News item | 25-04-2019 | 09:56 https://www.ges2019.org/latest/news/2019/04/25/high-profile-investors-join-global-entrepreneurship-summit-2019 Today, the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the United States of America announced that APG, PGGM, Silicon Valley Bank, BlackRock, Atomico, Carlyle Group, Bank of America, WR Hambrecht Ventures, and CVC are among the investors planning to attend the 2019 Global Entrepreneurship Summit set to take place in …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 26 April, 2019 | Topics: Business, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands, U.S. Secretary of State | Tags: Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2019
This June’s Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2019 has so far attracted over 5,000 entrepreneur applications for 1,200 spots available. The selection has begun! GES 2019, June 4-5 in The Hague, will bring together 2,000+ world leaders in innovation, investment, entrepreneurship, and policy making. 1,200 of these participants will be hand-picked ‘next-generation’ entrepreneurs: companies from the US, the Netherlands and across …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 6 March, 2019 | Topics: Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Economic Issues, Events, Featured Event, News, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES)
On February 20, 2019, Ambassador Hoekstra visited the province of Flevoland , the newest of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands. The Ambassador kicked off the visit by meeting Flevoland King’s Commissioner Leen Verbeek in Lelystad. There he learned about Flevoland’s history, priorities, and challenges. Ambassador Hoekstra also informed the King’s Commissioner about the upcoming Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) , which will …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 21 February, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Events, Featured Event, News, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Almere, Flevoland, Lelystad, Urk
On November 26, 2018, Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley gave opening remarks at the Road2USA and Canada event, which was organized by the Dutch Chamber of Commerce and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. The event was held at the Willem II Stadium in Tilburg and promoted doing business in the United States and …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 27 November, 2018 | Topics: Business, Chargé D’Affaires, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Events, Featured Event, News, Speeches, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Road2USA, SelectUSA, Tilburg
On October 24, Ambassador Hoekstra visited the city of Eindhoven , the Netherlands’ fifth largest city. Located in the province of North Brabant, Eindhoven is known as a technology and design hub. The Ambassador began with a visit to the DAF Trucks operations and touring the facility. Ambassador Hoekstra learned more about “Van Doorne’s Aanhangwagen Fabriek” – now called DAF …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 25 October, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Art & Culture, Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Events, Featured Event, News, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: DAF Trucks, Dutch Design Week
On September 12 and 13, Dispatches Europe organized its first Tech Sister Cities event in Eindhoven, sponsored by U.S. Embassy The Hague. American investor Jonathan Blue, founder and chairman of Blue Equity, met with many representatives of Eindhoven’s tech and entrepreneurial communities. The main event, Mr. Blue’s talk called “Eyes Wide Open – How American Investors …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 2 October, 2018 | Topics: Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Economic Affairs, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Jonathan Blue, Startups
On April 3, 2018 Ambassador Hoekstra visited Bier&cO in Amsterdam, one of Europe’s leading importers of U.S. craft beer. Here, the Ambassador and the staff of Bier&cO had a round table discussion about the market for craft beer. Stephanie Heijning category manager at Albert Heijn informed the Ambassador about the attractive and innovative packaging of craft …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 4 April, 2018 | Topics: Agriculture, Amsterdam, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Events, Featured Event, News, Public Affairs, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Bier&cO
On March 27, 2018, the Rotterdam Chapter of the AmCham hosted a welcome dinner on board the SS Rotterdam to honor the arrival of U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra. Among the guests were members of a bipartisan Congressional Delegation consisting of Congressman Bill Huizenga, Congressman John “Judge” Carter, Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen, Congressman Gregory Meeks and Congressman …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 4 April, 2018 | Topics: Ambassador, Business, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Economic Affairs, Events, Featured Event, News, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: American Chamber of Commerce, Rotterdam
There were thousands of events in 160 countries around the world for Global Entrepreneurship Week 2017, including more than 100 here in the Netherlands. As part of the week-long program to inspire millions into entrepreneurial activity, U.S. Embassy the Hague invited two U.S. speakers to participate in numerous events. Dr. Sharon T. Freeman, president and …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 17 November, 2017 | Topics: Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Economic Issues, Education, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Groningen
Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley on Monday spoke to Dutch entrepreneurs at the Road2NorthAmerica XL event. The networking event, organized by Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland – RVO.nl and the Kamer van Koophandel , supports Dutch companies wanting to do business in the United States and Canada. Crowley: Thank you, Mark. Good afternoon, Madam Ambassador. Good afternoon everyone. I’m delighted to see so many of you at …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 7 November, 2017 | Topics: Business, Chargé D’Affaires, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Kamer van Koophandel, RVO
Marcel Pinckaers (Foreign Agricultural Service) and Alec Boydston (Foreign Commercial Service) accompanied Kevin Oldenburg, CEO of Spokane, Washington based 2nd Sight BioScience, on a fact-finding visit to commercial greenhouse growers in the Westland region of the Netherlands. The visit included a meeting with Erik Helderman from Harvest House, one of the largest grower cooperatives in …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 7 March, 2017 | Topics: Agriculture, Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Featured Event, News, Trade, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: 2nd Sight BioScience, CombiVliet
Remarks by the Vice President at the Swearing-in Ceremony of Commerce Secretary Ross February 28, 2017 THE VICE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Thank you for joining us. On behalf of the President of the United States, it’s my great privilege to administer the oath of office to a man who will become the 39th Secretary of …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 1 March, 2017 | Topics: Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Doing Business in the U.S., Government Offices, Key Officials, News, Trade | Tags: Department of Commerce
On November 29 and 30, 2016, Chargé d’Affaires Shawn Crowley visited one of world’s smartest regions; the Brainport Eindhoven region. The region is specialized in high tech and R&D, especially in Semiconductors and Automotive. The companies in this region account for 19 percent of the Dutch total R&D. Mr. Crowley met several companies and stakeholders …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 2 December, 2016 | Topics: Business, Commercial Opportunities, Featured Event, News | Tags: Brainbort Eindhoven, Helmond, Jorritsma
Yosef Safi Harb is former Aerospace engineer specialized in sensor design turned health entrepreneur. He is currently the Founder of Happitech. Happitech uses the sensors on your smartphone with no additional hardware to measure vital signs like heart-rate rate, heart rate variability to detect heart-arrtyhmias, stress, life expectancy and fitness levels. Happitech’s technology is currently …
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 18 November, 2016 | Topics: Business, Commercial Opportunities, Events, Featured Event, News, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Yosef Safi Harb
By visiting the operations of Foot Locker Europe in Vianen and Nike European Headquarters in Hilversum, Chargé d’Affaires Crowley wanted to show U.S. government support for American businesses in the Netherlands.
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By U.S. Mission Netherlands | 6 October, 2016 | Topics: Business, Commercial Affairs, Commercial Opportunities, Deputy Chief of Mission, U.S. & the Netherlands | Tags: Foot Locker, Nike
