Startup Padel Tour lands in Amsterdam! Right before TNW Conference, this is looking to be the largest and most international Startup Padel Tour so far. You better start training!
30.9.21
TNW Conference 2021
TNW Conference is back in 2021, this year in hybrid form.
25.7.22
World AI Summit
WSAI is the world’s leading and internationally renowned AI summit gathering the global AI ecosystem of Enterprise, BigTech, Startups, Investors and Science.
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