Welcome

Fall '21
cohort
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Agenda
Meet ACE and the team
Cohort November 2021
Program
Startups
Q&A
Team
ACE Robert Meijer Darya Krasilnikov Daniela Redondo
Startup Coach Director Program Manager
robert@ace-incubator.nl darya@ace-incubator.nl daniela@ace-incubator.nl

Jin Han Maxime ten Brinke Dama Huerta

Startup Coach Marketing & Communications Program Coordinator
jin@ace-incubator.nl maxime@ace-incubator.nl dama@ace-incubator.nl
Our Mission
ACE bridges the gap between academic knowledge and
entrepreneurship. We create and offer transformative
programs for students, graduates and researchers,
that encourage and promote an entrepreneurial mind-
and skillset.
ACE is the university business incubator in Amsterdam, powered by
UvA, VU, HvA and Amsterdam UMC (AMC and VUmc).
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ACE Impact
2020
17%
Total €€€ raised up to 2020
27 # of supported by all startups is over €159M
startups
overall:173*

132
Total revenue generated by all
2013-2019
83% startups in 2020 is over €67M
% survival rates
1 year 91%

2+ years 73%
# of people directly employed
0% 25% 50% 75% 100%
by startups: 685
Cohort November 2021
9 startups
>15 founders
>170 applications
5% acceptance rate
Startup Industries: AI, MedTech, Logistics, Retail,
Agriculture/Veterinary tech, Sign Language processing
Program Goals
Help you start your venture, provide you with a soft landing pad;
Enable you to think critically about underlying assumptions;
Provide you with skills & tools to to test your problem/solution fit;
Connect with like-minded founders, mentors, corporate innovators,
experts and investors;
Perfect your pitch;
Equip you with the knowledge on how to keep going.
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Program Pillars

Expert Sessions Growth Sessions Network Events

Office Hours Individual Coaching

Incubation Program

Consultancy
Programs
Coaching
Hands-on support for your specific challenges
Manage meetings in your own time

Robert Meijer Jin Han

Business models, Finance, Investment Readiness,
Incorporation, Taxes Investment process
Growth Sessions
Growth Sessions
1. Preparation: during the weekly growth sessions, you'll be asked about
your progress and challenges. You will need to prepare for this session
by filling in the following questions on the Miro Board.
2. During the sessions: you'll be sharing your updates with other founders
and you'll receive support from an experienced entrepreneur.

What did you do last week?

What will you work on in the upcoming week?
What are the challenges/obstacles you are facing?
Growth Sessions

Mark Beker
CEO and co-founder at Innoseis
MSc Applied Physics
Ph.D. research in gravitational
astronomy
Growth Sessions

Cassandra Loor
Co-founder and Product Lead at
Aiir Innovations
MSc in Artificial Intelligence
Growth Sessions Groups
Group 1 (14:00-15:00) - Mark Beker (Innoseis)
Sanguis.AI, HapMag, Respira and Swifter+

Group 2 (15:00-16:00) - Cassandra Loor (Aiir Innovations)

DeepSign, Plover Biosciences, ReviseMe, ClothingGo and S2S-AI
Network Events
Network Events
Mentor day: The mentors will be introducing themselves and their
areas of expertise. After this, you can visit their virtual table to
learn more about them. The event will be taking place online.

Service provider day: ACE Service providers will let you know
more about their services and special deals for you as an ACE
startup. The event will be taking place online.
Network Events
Pitch & Beers: Pitch your startup and receive feedback from
ACE community.

Investor day: Investors will pre-select startups based on their

preferences. You will have one-on-one sessions with the
investors.
ACE Base
ACE Base
The Startups

Your name / your startup name

Startup idea
Hopes and goals for the program
Thank you!
We are here to support you.
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