Startup Events in Amsterdam
Startup events in Europe span everything from the headline conferences (Slush in Helsinki, Web Summit in Lisbon, The Next Web in Amsterdam, VivaTech in Paris, Bits & Pretzels in Munich, Wolves Summit, Latitude59) down to the weekly rhythm of pitch nights, founder coffee mornings, investor AMAs, and product-management meetups that every significant tech city sustains.
This page narrows the Amsterdam calendar to Startup events. It's a subset of Netherlands's wider tech-event schedule, useful when you want something specific to go to in the city this month.
Amsterdam runs one of the strongest applied-AI event calendars in Europe. The city is full of product engineering teams actually shipping AI features, which shows up as depth in LLM integration, agent, RAG, and evaluation-focused meetups. Product management and design events are also unusually strong here (The Next Web, Mind The Product, Config EU satellites), as is the data-engineering scene around dbt and Snowflake.
Upcoming Startup events in Amsterdam
How to Raise in the Era of AI: Founder & Investor Panel
Amsterdam, 🇳🇱 Netherlands
What does it take to be investor-ready in the era of AI? If you're raising in the next 12 months, this is the conversation to be in.
The fundraising playbook has changed. AI has shifted the metrics investors look at, the scrutiny companies face, and the bar for the AI story itself. And for Dutch founders, raising internationally is a leap that rarely gets discussed.
How to Raise in 2026 is a practical founder and investor conversation for late-seed and Series A+ founders. No slides, no pitches, no polished success stories. Just what to prepare, how long it takes, which numbers matter and where deals get stuck.
What we'll cover:
- What "investor-ready" means in 2026, and what makes an AI story credible
- Running a raise: timelines, founder time, investor lists and warm intros
- Raising Dutch vs. international: what changes before and after the deal
- Term sheets and diligence: the messy part, and what slows deals down
We'll close with one question for every speaker: "What do you wish you'd known before your last raise?"
Speakers
- Matthijs Huiskamp, CEO, Altura: raising internationally after a Dutch growth journey
- Jasper Spiegeler, CEO, OMRT: keeping momentum and financial infrastructure in place during a raise
- Saumitra Dubey, Partner, Smartfin: the Series A/B investor view on what builds conviction
- Arun Bhahirathan, Principal, Prosus Ventures: how corporate venture capital differs from traditional VC, and when it's the right fit.
- Jitse Rupp, Founder, 0Delta and Fractional CFO (moderator): what investors will ask for in diligence, and how to have it ready on day one.
Agenda
17:30 Doors open, drinks and networking
18:00 Welcome
18:10 Founder and investor panel
18:55 Audience Q&A
19:15–20:30 Drinks and networking
Who should join
Late-seed and Series A+ founders preparing their next round, especially those considering international capital. CFOs and finance leads, and seed to Series B investors, are also welcome. This is not a first-time fundraising session.
Attendance is curated, so registrations are subject to approval. Request to join now.
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Whale: GTM Dinner
Amsterdam, 🇳🇱 Netherlands
AI & Robotics ecosystem meetup | AI House Amsterdam
Amsterdam, 🇳🇱 Netherlands
Join us at AI House Amsterdam for an afternoon bringing together emerging AI & Robotics founders with investors, corporates, entrepreneurs and key players from the European innovation ecosystem.
Hosted as part of the European AI Innovation Month, the event will create a space to discover new ideas, meet emerging founders and connect with people shaping the future of AI and Robotics in Europe.
At the heart of the afternoon will be the Grand Finale of the EIT AI Entrepreneurs Lab 2026, where selected founders will take the stage following an intensive five-day journey across Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam.
Expect founder pitches, perspectives from the AI ecosystem, interactive moments and opportunities to connect with investors, corporates, founders and ecosystem leaders.
Who should join?
The event is particularly relevant for:
- Investors and venture capital professionals looking to discover emerging AI & Robotics founders
- Corporates interested in innovation, technology and startup collaboration
- AI & Robotics founders and entrepreneurs
- Universities, researchers and innovation organisations
- Ecosystem builders and community leaders
- Anyone actively contributing to Europe's AI and Robotics ecosystem
About the AI Entrepreneurs Lab
The EIT AI Entrepreneurs Lab brings together a selected cohort of emerging AI & Robotics entrepreneurs for an intensive founder journey across Paris, Brussels and Amsterdam, combining entrepreneurial development, expert engagement, ecosystem exposure and connections across Europe.
Amsterdam marks the final stop of this journey, bringing the founders together with the wider ecosystem at AI House.
Places are limited.
Registration represents an expression of interest. To ensure a relevant and diverse audience, participation will be confirmed by the organising team following registration.
We look forward to bringing the AI & Robotics ecosystem together in Amsterdam.