Amsterdam Venture Studios
The incubator facility for innovative knowledge and science based start-ups
AVS has six locations throughout Amsterdam which offers workspace and dedicated support. It connect students, researchers and alumni to entrepreneurial expertise, resources and a community of like-minded peers. The Amsterdam Venture Studios offers joint incubation programs, training, and mentoring in an environment that is focused on transforming knowledge-based ideas into new impactful businesses. Adding to this, AVS also provides easy access to a wealth of high-quality research facilities and laboratories.
Alumni Joint Master Entrepreneurship (UvA/VU) often pursue entrepreneurial careers
An annual survey held by the program directors of the Joint Master Entrepreneurship (UvA/ VU), Bram Kuijken and Enno Masurel, has found that 17.8% of alumni have founded their own company and 11.0% are currently working freelance. Additionally, the study found that 41.9% of alumni is employed by a startup (19.7%) or a scale-up (22.2%). […]
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2016 AMSIA winner receives CE Mark for non-radioactive tumor localization system
MedTech startup Sirius Medical has received CE Mark approval for Sirius Pintuition, a non-radioactive device to localize breast tumors. In 2016 Bram Schermers, then a scientist at NKI, pitched an early concept at the annual Amsterdam Science & Innovation Awards and won first prize! His pitch also caught the attention of seasoned entrepreneur Hubert Martens, […]
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Intravacc to in-license CimCure’s iBoost technology, expanding its vaccine platform portfolio
CimCure, a spin-off of Amsterdam UMC and focusing on cancer immunotherapies for solid tumors, signed a strategic partnership agreement for in-licensing CimCure’s iBoost technology with Intravacc, a worldwide leading translational research and development vaccine organization with an extensive track record in developing viral and bacterial vaccines. The iBoost (immune boost) technology was developed at Amsterdam […]
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