Meet our Startup Alumni

Meet our alumni

Since the beginning of our startup programmes, we’ve supported more than 400 ambitious early-stage entrepreneurs in setting up their venture. All kinds of people participated; from students to former CFO’s and medical specialists, and they had all kinds of ideas; from an online digital housing platform to a more technical DNA testing kit and an online packaging-free supermarket. Check out some featured companies from our alumni portfolio, or see our Impact Stories that showcases the impact our startup community has made around the globe.

Startup Stories

Below you can find some Impact Stories that highlight the achievements among entrepreneurs from our community of startup alumni.

Startup Programme Alumni ‘Burgs Foods’ Revolutionising the Food Chain by Bringing Crickets to Table

Sander and George, founders of Burgs Foods, believe that edible insects are the perfect alternative source of protein since they...

Business Programme Alumni ‘Productpine’ moving away from traditional retail.

The founders of platform for innovation Productpine have experienced a successful first year and since they are one of our...

Erasmus Startup Programme Alumni DeNoize improving the future of real estate with its smart windows for smart homes

CEO and co-founder of DeNoize, Aman Jindal, joined our startup programmes in 2018 when the company was initially founded. Since...

More Alumni

Since the beginning of the Erasmus Startup Programmes, we’ve supported more than 400 ambitious early-stage entrepreneurs in setting up their venture. All kinds of people have participated; from students to former CFO’s and medical specialists, and they had all kinds of ideas; from an online digital housing platform to a more technical DNA testing kit and an online packaging-free supermarket. Below you can find some featured companies of our Alumni Portfolio.

iKapitein

Founding date: 2018Founder: Wesley dos SantosVisit website

Gearbooker

Founding date: 2017Founder: Jonathan StrandersVisit website

The Green Branch

Founding date: 2019Founder: Kasper Kupperman, Jacob HietinkVisit website

Clickdrive

Founding date: 2019Founder: Joost van Suijlekom, Bart BuurmaVisit website

Marie Elyst

Founding date: 2019Founder: Maria AdaoVisit website

Lilan Art

Founding date: 2018Founder: Rachel ZhangVisit website

Mr Berry's

Founding date: 2019Founder: Floris de LaatVisit website

Narraty

Founding date: 2020Founder: Jason ChangVisit website

Visual Contracts

Founding date: 2017Founder: Lieke BeelenVisit website

Lena's Moves

Founding date: 2017Founder: Lena NasiakouVisit website

PiXel Digital Agency

Founding date: 2019Founder: Adriana BeleiVisit website

Zylos

Founding date: 2015Founder: Roger TeeuwsenVisit website

Selficient

Founding date: 2017Founder: Robin Stuiver, Thijs MorelVisit website

Productpine

Founding date: 2019Founder: Camiel van Dooren, Vincent HulshoffVisit website

Realpars

Founding date: 2017Founder: Shahpour ShahpourniaVisit website

Perpetual Products

Founding date: 2018Founder: Edoardo Pulvirenti, Stefano PerlascaVisit website

DeNoize

Founding date: 2018Founder: Aman Jindal, Olivier SchevinVisit website

RAP technologies

Founding date: 2016Founder: Léon Spikker, Lucas ter Hall, Wessel van BeerendonkVisit website

De Krekerij / Burgs Foods

Founding date: 2018Founder: Sander Peltenburg, George BrandenburgVisit website

Seepje

Founding date: 2013Founder: Jasper Gabriëlse, Melvin LoggiesVisit website

VR Owl

Founding date: 2015Founder: Marco Janmaat, August JanmaatVisit website

Nocto

Founding date: 2017Founder: David Franzén, Mark BrouwersVisit website

VideoRepute

Founding date: 2019Founder: Hossein GolhosseiniVisit website

Savfood

Founding date: 2019Founder: Ahmer Ashraf, Sarah AshrafVisit website

Alumni testimonials

Check out these testimonials from some of our startup programme alumni!

“During the programme we learnt how to think out of the box and we got to work a lot on our business.”

Sarah Leebeek and Kimberly Jahja, Founders of Issambres
Alumnus Erasmus Startup Programme, Class of September 2019

“I found a surprising number of people with brilliant ideas and a very high level of coaches, investors and entrepreneurs: that made a huge difference. ”

Berry Kriesels, Founder of Omnigen
Alumnus Erasmus Startup Programme and Health Coach, Class of November 2014

“If you think of your idea as a seed, then the Erasmus Startup Programme would be the pot in which it will first sprout”

Aman Jindal, Founder of DeNoize
Alumnus Erasmus Startup Programme, Class of October 2018

“The Erasmus Startup Programme gave me confidence in my start up. After every lesson I walked out of the building full of energy and power to continue.”

Jade Ruijzenaars, Founder of Crangon Crangon Ceramics
Alumnus Erasmus Startup Programme, Class of December 2016

“Thanks to Erasmus Startup Programme, I learned how to listen to my customers.”

Jędrzej Krzemiński, Founder of Amethyst Health
Alumnus Erasmus Startup Programme, Class of February 2018

“New ways of thinking about building a company”

Fabian Dudek, Founder of Nestpick
Alumnus Erasmus Startup Programme, Class of February 2015

“The Erasmus Startup Programme gives you the chance to turn your idea into reality – Just go for it.”

Sander Peltenburg and George Brandenburg, Founders of Burgs Foods
Alumnus Erasmus Startup Programme, Class of October 2017