Since 2008
Participate,
don't just spectate.
Established 2008 by TU/e student entrepreneurs as the Eindhoven Student Business Club. Rebranded to Kickoff EHV at its ten-year anniversary.
- Years since founding
- 18
- Business talks
- 10
- Students reached
- 2,500+
- On our stage
- €4.59B
Today, Kickoff is a student-run accelerator. You can meet founders at our talks, find collaborators in the community and develop your startup through our cohort programme.
Founders you can learn from at Kickoff
- Picnic
- Swapfiets
- Felyx
- RIFT
- OWOW
- Sendcloud
How it works
Inspiration, activation, progression.
Start where you are: explore entrepreneurship, find people to build with or apply to our accelerator with your startup.
Inspiration
6 a season
Kickoff Talks
Hear how founders built their companies and ask questions about starting your own. Our founder talks are free to attend.
See the seasonActivation
18 a season
Hackathons and build nights
Meet potential co-founders, test an idea and build together at community events and hackathons.
How it worksProgression
1 a season
Kickoff Ventures
Develop your startup through mentoring and workshops, pitch at Demo Day and meet partners who can support your next step.
Meet the cohort
The team · 26/27
Meet the team supporting your events, community and accelerator programme.
David Atem Allain
Chairman
Can Erturk
Events Manager
Mathijs Muijs
External Affairs
Amina Dadashova
Marketing & Vision
The foundation board
The foundation board is responsible for governance and continuity.
Stefan Clercx
Pablo Vega
Chair, 25/26
Santiago Castillo
25/26
David Atem Allain
Also on the 26/27 team
Reach any of us at infokickoffehv@gmail.com.
Media crew
Our media crew records founder talks. Published recordings are available in the archive.
Light Roast Studio
Media crew
hello@lightroast.studioEpix Visuals
Media crew
epixvisualscontact@gmail.com
Who backs us
The organisations around the programme: referrals, mentors, workshops, grants and the conversations that come after us.
- The Gate
- TU/e KTO
- RoundOne
- HighTechXL
- Gerard & Anton
- OWOW
- EWOR
- ABC
Knowledge Transfer Office, TU/e
The KTO supports researchers and entrepreneurs in turning innovative ideas into startups: intellectual property, business development and early-stage valorization.