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Building Success Stories: Laurie Lancee’s Vini Mini, preventing food allergies for babies!
Laurie Lancee is the founder of Vini Mini. Vini Mini aims to reduce egg and peanut allergies for babies. Laurie’s mission is a fundamentally important

Building Success Stories: Angela Ursem’s Food for Skin, from upcycling to minimal-waste skincare!
Angela and Cathy Ursem are the founders of Food for Skin. Food for Skin is more than a skincare company. It is born out of

Building Success Stories: Zsofia Kollar’s Human Material Loop, from human hair to developing textiles!
Zsofia Kollar founded Human Material Loop. Human Material Loop describes itself as a ‘Material innovation company’ and makes use of human hair to develop textiles.

FEM-START Up Awards 2023, Powered by Antler
Welcome to the FEM-START Up Awards, powered by Antler! Congratulations on taking the first step towards your entrepreneurial journey. We are thrilled to have you

FEM-START offers female entrepreneurs a dream start!
Participants of the FEM-START Up Awards can win 100,000 euros in investment funds. Only 0.6% of all venture capital in the Netherlands currently goes to

Government funding: a guide to grants and subsidies landscape in the Netherlands for female founders
When you start a business, you might find your dreams and funding needs are bigger than your purse strings. And that’s ok because the next

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