Amsterdam is our earliest record in this series. It starts on May 26, a week before New York's, and it has moved once: two evenings in a ping pong bar in West, then three in De Pijp. One of the five has names on it.
| Evening | Room | Ran as | On the record |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, May 26 | PONG | Investor Connect | Date and room |
| Tue, Jun 23 | PONG | Startup Pitch & Themed Networking | Date and room |
| Tue, Jul 14 | Side Quest Bar | Startup Pitch & Themed Networking | Date and room |
| Tue, Aug 25 | Side Quest Bar | AI & Tech Networking | Three companies on stage |
| Wed, Sep 23 | Side Quest Bar | AI & Tech Networking | Date and room |
PONG, May and June
The first evening, on May 26, ran as Investor Connect at PONG, a ping pong bar on Jan van Galenstraat. Its page lists a short programme, from 7:20 to 8:30 PM. Four weeks later, on June 23, we were back in the same room for an evening that ran as Startup Pitch & Themed Networking: tables first, then pitches.
Side Quest Bar, from July
On July 14 the evening moved to Side Quest Bar on Ceintuurbaan, in De Pijp, and stayed there for August 25 and September 23. The November date is in the same room. The October one is not: it is at Hotel Fifty Five on Warmoesstraat.
August 25
The one evening with names. It ran as AI & Tech Networking, and three companies pitched:
- Elea International: an AI companion app for emotional support that remembers earlier conversations and lets you rehearse a hard one.
- MESH, seed: clinical assessment through an ordinary camera, starting with movement and gait.
- JUNO, pre-seed: a fertility app for men.
The evening wasn't billed as a health night. All three founders who pitched happened to be building for it. The evening's page →
What the record leaves out
- Four evenings out of five. May 26, June 23, July 14 and September 23 have a date and a room on the record and no names, although two of them ran as pitch evenings.
- Photographs from the room. There are none on any of the five pages.
- Head counts. We publish a number only when it comes from the check-in list, and none has been published for Amsterdam.
Next in Amsterdam
A third room, and the first Thursday. The two fall rooms and how to tell them apart are in the Amsterdam guide.
Mentioned in this piece
Companies · pitched in Amsterdam
- Elea International · Aug 25
- MESH · Aug 25
- JUNO · Aug 25
Rooms
- PONG · May 26, Jun 23
- Side Quest Bar · Jul 14, Aug 25, Sep 23
- Hotel Fifty Five · Oct 29
