LIVESTREAM LINK: https://youtu.be/HqgkWcfqrmo
On Wednesday 7 April, the final of Groningen OPEN 2021 takes place. Groningen OPEN has started the second edition, in which six established companies from the Northern Netherlands have formulated challenges and are looking for startups with innovative solutions. The aim of Groningen OPEN is to connect established, larger comapnies with startups.
Groningen OPEN is organised by Campus Groningen, Founded in Groningen, Founded in Friesland, VentureLab North and Flinc (part of NV NOM).
About the final
The finalists are invited for the (online) event on Wednesday 7 April. During this event, startups pitch their idea. The matches between the companies and the startups are announced as well during this event.
Program April 7
15:15 Walk-in livestream
15:30 Start program
- Welcome by host Suzan de Grijs
- Opening by Koen Schuiling, Mayor of Gemeente Groningen
- Ronals Hesse of Campus Groningen talks briefly about the Groningen OPEN initiative.
- Conversation with Sieger Dijkstra from VNO-NCW Noord and Emile Stuy from Anker Stuy Verven B.V .. About the importance of innovation by (SME) companies and cooperation with startups
- Meet the larger companies: Antea Group, Bossers & Cnossen, Boom uitgevers, Cosun Beet Company, Nijestee en Intergas.
- Pitches by the selected startups
- Announcement of the winning startups/matches!
- Preview of the collaboration between the companies and the next edition of Groningen OPEN
- 17:00 The end
Six challenges
Six established companies - Antea Group, Boom uitgevers, Nijestee, Bossers & Cnossen, Intergas and Cosun Beet Company - are open to innovation and collaboration with startups. They have set up challenges and in the coming weeks, together with the organizing partners of Groningen OPEN, they will be looking for startups that can offer a good solution to their problem.
For example, Cosun Beet Company (formerly Suiker Unie) is looking for a startup that can realize a new application from the sugar beet, such as products for personal care and household products. Antea Group wants to develop a tool that provides insight into the flow of movement in public space. Boom uitgevers would like to get in touch with a startup that can take their online training concept for teachers into the future. Housing corporation Nijestee is curious about new methods for making existing homes more sustainable. Bossers & Cnossen wants to know whether there is a market for Nextcloud and the associated services of Bossers & Cnossen. And Intergas, market leader in the development of high-efficiency central heating boilers, would like to get in touch with a startup that can offer a solution for compact heat storage.
Read more about the challenges.
