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WELCOME TO
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AMSTERDAM

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WELCOME TO
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AMSTERDAM
William Stokman
Urban Economist
Department of Economics
City of Amsterdam
• Amsterdam Urban Growth Strategy
• Urban Space for New Economy
• Office Strategy for Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (MRA)
• Enter.NL

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Coworking in Amsterdam:
- Startup Ecosystem in Amsterdam
- Coworking: from Building to Urban districts
- Impact of economic succes

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Growth of Coworking Spaces in the Netherlands

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Employment
Growth

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Amsterdam Startup Ecosystem
2000 startups
Global tech tycoons:
Uber, Netflix, Twitter, Tesla,
Google
3300+ foreign
companies with HQ in
Amsterdam

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THE 5 PILLARS
Making an abundance of
tech talent available in the
ecosystem
Providing easy access to
potential launching
customers, corporate
partners and first users
Creating Europe’s richest
Startup event calendar and
mentoring pools.
Making sufficient
growth capital available
for promising startups
Stimulating the
realisation of
a true startup
ecosystem
TechConnect
CodeUur
Coding for Amsterdam
Growth Hacking Academy
B. Startup School Amsterdam
project.amsterdam
Corporate Network
Startup in Residence
Talks@StartupAmsterdam
StartupAmsterdam portal
LaunchPad Network & Meetups
Founders Network
Amsterdam Capital Week
Startup Exchange Programme
SCALE
Startup bootcamps

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FACTS & FIGURES
1600+ Tech/startup events
in 2017 alone

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50+
Coworking
spaces

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30+
Startup accelerators
and incubators

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20+
Coding
Academies

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● In 2017, approximately 60,000 people work at 1,052 tech companies in Amsterdam,
which means 11% of the total Amsterdam job market.
● Over 10,000 jobs were added in the last two years, making tech a major driver of job
growth in Amsterdam.
● The main growth drivers are home-grown startups & scale-ups.
Growing jobs by 13% per year between 2015 and 2017,
FACTS & FIGURES

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Urban Growth
Strategy
Amsterdam

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Coworking & Open Innovation

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Impact of
Economic Succes

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Social Economic Impact