One last time, we will come together with the network of Present Your Startup; all investors, all startups, all partners, all trainers, all volunteers, and everyone in general, who did something for the foundation in the last ten years. All over the world, PYS gathers people with the same passion: innovation, growth, and entrepreneurship.

What can you expect?

PYS partnered with GPTx on April 21st in de Koepel in Haarlem. At the ground floor there is a startup corner which has a focus on AI. Also startups, Partners and investors of the program will be there to meet each other for one last time.

Tickets

If you are interested in coming to GPT x event on April 21st? You can use the code pys10 for a discount.

Present Your Startup Haarlem 2021 will be hosting the Finale live stream. What you can expect from this program is to watch the top 4 finalists pitch their businesses. There will be a jury panel who will elaborate questions to the entrepreneurs and at the end, they will choose who wins Present Your Startup Haarlem 2021. You will be able to vote online for your favorite startup and the finalist who gets the more votes will win the People’s Choice Award.

If this is the first time you will be joining us, please, see more about the finalists by clicking here. And don’t forget to join us online at the Grand Finale, all you have to do is register at the button below.

The finalists of Present Your Startup Haarlem 2021 would like to test their case with investors or even raise funding to grow their startup. In order to make sure they will get connected to a part of our network of investors and experts, we organize an exclusive lunch to meet investors, VC, and business angels. Finalists will pitch their startup for them.

We invite investors to be part of this Exclusive Lunch. If you have questions about the event or if you would like to know more, you can get in touch with us through our founder Valerie Vallenduuk: valerie@innovate.today

See the program hereby:

12:00 Walk-in

12:15 Start Pitches

12:45 Start lunch

14:30 End

Investors, VC, business angel, join us by clicking the button below. Register now, and get a spot for May 27th. If you do, let us know if you have dietary wishes and allergies.

After a week of training at our Academy, the best startups will present their businesses to investors, experts, partners, and an online crowd. They will pitch and get questions from the jury members, who will evaluate them.

Who will get to the next stage? Find out by joining us, be part of the online crowd. See the program here:

Program

13:45 Livestream begins

13:50 Welcome to (online) public & jury members

13:55 Explanation program & results until now

14:00 Pitches

15:48 Break

15:00 Pitches

15:24 Deliberation of the Jury

15:36 Announcement of the finalists

15:40 Closing remarks

15:45 End

Get a ticket now, click on the button below!

Do you have a startup? You have created a small team and you want to grow your business, but you don’t know yet what to do? During the program of Present Your Startup, our experts help you accelerate your business by training you on the business model, finance, legal aspects, pitch, and marketing. By the end of the program, five startups will be selected to pitch in the finals of Present Your Startup on July 6th, 2021.

During the introduction day, a maximum of 30 selected startups is invited to meet the team of Present Your Startup and to get to know more about the program. After the introduction day, a maximum of ten startups is selected to participate in our acceleration program.

Applications are closed now. If you couldn’t register on time, register to receive our newsletter.

On October 28 at 7:00 PM (Dutch time) and 2:00pm (New York time), an anniversary edition of the pitch competition will take place in Haarlem and New York and will be opened by Mayor Jos Wienen. You can watch and vote online. The startups will pitch live in the studio in New York and Haarlem respectively. Join us at the free live stream.

Present Your Startup is proud to announce the 5 finalists of Present Your Startup Alkmaar 2020. The finals will take place in Theater De Vest in Alkmaar on the 29th of September. The 5 finalists will pitch on stage and compete for the title of ‘Winner of Present Your Startup Alkmaar 2020’. After the winner’s announcement, the night will end with congratulatory drinks.

The program of PYS

Present Your Startup is an accelerator program and pitch competition enabling entrepreneurs to share their companies with the world, networking and of course getting the chance to get funded. Customized training, specific investor matchmaking and an innovative community are examples of the features the program offers. 

This year, after a successful experience in Bonaire, Present Your Startup organized the program in Alkmaar, together with Gemeente Alkmaar, Rabobank, Actan adviseurs & accountants, Sophista, Twine, IT = Alkmaar, Creative, Triple, Betty Blocks, Tape and Cyso Group. Read more about this year’s finalists here.

