Based in Amsterdam, MessageBird just raised $1 billion in a Series-C round with Wall Street darling BlackRock, the world’s largest asset management firm, joining the parade.

This startup makes the cloud-based software behind company-to-customer interactions including customer service, online orders, returns and q…>

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.

5G Hub is looking for new, world-changing concepts and projects using 5G in sustainability, health, business and entertainment with the potential to change the world. 5G technology is about more than faster connectivity … it’s a crucial component in advancing artificial intelligence, virtual reality, augmented rea…>

The Draper University Hero Training program in San Mateo, Calif. is the ultimate Silicon Valley accelerator experience, designed to provide founders with the skills, mindset and network to take their ventures to the next level with unprecedented speed and impact.

Draper’s Silicon Summer Pitch Prize competition will select one promising startup t…>

The Draper University Hero Training program in San Mateo, Calif. is the ultimate Silicon Valley accelerator experience, designed to provide founders with the skills, mindset and network to take their ventures to the next level with unprecedented speed and impact.

Draper’s Silicon Summer Pitch Prize competition will select one promising startup t…>

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…>

IT CUSTOMER CONNECTIVITY OFFICER

Shimano is looking for a IT Customer Connectivity Officer to join our team at the headquarters in Eindhoven!

In this role you will be responsible for managing the automated communication between Shimano EU and its customers and suppliers. You improve the business performance of the…>

As a system architect at Incooling, you will become part of the company’s technical team and play a major role in driving the technical road map for our next generation cool products portfolio.

Responsibilities:

Turn business requirements into system requirements and performance specifications into design s…>

As announced a few days ago, we’re going to host this year’s edition of the EU-Startups Summit as an online event on April 28-30. We’ll have inspiring speakers like Glovo CEO Oscar Pierre, Unbabel CEO Vasco Pedro, HolaLuz founder Carlota Pi (and many more!), great networking opportunities, but most importantly: An ex…>

UNUM Festival returns to the beaches and pine forests of Shenghin on the Albanian Riviera in what we’ve taken to calling New South Croatia. (Yes, we know it’s Albania, but it’s the same Adriatic coast, only sunnier and hotter.) We have to give UNUM Festival organizers credit for taking a big risk, but they…>