Startup Delta program developed with Neelie Kroes Special Envoy & director Sigrid Johannissen. First meeting may 2016.

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StartupDelta
COSTA ‘corporates&startups’
24 mei 2016 FirstMeetingCOSTA
Fancy vande VorstProgrammamanagerCOSTA,Lukas Roffel CTOThalesNederlandbv

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CorinaKuiperCorporate VenturingNetwork,FrankvanderPostCCO KPN
Jan Keesde JagerAmbassadeurCOSTA,RobvanLeenCIODSM
JustinJansenErasmusUniversiteit,EdgarvanZoelenHeadHealthSuite LabsPhilips
PieternelAartsDirectorinformal investmentING, JurgenNieuwenhuijsenECE
RogiervanBeugenDirectorInnvoation& VenturingKLM, AllardCasteleinCEOPortof Rotterdam
Jitse DuystersErasmusUniversiteit,Hansde JongCEO PhilipsBenelux
10 mei 2016
Neelie Kroes (Special Envoy, StartupDelta) and Jan Kees de Jager (CFO, KPN)
launch COSTA, a programme aimed at improving and strengthening
cooperation between corporates and startups by sharing information and best-
practices among top ten corporates. A group of 10 front-
runners will participate.
Startups are the engine for growth and innovation. One of the core goals of StartupDelta is
strengthening the Dutch ecosystem by connecting parties in the startup ecosystem, like
corporates and startups, to strengthen collaboration.. In order to achieve this, Neelie Kroes and
Jan Kees de Jager have come up with the COSTA programme to enhance cooperation between
startups and corporates.
Cooperation between startups and corporates is important because the two reinforce each other’s
strengths and potential. COSTA aims to clarify on the one hand; how a corporate can become
‘startup-ready,’ and on the other hand; how startups can become ‘corporate-ready.’ Corporates
have access to an international network, of which a startup could benefit to speed up their
process of growth and innovation. Collaborating with an innovative startup on the brink of
regeneration will make corporates more competitive in a market that is evolving at a fast rate. For
startups having a corporate as launching customer will make growth possible and tap into a
global network that can help them grow and expand.
COSTA will bring together C-level executive from KPN, Shell, Philips, AkzoNobel, Havenbedrijf
Rotterdam, Eneco, ING, KLM, DSM and Thales Nederland several times during the year in order
to share knowledge, successes, failures and experiences. The first meeting will be held during
Startup Fest Europe. COSTA works together with partners VNO-NCW, Corporate Venturing
Network (CVN), the Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship, Rotterdam School of Management
and the municipality of Eindhoven.
Note:AlsoUnileverand Rabobankparticipate