Persbericht: Startupbouwer Creative Dock opent kantoor in Den Haag [in Dutch]
Den Haag, 27 maart 2018 – Creative Dock, een start-upbouwer afkomstig uit Praag, Tsjechië, heeft officieel een kantoor geopend in Den Haag. Het bedrijf helpt grote corporates met het opzetten van...
View ArticleMeet Euclid Network: “Social enterprise is perfectly compatible with...
The Euclid Summit on social impact ecosystems is taking place in The Hague this year. On 11 and 12 April, individuals and organizations from across Europe, that focus on social impact, will gather to...
View ArticlePersbericht: Tien startups met impact pitchen tijdens de Demo Day van World...
Persbericht World Startup Factory: Tien startups met impact pitchen tijdens de Demo Day van World Startup Factory Den Haag, 3 April 2018 – Afgelopen week presenteerde World Startup Factory tien...
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 Article“To most investors, developing countries are uncharted territory”
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 Article“Film is able to pinpoint what’s at stake”
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 Article“Impact Fair bridges the gap between social entrepreneurs and finance”
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 Article“Blockchain could help remake philanthropy and international aid”
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 Article“Social enterprise is perfectly compatible with collective action”
The Euclid Summit on social impact ecosystems is taking place in The Hague this year. On 11 and 12 April, individuals and organizations from across Europe, that focus on social impact, will gather to...
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“Our meetup brought together the worlds of peace, justice, and technology”
Late last month, the Movies that Matter Festival joined forces with The Hague Hacks and Border Sessions to host a meetup at the festival. The meetup brought together the worlds of peace, justice, human...
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Hague Impact startups: win € 500,000 investment funds
Since 1 March, green startups from all over the world can sign up for the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge. The competition has expanded to become one of the largest annual sustainability competitions...
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HortiHeroes brings Food & Flower innovators to The Hague
The inspiration and networking event HortiHeroes Arena is an initiative that connects startups and young professionals with the Food & Flower Industry. The goal is to renew this sector on a large...
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“We are taking advantage of the massive untapped human potential”
Self-driving car technology is fueling disruptive change in the automotive industry. At Samasource, we are excited about this prospect and about its potential to have a much wider societal impact by...
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John Marks – Principles of social entrepreneurship
John Marks, founder of Search for Common Ground, visited the Hague Humanity Hub which is a proud partner of ImpactCity. During a masterclass he described the basic operating principles that he has...
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“To convince them we showed our insulation while holding a flame thrower next...
It has been six months since our first guest blog here, and a lot happened in the meantime. Summer gave us the time to reflect and provide you with this update. For the newcomers: Fungalogic won the...
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DCHI annual event @Impact Startup Fest
During Impact Startup Fest, DCHI will host the DCHI Annual Event where challenges, opportunities, innovators, and humanitarians come together to share what is going in this space. The Dutch Coalition...
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Monkey Code wins ‘Hackathon for good’ with solution to prevent land grabbing
The ‘Hackathon for good’ in The Hague was won by team Monkey Code with a solution to prevent land grabbing by combining satellite data with recent social media data. During the Hackathon for good, 27...
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