Come and join us for “AWS Founders Circle: State of Dutch Tech & Getting funded in 2025”. What can we expect about the year ahead? Are you looking to raise money in the coming months? Do you want to meet likeminded startup professionals? If so, this event is for you! We will gather founders and investors for an afternoon session of insights and networking.

Do you want to participate in the Speed Networking session? Please leave your details here and we will aim to accommodate: https://startuproulette.vc/aws-fc/

Agenda:
15:00h – 15:15h – Registration and Welcome by AWS
15:15h – 15:45h – State of Dutch Tech, by Techleap
15:45h – 16:15h – How to fund and grow your startup in 2025 - Founder and VC panel
16:00h – 18:00h – Speed Networking with Founders/Executives & Investors, by Golden Egg Check

About the speakers:
Bob Rietveld, Head of Data at Techleap.nl
Bob is passionate about leveraging data and intuition to help in the Dutch tech-ecosystem. Prior to Techleap, he worked in FinTech, strategy consulting and founded a social insights company called Oxyme.

Angelique Schouten, Founder & CEO of 10x.Team
With over a decade of experience in FinTech, Angelique has pioneered innovations such as the Netherlands' first online robo-advisor and co-founded Cloudtract and SportsGuru3.14. She has also been recognized in the MT Next Leadership Top 50 and City Pioneers Top 30.

Thomas Mensink, CEO and VC at Golden Egg Check
Golden Egg Check is pre-seed & seed stage fund and one of the most active venture capital funds in the Netherlands. The fund has invested in 30 companies to date, including in Orq.ai, Roseman Labs, Sirius and Oasys Now. Thomas also keeps track of venture capital investments in the Netherlands, is author of the book Startup Funding and is host of the At The Money podcast where he interviews founders and VCs.

Wouter Goossens, Investment Director at Fortino Capital
Wouter Goossens is an Investment Director with Fortino Capital investing into seed and series A stage mission critical b2b SaaS companies across Europe. At Fortino, Wouter has led investments into Altura (Amsterdam), Billy Grace (Amsterdam) and SIDES (Berlin). Prior to Fortino, Wouter was with ING Ventures – the fintech venture capital fund of ING Bank.