NL Startup Competition x Draper 2026
Awards Dutch startups up to €10,000 in cash plus a five-week Draper University program in Silicon Valley.
NL Startup Competition is run as a national initiative, now in its third edition and newly partnered with Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper's Draper University. Of the more than 120 startups that applied, 11 were chosen as finalists across the Port & Maritime, Climate & Energy and Health & Wellbeing categories, and those finalists take part in two preparation workshops before pitching live at the…
NL Startup Competition looks for early-stage Dutch startups pitching solutions in three category tracks — Port & Maritime, Climate & Energy, and Health & Wellbeing. Applicants don't need deep experience in a category to enter, since the program is built more broadly for founders across the Netherlands' startup ecosystem.
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