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Present Your Startup Haarlem 2021
Omni Wind was named the winner of Present Your Startup Haarlem 2021. The event took place at the Philharmonie Haarlem, and was hosted by Mike Rijkers, Present Your Startup Leader. Entrepreneur Pranav Tetati, founder of Omni WInd impressed the panel with a solid pitch, a well-prepared business plan, and confident responses to their questions. The judging line-up included: Rixt Herklots (The Next Women), Tessa Wanders (Peak Capital), and Jurriaan Duivenvoorden (Born05). Startup LIMEG with entrepreneur Tymo Berger won the Public Choice Award.
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Present Your Startup Alkmaar 2020
Airchip was named as the winner of Present Your Startup Alkmaar 2020. The event took place at the Theater De Vest in Alkmaar and was hosted by Isabella Prins from NH Nieuws and Mike Rijkers, Present Your Startup Leader. Entrepreneur Daniel van Drunen, founder of Airchip impressed the panel with a confident pitch and a solid business plan. The judging line-up included: Valerie Vallenduuk (PIM Noord-Holland), Ron van Bijsterveld (Creative Capital Partners), and Peter Vonk (Kaasstad Kapitaal). Startup Pepperfield from entrepreneur Maarten Strootman was won the Public Choice’s prize.
Every Tuesday of September, each of the finalists presented their business on tv channel NH Nieuws, at the program “Pak en doen”.
Present Your Startup Haarlem 2019
Best 3 Minutes was named as the winner of the 6th edition of Present Your Startup The Netherlands 2019. Out of 75 applicants, ten startups made it all the way to the Academy, only five got to the next and final round. On December 4th, the Finale took place in the Stadsschouwburg & Philharmonie in Haarlem. The event was hosted by successful entrepreneur Annemarie van Gaal. Triple ThreaT was awarded the Public Choice’s prize.
Entrepreneur and pitch coach David Beckett is the founder of Best3Minutes. After teaching hundreds of startup founders to pitch, he decided to set up an online learning platform to improve people’s pitch. David won a trip to New York with other entrepreneurs and a training worth 6.000,- euro.
Entrepreneur David Beckett impressed the panel solid market analysis, impressive traction and powerful dedication. The judging line-up included Jacqueline van den Ende (Partner at Peak Capital), Ron Van Bijsterveld (Chief Technology Officer at VeliQ), Rixt Herklots (Operational Director at The Next Women), Victor van Veelen (Coach at ScaleUp Company and co-founder Friethoes), Erik Schut (informal investor).
Present Your Startup Global 2018
Lolo’s is announced as the winner of the finals of the fifth edition of the yearly international startup competition Present Your Startup 2018. The event took place in Philharmonie in Haarlem- The Netherlands. Winner Lolo’s stood out in front of the jury because of the scalability of their business and product. The public choice award went to Ching from the British Virgin Islands.
Bas Beerens, founder of WeTransfer and Chairman of the jury praised the winners: “There is a necessity for a healthier snack option for kids and their parents”. Founder Valerie Vallenduuk looks back to the evening with satisfaction. “We had a strong field of participants this year but I think Lolo’s is the well-deserved winner,” she states, “their pitch was extremely solid. For us, of course, this year was really special because it was the fifth edition”.
Present Your Startup 2017
Maester was named the winner of the Present Your Startup 2017. The online training platform collected 420,000 euros "live" during the finale in Pathé Haarlem. Startup Stagefinder won the Public Choice award.
Tim van Pappeldam, CEO of Maester, traveled to New York and stayed there thanks to Rabobank. Tim participated in the American Present Your Startup competition well-known as HaarlemtoHarlem. The winner will also have the opportunity to speak with Rabobank Nederland's top specialists in the field of innovation.
Audience favorite Stagefinder not only won the audience award, which entitled them to participate in the Nederlands Kampioenschap Pitchen, but is also in talks behind the scenes about an investment of 200,000 euros. Career platform Tinkr raised a live investment of 40,000 euros and delivery person of traditional Italian ice cream Nijsje is now in talks with four interested investors.
Present Your Startup 2016
No Food Wasted was named the winner of Present Your Startup 2016. The evening was hosted by Jort Kelder, who, together with the investors, asked the entrepreneurs critical questions. This investor jury consisted of Frank Appeldoorn (Volta Ventures), Johan van Mil (Peak Capital), Yme Bosma (Eneco Ventures), Vincent Pieterson (RTL Ventures), Simone Brummelhuis (The Next Women), and Michiel Geerdink (Haarlemvalley Capital).
During the show itself, more than 80,000 euros in cash and 80,000 in prize money (including a marketing campaign by Rabobank) and 300,000 were awarded to former finalist Bardoggy, Swipeguide, and NoFoodWasted. Tape, among others, promised to invest 200,000 euros in services in former finalist Bardoggy. Eneco promised to become a customer of Swipeguide because Yme Bosma was convinced during the break by existing customer Philips. NoFoodWasted was the only one to raise money live.
