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Ask HN: 45 Dutch students are visiting Berlin. Can we visit your startup?

Hi! My name is Ewout Kleinsmann, a Dutch 24-year old EE student at the University of Twente and co-founder of a Dutch startup. 17 to 20 May me and 45 other EE, CS and AM students will be visiting Berlin. We'd love to visit some startups and hear about you and Berlin as startup hub in general. So, to all the start-ups in Berlin: may we come and visit you in Berlin? Ewout PS. if you have any questions regarding our trip, please do ask :)

illumen 14y ago
Check out co-up, a bunch of startups and community meetups happening there. The people there are quite well connected to berlin startups too. http://co-up.de/events.html http://co-up.de/events.html
- ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
  Thanks for the tip!
AlexMuir 14y ago
Email Betahaus and ask if you could sit in their event space (comfortable, big enough for you all, and generally unused) while people come up and present their startup to you for five minutes. They're nice people, and there's probably around fifty startups in the building. It's a cool place.
- ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
  Will do, thanks for the tip :)
Jean-Philipe 14y ago
You could visit http://www.upcload.com http://www.upcload.com on their roof at the Spree river with great view! Be sure to e-mail in advance!
freshfey 14y ago
Ask Johannes Reck, he's the CEO and Co-Founder of GetYourGuide (HQ in Berlin I believe) and a very smart and friendly entrepreneur. His twitter handle: @JohannesReck. You can mention me, but I don't think that it'll be necessary :)
harryf 14y ago
There's a map of all startups in Berlin here - http://goo.gl/ZI7Ki http://goo.gl/ZI7Ki
- kentosi 14y ago
  Hi - do you have a similar list of startups in Paris?
  - knes 14y ago
    that would be neat :)
pst 14y ago
Hi Ewout, we'd love to have you guys in for a visit. Send me an email to pst@cloudcontrol.de to discuss the details. Best Philipp
- ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
  Hi Philipp, thanks for the invite. I will email you this afternoon.
webjunkie 14y ago
That seems to be a bad idea as most Germans will not be working from May 17 to 20... and I don't know if the hackers and startup-workoholics actually can resist having one, two or more beers for Herrentag/Vatertag :)
- ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
  You're right, but that is also exactly the reason we'll be visiting Berlin that weekend. Since the university is also closed that weekend, we won't miss any classes.
Cilvic 14y ago
Sure come visit us @KeyRocket. email me jan@keyrocket.com we are part of a university incubator and I can put you in touch with them to see other startups.
- ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
  Thanks for the invitation. I will email you this afternoon.
090178 14y ago
Good question. Warm welcome. Great community.
alanbyrne 14y ago
Perhaps you can post over at hackful.eu as well (Assuming you've not already done that)
ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
Thank you for all the great tips and invitations. Love this community :) Naturally, more tips are always welcome.
chriseidhof 14y ago
Get in touch with the silicon allee and www.gruenderszene.de, they know everybody. The Gidsy founders are Dutch, definitely get in touch with them. I'd love to show you guys around (I'm Dutch and living in Berlin), but I will be away during that period (except for 17 in the morning). Get in touch if you have any questions or if I can help with anything.
- ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
  Thanks, I sent you an email.
edial 14y ago
Hi there Ewout, You can drop by at the Gidsy HQ if you want. In the evening of May 17th would work well for us. Let me know! You can also email me (first name +gidsy.com)
- PanMan 14y ago
  And to advertise for Edial: Gidsy is in Berlin, but the founders are Dutch, so you won't have to speak that strange language they have over there... :)
- ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
  Thanks, I sent you an email.
endymi0n 14y ago
We'd be happy to have you around at Trademob - especially if you're also interested in Big Data, Mobile, and Real Time Bidding using the latest and greatest technology that is... ;-) Just drop us a line at welcometwente@trademob.com ! Tot ziens, Dominik Hamann Lead Architect
factorialboy 14y ago
Will you steal back some cycles? ;-)
- chriseidhof 14y ago
  Please show some respect. I don't think it's appropriate to make these kind of jokes.
  - factorialboy 14y ago
    Sorry .. didn't know it was controversial .. Such jokes were common (and generally acceptable) when I worked there.. :-/
sebkomianos 14y ago
I submitted this to Hackful Europe as well (http://hackful.eu/posts/968 http://hackful.eu/posts/968), hope you are ok with this. :)
digitalime 14y ago
If you dig the start-up scene in Berlin, we are organising an Open Air tech event for the European tech community. It's happening at the end of the summer, so if you feel like coming back to the city then, we'd love to have you! http://toaberlin.com http://toaberlin.com
chefrocker 14y ago
Feel free to come over at SponsorPay or drop me a mail: Michael@sponsorpay.com
AlexFarcet 14y ago
Email me and I'll see if I can introduce you to some of the Startupbootcamp mentors http://www.startupbootcamp.org/europeans-cities/berlin/mentors-berlin/ http://www.startupbootcamp.org/europeans-cities/berlin/mento... Alex af@startupbootcamp.org
AlexFarcet 14y ago
Email me and I'll see if I can introduce you to some of the Startupbootcamp mentors http://www.startupbootcamp.org/europeans-cities/berlin/mentors-berlin/ http://www.startupbootcamp.org/europeans-cities/berlin/mento... Alex af@startupbootcamp.org

illumen 14y ago

Check out co-up, a bunch of startups and community meetups happening there. The people there are quite well connected to berlin startups too. http://co-up.de/events.html http://co-up.de/events.html

ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
Thanks for the tip!