Program of the finals 

13:00 Opening  

13:15 Maarten Strootman from Pepperfield  

13:30 Selima Ajaoun from Aleeza  

13:45 Gideon Boadu from DeMonth h 

14:00 Sander van Doorn from Circuvorm  

14:15 Daniel van Drunen from Airchip  

14:30 Present Your Scale-Up: conversation with former participant  

14:45 Announcement of the winner  

15:00 End 

Watch the finals livestream, don’t miss the chance to listen to great ideas, register here.

Present Your Startup is proud to announce the Semi-finals of the Program in Alkmaar this July 1st, from 14:00 - 16:00. Each of the 8 startups will present their business in front of a jury panel, who will ask questions to get the best of each of the entrepreneurs. Afterwards, there will be a deliberation of who goes to the final round and becomes a finalist. 

Program:

14:00 Introduction

14:10- 15:30 Pitch from entrepreneurs

15:40 Deputy Dijkman’s words

15:50 Announcement of the finalists

16:00 End

Do you want to listen to bright startup ideas? Connect with us via livestream:

Je hebt de Prepare Your Startup Academy succesvol afgerond… EN je bent geselecteerd om te pitchen in de halve finale!

Tijdens de halve finale pitchen maximaal tien startups voor een publiek van investeerders en experts. Een panel van investeerders selecteerd aan het einde van de dag vijf startups die door mogen naar de finale van Present Your Startup Alkmaar 2020.

MEDEDELING:

De maatregelen rondom de coronavirus hebben ook effect op Present Your Startup Alkmaar. De Halve Finale op vrijdag 20 maart gaat wel door, maar zal niet plaatsvinden in De Drukkerij in Alkmaar. Volg de pitches volgende week online via de livestream!

If you want to listen to bright ideas, then be at the Finals of Present Your Startup Bonaire 2020. Get a ticket soon and don’t miss the chance to watch pitch the best startups.

Program of the finals

19:00 Registration. Walk in

19:30 Welcome: opening host

19:40 Pitches by startups

21:00 Public can vote via decibel meter

21:05 Announcement of public choice award

21:10 Announcement of the winner Present Your Startup 2020 Bonaire & Celebration Drinks

Do you want to be in the finals of Present Your Startup Bonaire 2020? Get your tickets through the button.

Present Your Startup komt naar Alkmaar! Heb jij een startup? En ben je klaar om de volgende stap te nemen? Vanaf 20 november is het mogelijk je in te schrijven voor Present Your Startup Alkmaar.

Present Your Startup is een accelerator en een pitchcompetitie. Jaarlijks geven wij trainingen aan honderden startups om ze te laten groeien. Dit doen wij in Haarlem, het Caribisch gebied en in New York.

In februari 2020 start het programma voor het eerst in Alkmaar - en jij kunt daar deel van uitmaken!

Present Your Startup is proud to announce the 5 finalists of Present Your Startup the Netherlands 2019. The finals will take place in the Philharmonie in Haarlem on the 4th of December. The 5 finalists will pitch on stage and compete for the title of ‘Winner of Present Your Startup The Netherlands 2019’. After the winner’s announcement, the night will end with congratulatory drinks.

The program of PYS
Present Your Startup is a program and competition event happening each year, enabling the entrepreneurs of tomorrow to start a change today. Customized training, specific investor matchmaking and an innovative community are examples of the features the program offers.

For this year’s edition, 80 startups applied. Out of Present Your Startup’s 2019 class, the top five companies will pitch during the Finals. Read more about this year’s finalists here.

Program
17:00 VIP program
19:00 Walk in main program
19:30 Pitches by finalists Tickete, Best3minutes, Triple Threat, Bubbles Bodycare & Glampop
21:30 Announcement winner Present Your Startup 2019
21:45 Drinks
23:00 End

You are a finalist in the program of Present Your Startup. And maybe you would like to test your case with investors or even raise funding to grow your startup. In order to make sure you will get connected to a part of our network of investors and experts, we organize an exclusive dinner for the finalists of Present Your Startup Netherlands 2019 to meet investors and to pitch your startup for them.

