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I don't know what the experience is like for people in the Netherlands. But a little bit of googling in English shows quite a bit of stories about Dutch funds g

I don't know what the experience is like for people in the Netherlands. But a little bit of googling in English shows quite a bit of stories about Dutch funds getting major govt funding and a bunch of govt programs offering startups money. So I'd wonder how many funds are truly private. And for those that aren't I'd like to see if any bureaucracy gets pushed onto to the startups they fund. Say EU-funded VCs, due to the special obligations they're under will often make startups comply with many of the same stuff. So even though a startup might not be a grant recipient themselves they will ultimately have to submit to that regime too. https://www.4impact.vc/rvo https://www.4impact.vc/rvo https://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/gameon-teams-with-dutch-government-to-fund-mobile-game-startups/ https://venturebeat.com/2014/02/11/gameon-teams-with-dutch-g... https://business.gov.nl/financing-your-business/funding-and-loans/government-funding/seed-business-angel-funds/#:~:text=Seed%20Business%20Angel%20Funds&text=A%20Seed%20Fund%20is%20a,and%20Climate%20Policy%20(EZK) https://business.gov.nl/financing-your-business/funding-and-.... https://business.gov.nl/starting-your-business/launching-an-innovative-startup/startup-funding-from-the-government/ https://business.gov.nl/starting-your-business/launching-an-... https://impactcity.nl/startup/financing/seed-funding/ https://impactcity.nl/startup/financing/seed-funding/

stingraycharles 6y ago
That’s a fair comment, and I had not considered that. I do know a VC, HollandVentures, that’s one of the VCs that works with EU funding, but I also know many other VCs that, as far as I can tell, work solely with private money. https://nlfunding.co/ https://nlfunding.co/ provides a list of all VCs active in The Netherlands, and while a few obvious ones are working with EU grants, I have no reason to believe most of them do. Regardless, my response was mostly to the “EU startups are grant chasers” comment, which I still believe is an unfair depiction.

stingraycharles 6y ago

That’s a fair comment, and I had not considered that. I do know a VC, HollandVentures, that’s one of the VCs that works with EU funding, but I also know many other VCs that, as far as I can tell, work solely with private money. https://nlfunding.co/ https://nlfunding.co/ provides a list of all VCs active in The Netherlands, and while a few obvious ones are working with EU grants, I have no reason to believe most of them do. Regardless, my response was mostly to the “EU startups are grant chasers” comment, which I still believe is an unfair depiction.