A relaxed mixer at Side Quest Bar bringing founders, investors and tech talent together in Amsterdam. No pitches — just structured networking aimed at useful introductions across the startup ecosystem: founders hiring, operators job-hunting, and investors meeting new teams.
Ascent Valley's recurring AI and tech networking evening at Side Quest Bar, gathering founders, engineers, data and AI professionals for informal networking. A regular fixture on the Amsterdam calendar for people working across AI, data and IT.
Founders Mesh runs Amsterdam's most deliberately curated founder room, and the summer flagship — edition #24, powered by OVHcloud — takes over Klaproos in Noord for an evening capped at 120 vetted founders, VCs and operators. The format is the draw: signature two-minute beer-crate pitches with no slides, a gender-balanced Seed-to-Series-A crowd shaped by manual approval of every registration, pizza and drinks in an industrial waterfront space, and a DJ who understands the assignment. Founders Mesh has grown from an Amsterdam experiment into an 800-strong European network spanning Paris, Berlin and Los Angeles, with a high return rate that tells you most of what you need to know. Attendance is by approval and the community pre-sale has already sold out.
A hands-on morning session from The Nursery at Startup Village, led by Danielle, on how early-stage tech startups can craft a sharp concept, build a distinctive brand and use storytelling to win over both customers and investors. Practical and interactive — you'll leave with a narrative that sets you apart from the competition. Aimed at founders and early team members at AI, quantum and deep-tech startups.
A relaxed Friday-night mixer for people who work in tech, AI, data and IT across Amsterdam, held at Bierfabriek — the long-running brewpub on Nes in the city centre. No panels, no pitches: just afterwork drinks and open conversation with engineers, data scientists, security people, product managers and startup operators, plus the career-changers and recent graduates trying to break in. The organisers run parallel Discord and WhatsApp communities so you can see who's coming before you turn up. A dependable low-stakes way to widen your Amsterdam tech network on a quiet summer week.