This is a first for Dispatches … we’re posting job openings in the U.S. But one of our team in the U.S. alerted us that Picnic is scouring the globe for engineering talent, something we have a lot of here in our HQ of Eindhoven. And we are all about the global mobility of talent.

Our guy Steve, an engineer who works with startups, is close to…>

WANTED: software developer with signal processing and C/C++ experience
Our start-up AlphaBeats aims at ridding the world of stress through biofeedback technology and music. To push our innovative algorithm forward we are hiring a sharp and experienced software developer with signal processing skills. Since we are serious about bettering the world,…>

JW Player is the world’s most widely-adopted independent online video technology platform, generating more than 18 billion video views monthly from over 2 billion unique users. Our software powers the video experience on sites that range from born-on-the-web digital publishers to global broadcasters.

As the Product Manager for OTT (over-the-top)…>

Loom Festival is a brand new open-air celebration of techno with a big sound but an intimate feel. It takes place at the historic Museumspark Rüdersdorf on September 25th with 12 hours of non-stop world-class sounds from Nastia, Thomas Schumacher, Julian Jeweil, Alex Stein, Victor Ruiz, Wehbba LIVE, Anna Reusch and Transcode.

Loom Festival has…>

JW Player, Eindhoven and New York

This is the only company on this list that didn’t come out of HighTechXL. Even people in Eindhoven have never heard of JW Player, but they’re about to. The company just raised $100 million from an American private equity firm and on the edge of Unicorn status, closing in on a billion dollar valuation…>

Onera, Eindhoven and Palo Alto

Onera came out of HighTechXL’s 2017 cohort and has been growing ever since. In that time, the team – led by co-founders Soukaina Adnane and Ruben de Francisco – has been perfecting next-gen medical grade sleep diagnostics. This is a spin-off company of Leuven, Belgium-based R&D hub IMEC and Holst Centre, TNO’s R&a…>

Accerion, based in Venlo, was in the original HighTechXL cohort in 2015. It’s evolved into one of the fastest growing tech companies based in the Netherlands, with clients all over the world for its robot positioning technology.

Career opportunities include:

SENIOR BUSINESS DEVELOPER

Your mission:

• Find new opportunities in the dynamic…

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Loveland Festival 25 Year Celebration

7 & 8 August, Sloterpark, Amsterdam

This is really the first Name event of the year, with Adriatique, Chris Liebing, Richie Hawtin, Solomun, Jeff Mills, Dixon and 70 other established and emerging acts, all in Amsterdam.

This will sell out, so don’t wait. You can (try to) get tickets here, which…>

As 5G becomes the standard in wireless communications, new technologies are emerging to connect all the complex network components. Aircision is developing the next-generation free space optics (FSO) systems for use in backhaul within new telecom and enterprise networks. Partners include Eindhoven Startup Alliance…>

This is one of the most influential positions in Eindhoven’s startup scene. Venture builder/accelerator HighTechXL is the prime mover in Eindhoven’s startup ecosystem, having produced a number of successful companies since 2015 including robotics pioneer Accerion, Amber Mobility, recycled plastics innovator Sustonable…>

7 & 8 AUGUST, SLOTERPARK, AMSTERDAM
This is really the first Name event of the year, with Adriatique, Chris Liebing, Richie Hawtin, Solomun, Jeff Mills, Dixon and 70 other established and emerging acts, all in Amsterdam.

This will sell out, so don’t wait. You can (try to) get tickets here, which start at 83 euros.

30 October and 31 October. Royal Highland Centre, Edinburgh

This is for you planners … but with its Halloween date, it’s likely to actually happen. Terminal V is a biannual (twice each year) underground house/techno festival in Edinburgh. To meet all the pent-up pandemic demand, Terminal V will run over two day…>

CLUB AMNESIA
23 October, Closing Party 2021 on Ibiza

Ibiza’s most famous club is having an “inverted season,” announcing its closing party as its first event. And if you miss all the ice cannons, sound systems and decadence, you’ll want to put this event on your “tentative” calendar.

Most of the details…>

11 September and 12 September, Cascine Park in Florence, Italy

Decibel Open Air alive and kicking for 2021, with a lineup that includes Richie Hawtin, Kölsch, Ben Klock, Italy’s own Marco Carola, Nina Kraviz, Peggy Gou and many more. This is a two-stage event in a large green space amid one of Europe’s fabled citi…>

As Progress Manager you will be in the lead to support a city, campus or ecosystem in their digital transformation process. You take the lead in the steering & the implementation of the progress management. You are supported by the network of minds and makers of Serendipity and the Digital Toolbox as plug & play solution for cities to implement…>

Reading Festival is 27 thru 29 August, Richfield Avenue

This multi-genre hip hop/house/EDM/rock festival started as a rock music festival back in the 1970s. Since then, everyone who’s anyone has played Reading Festival from the Foo Fighters to the Rolling Stones.

The 2021 post-pandemic line up is incredibly e…>

We’re now re-opening the application phase for our annual pitch competition, our goal is to find and showcase Europe’s best seed and pre-seed startups out there! For this year’s pitch competition, we expect a total of about 1,000 applications.
The Prize Package: The winning startup team of this year’s Pitch Competi…>

Accerion is a fast-growing high-tech company building positioning technology for next-generation autonomous industrial robots. By combining an advanced optical system, embedded C++ software and state-of-the-art processing hardware, our sensor system is able to work without any infrastructure in the surroundings of a…>

As Progress Manager you will be in the lead to support a city, campus or ecosystem in their digital transformation process. You take the lead in the steering & the implementation of the progress management. You are supported by the network of minds and makers of Serendipity and the Digital Toolbox as plug & play solution for cities to implement…>

Decibel Open Air reveals the full line-up for the 2021 edition, taking place on the 11th and 12th September in Cascine Park in Florence, Italy.

New names include Marco Carola, Nina Kraviz, Peggy Gou, Mathame, Stephan Jolk, T78, Brina Knauss, Marc Maya, Viviana Casanova, Toni Varga, Pôngo and Mattia Trani, while…>