Looking back at The Hague Hacks 2017
On December 8th, The Hague Peace Projects and ImpactCity jointly organized the first edition of The Hague Hacks. The all-day conference brought together the worlds of peace, justice, and technology....
View ArticleThe Hague Innovators Challenge 2018: Cast your vote now
Which of the nine contestants in the 2018 The Hague Innovators Challenge would you grant €5,000? Vote for the idea that you support most now. The nominees are: YAPILI Health@Hand The Open Insect Farm...
View ArticleThe Hague Innovators Challenge 2018: Meet the jury
The 2018 edition of the The Hague Innovators Challenge has been in full swing. Nine nominees are in the running to become 2018 The Hague Innovator. Our professional jury is getting ready to have a look...
View ArticleLooking back at ImpactCity in 2017: “We look forward to pushing for impact in...
The new year is just around the corner, but what a year it has been! In 2017, startups, innovators, investors and many cross overs focused on doing good & doing business, once more enabled us to...
View ArticleWe’re happy to announce: These are the 2018 The Hague Innovators Challenge...
By way of the annual The Hague Innovators Challenge, the City of The Hague challenges startups, students and creative minds to come up with fresh and innovative ideas to tackle the global issues of our...
View ArticleHaagse Vernieuwer Seepje in Forbes lijst “30 under 30” [in Dutch]
Eerder deze week lazen we dat Seepje oprichter Jasper Gabriëlse genoemd is in de lijst van 50 jonge ondernemende talenten van nu in het Financieel Dagblad. En daar kwam gisteren bij dat Forbes de...
View ArticleMeet the Open Insect Farm: “We need drastically different food production...
The Open Insect Farm is on a mission to take urban farming to the next level by encouraging eating insects. It aims to challenge climate change and the world food problem by moving insect consumption...
View ArticleUnderstanding blockchain technology: “Blockchain is like Google Docs”
All of a sudden, blockchain is everywhere. But what is it? And can it be applied to address global challenges? It turns out it’s actually a fairly simple concept. In this article, we’re breaking down a...
View ArticleDe Binckhaven als episch centrum van de Haagse startup scene [in Dutch]: “Den...
De nieuwe gemeentesecretaris Peter Hennephof bezocht gistermiddag startup hub de Binckhaven. De gemeentesecretaris werd positief verrast door dit bruisende innovatieve hart van Den Haag, dat volop in...
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Meet The New Farm: “The Hague has put itself firmly on the map of the urban...
The New Farm is a bold and beautiful effort at large-scale city farming. It is now blossoming into an international hotspot for vertical urban farming and sustainable food production that is putting...
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Meet philanthropic investment fund Acumen: “We believe philanthropy makes the...
Acumen is a philanthropic investment fund that targets companies whose products and services enable the poor to transform their lives. Rather than giving philanthropy away, they invest it in companies...
View Article“We believe nature holds the key to a sustainable building industry”
Last month, ImpactCity’s brand-new 2018 The Hague Innovators were announced. Startup Fungalogic took home the student prize of €10,000. Fungalogic works with fungi to transform natural and fiber-rich...
View Article“We want all humanitarian causes to have an adequate response”
Last month, ImpactCity’s brand-new 2018 The Hague Innovators were announced. Startup HumanSurge took home the grand prize of €30,000. It’s working on an innovative global emergency roster for...
View ArticleMeet Yvonne Bakkum, managing director at development bank FMO: “To most...
Impact investing is essential if we want to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. Yvonne Bakkum, manager director at Dutch development bank FMO, argues that the funds of institutional...
View ArticleCounting down to this year’s Movies that Matter Festival: “Film is able to...
The annual Movies that Matter Festival is drawing near. Featuring a program of 70 films and approximately 300 viewings, it attracts some 25,000 visitors to The Hague each year. This year’s festival...
View ArticleCounting down to matchmaking event Impact Fair: “Impact Fair bridges the gap...
Impact Fair on March 19th is ImpactCity The Hague’s latest addition to its effort to enable the success of social impact scale-ups that are working from the city. Impact Fair aims to catalyze...
View ArticleWhy we chose to do business in The Hague
At ImpactCity, we are loyal supporters of social enterprise Samasource that aims to reverse global poverty by giving work. That’s why we’re happy that it decided to establish its European office in The...
View ArticleTransforming the social sector as we know it: “Blockchain could help remake...
Bitcoin is everywhere and digital currencies are demonstrating a spectacular rise in value. Blockchain technology, that’s at the heart of cryptocurrencies, may have the potential to drive profound...
View Article“Putting creative minds together is a great thing”
The Hague-based startup Hack the Planet has been working towards launching its latest project, Meet the Soldier. It’s a 3D, virtual reality film with a humanitarian cause – the first of its kind in the...
View ArticlePersbericht: Wereldpremière humanitaire VR-documentaire Meet the Soldier [in...
Persbericht: Hack The Planet en Mensen met een Missie lanceren Meet the Soldier: Wereldpremière humanitaire VR-documentaire tijdens Movies that Matter Festival Den Haag, 20 maart 2018 – Deze week...
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