AlexMuir 14y ago

Email Betahaus and ask if you could sit in their event space (comfortable, big enough for you all, and generally unused) while people come up and present their startup to you for five minutes. They're nice people, and there's probably around fifty startups in the building. It's a cool place.

ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
Will do, thanks for the tip :)

Jean-Philipe 14y ago

You could visit http://www.upcload.com http://www.upcload.com on their roof at the Spree river with great view! Be sure to e-mail in advance!

freshfey 14y ago

Ask Johannes Reck, he's the CEO and Co-Founder of GetYourGuide (HQ in Berlin I believe) and a very smart and friendly entrepreneur. His twitter handle: @JohannesReck. You can mention me, but I don't think that it'll be necessary :)

harryf 14y ago

There's a map of all startups in Berlin here - http://goo.gl/ZI7Ki http://goo.gl/ZI7Ki

kentosi 14y ago
Hi - do you have a similar list of startups in Paris?
- knes 14y ago
  that would be neat :)

pst 14y ago

Hi Ewout, we'd love to have you guys in for a visit. Send me an email to pst@cloudcontrol.de to discuss the details. Best Philipp

ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
Hi Philipp, thanks for the invite. I will email you this afternoon.

webjunkie 14y ago

That seems to be a bad idea as most Germans will not be working from May 17 to 20... and I don't know if the hackers and startup-workoholics actually can resist having one, two or more beers for Herrentag/Vatertag :)

ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
You're right, but that is also exactly the reason we'll be visiting Berlin that weekend. Since the university is also closed that weekend, we won't miss any classes.

Cilvic 14y ago

Sure come visit us @KeyRocket. email me jan@keyrocket.com we are part of a university incubator and I can put you in touch with them to see other startups.

ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
Thanks for the invitation. I will email you this afternoon.

090178 14y ago

Good question. Warm welcome. Great community.

alanbyrne 14y ago

Perhaps you can post over at hackful.eu as well (Assuming you've not already done that)

ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago

Thank you for all the great tips and invitations. Love this community :) Naturally, more tips are always welcome.

chriseidhof 14y ago

Get in touch with the silicon allee and www.gruenderszene.de, they know everybody. The Gidsy founders are Dutch, definitely get in touch with them. I'd love to show you guys around (I'm Dutch and living in Berlin), but I will be away during that period (except for 17 in the morning). Get in touch if you have any questions or if I can help with anything.

ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
Thanks, I sent you an email.

edial 14y ago

Hi there Ewout, You can drop by at the Gidsy HQ if you want. In the evening of May 17th would work well for us. Let me know! You can also email me (first name +gidsy.com)

PanMan 14y ago
And to advertise for Edial: Gidsy is in Berlin, but the founders are Dutch, so you won't have to speak that strange language they have over there... :)
ewoutkleinsmann 14y ago
Thanks, I sent you an email.

endymi0n 14y ago

We'd be happy to have you around at Trademob - especially if you're also interested in Big Data, Mobile, and Real Time Bidding using the latest and greatest technology that is... ;-) Just drop us a line at welcometwente@trademob.com ! Tot ziens, Dominik Hamann Lead Architect

factorialboy 14y ago

Will you steal back some cycles? ;-)

chriseidhof 14y ago
Please show some respect. I don't think it's appropriate to make these kind of jokes.
- factorialboy 14y ago
  Sorry .. didn't know it was controversial .. Such jokes were common (and generally acceptable) when I worked there.. :-/

sebkomianos 14y ago

I submitted this to Hackful Europe as well (http://hackful.eu/posts/968 http://hackful.eu/posts/968), hope you are ok with this. :)

digitalime 14y ago

If you dig the start-up scene in Berlin, we are organising an Open Air tech event for the European tech community. It's happening at the end of the summer, so if you feel like coming back to the city then, we'd love to have you! http://toaberlin.com http://toaberlin.com

chefrocker 14y ago

Feel free to come over at SponsorPay or drop me a mail: Michael@sponsorpay.com

AlexFarcet 14y ago

Email me and I'll see if I can introduce you to some of the Startupbootcamp mentors http://www.startupbootcamp.org/europeans-cities/berlin/mentors-berlin/ http://www.startupbootcamp.org/europeans-cities/berlin/mento... Alex af@startupbootcamp.org

AlexFarcet 14y ago