After a week in a bootcamp our best 10 startups will present them for investors, experts and partners. Only 5 will be selected to present themselves at the finals on december 4th in Philharmonie in Haarlem.

Get your free early bird tickets before Friday, October 18th!

You have started your startup. You have created a small team around you and you are ready to go. But how do you grow further? And is your business future proof? During the program of Present Your Startup, our experts help you accelerating your business by training you on business model, finance, legal aspects, pitch and marketing. By the end of the program, five startups will be selected to pitch in the finals of Present Your Startup on December 4.

During the introduction day, selected startups are invited to meet the team of Present Your Startup and to get to know more about the program. After the introduction day, a maximum of ten startups is selected to participate for our acceleration program.

Do you want to apply for Present Your Startup 2019? Click on the button below.

From April 7-10, Present Your Startup will travel all the way to New York for the fourth time! During our second visit, Mayor of the City of Haarlem Jos Wienen and Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer signed a Memorandum of Intent to strengthen the cooperation and develop closer ties between Haarlem, the Netherlands and Harlem, NY on an economical and cultural level, specifically focusing on areas as innovation & startups and education. In February 2017, Gale Brewer visited Haarlem to strengthen ties between the two cities. In 2018, representatives of the municipality of Haarlem traveled with us again to foster cooperation. 

Now it is time for Haarlem again to visit New York. It will be a fantastic trip where Dutch and American entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to meet each other and to learn from each other. We will take a diverse group of entrepreneurs and government representatives with us. Entrepreneurship, inspiration and innovation are the key elements during this trip.

During this trip, we also organize our very own pitch event: Present your Startup New York! During this event, three startups from the Netherlands and three startups from New York pitch in a pitch competition. By the end of the pitches, a winner will be announced!

Do you want to attend this event? Click on the button below

On March 15, the finals of Present Your Startup Caribbean Curacao will take place. And this third edition of the Caribbean finals are quite special! They will take place during the Road to GES2019 Caribbean. Three finalists will have the opportunity to pitch their startup on stage for an audience of business executives, entrepreneurs, influencers, thought leaders, governmental officials and civil society pioneers. This is the place to be if you want to grow your startup and take it to the next level!

On the 14th of March, the semi-finals of Present Your Startup Caribbean Curaçao takes place. Then we will invite the best startups from our accelerator program to pitch their startup on stage. During the semi-finals, the jury will select three finalists that will get the unique opportunity to pitch their startup on the Road to GES2019 Caribbean!

Happy Happy New Year! On January 10, we will celebrate a new year! Are you joining us for some drinks?

Wednesday the 28th of November, the finals of Present Your Startup Global 2018 will take place. This year will be a special edition, because it is the fifth anniversary of Present Your Startup.

Out of around 70 applications, the jury eventually selected three finalists from the Netherlands. On Wednesday November 28, five international startups will compete in the finals of Present Your Startup Global in Haarlem. 

Prior to the finals, an exclusive program will take place for scale-ups with a revenue of 1 million euros or more. This program is organized in cooperation with Haarlem Groeit, which is driven by NL2025 and NLgroeit. Bas Beerens, the founder of WeTransfer will attend this program as keynote speaker. The finals of Present Your Startup Global start immediately after this exclusive program.

During the finals of Present Your Startup Global, the five best startups of the program of Present Your Startup 2018 will pitch their business on stage. Investors have the opportunity fund startups live on stage. We will end the night with celebration drinks. The Finals of Present Your Startup Global 2018 will take place at the Philharmonie in Haarlem.

Program
19:00 Walk in
19:30 Welcome & introduction host
19:45 Pitches by Bazoeki (NL), Ching (British Virgin Islands), Green Phenix (Curacao), Lolo's Bites (NL), Scheidshuren.nl (NL)
21:30 Announcement winner Present Your Startup Global 2018 &  Celebration Drinks
23:00 End