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Kickoff Talks · Season 26/27

Meet founders.
Six talks.
All free.

Hear how founders built their companies, ask your questions and meet other students. Six free talks are planned for 2026/27 on the TU/e campus.

This season
6
Entry
Free
Per talk
1 MF point
Home ground
TU/e

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Upcoming and past founder talks.

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The season

25 events and programmes planned.

Explore the 2026/27 plan. Dates and booking details are published as each event is confirmed.

  • Talk · 6
  • Themed night · 6
  • Community · 10
  • Hackathon · 2
  • Ventures · 1

  1. Next

  2. September'26

    • One community night

  3. October'26

    • Talk 02
    • One themed night
    • One community night

  4. November'26

    • Talk 03
    • Hackathon
    • One community night

  5. December'26

    • One community night
    • One themed night

  6. January'27

    • Cohort applications open
    • One community night

  7. February'27

    • Talk 04
    • Cohort selected
    • One community night

  8. March'27

    • Talk 05
    • One themed night
    • One community night

  9. April'27

    • Build season
    • One themed night
    • One community night

  10. May'27

    • Talk 06
    • Hackathon
    • One community night

  11. June'27

    • Demo Dayand the grant
    • One themed night
    • One community night

  12. July'27

    • One themed night
    • Next team takes over

Calendar goes up with the first ticket

Booking details are published here once each event is confirmed. Join the community to hear about upcoming talks.

This season, in order

  1. Talk 01Next

    Sendcloud

    Rob van den Heuvel · Co-Founder & CEO

    Meet Rob van den Heuvel, co-founder and CEO of Eindhoven-based Sendcloud. Hear about building a shipping platform and bring your questions about starting and growing a company.

    TU/e Blauwe Zaal · Date and time to be confirmed · 1 MyFuture point

    €1BvaluationView event →
  2. Talk 02OCT '26

    Speaker to be announced

    TU/e campus

    Announced soon
  3. Talk 03NOV '26

    Speaker to be announced

    TU/e campus

    Announced soon
  4. Talk 04FEB '27

    Speaker to be announced

    TU/e campus

    Announced soon
  5. Talk 05MAR '27

    Speaker to be announced

    TU/e campus

    Announced soon
  6. Talk 06MAY '27

    Speaker to be announced

    TU/e campus

    Announced soon

Already played

Watch them in the archive →
  1. PlayedMAY '26

    Swapfiets

    Richard Burger · Co-Founder

    40 bikes and one garage in 2014. Today: 300k+ customers, 9 countries, 60+ cities. He came to explain how.

    TU/e Blauwe Zaal · 18:00 – 19:00 · 1 MyFuture point

    €91Mrevenue
  2. PlayedMAR '26

    Felyx

    Quinten Selhorst · Co-Founder · Partner at EWOR

    The playbook behind one of Europe's fastest-growing mobility startups: 5,000+ e-scooters and e-bikes on the street.

    TU/e Blauwe Zaal · 18:00 – 19:00 · 1 MyFuture point

    €80Mraised
  3. PlayedFEB '26

    Picnic

    Daniel Gebler · Co-Founder

    How a small experiment in Amersfoort scaled to 2.3 million users a week across the Netherlands, Germany and France.

    TU/e Blauwe Zaal · 18:00 – 19:30 · 1 MyFuture point

    €3.3Bcompany
  4. PlayedJAN '25

    RIFT

    Mark Verhagen · Co-Founder & CEO

    What happens when a student team decides the project shouldn't end at graduation. Team SOLID became a company, and raised a Series A.

    TU/e Blauwe Zaal · 18:00 – 19:30 · 1 MyFuture point

    €114Mraised
  5. PlayedNOV '24

    OWOW

    Robin Dohmen · CEO & Founder

    From agency to venture studio, and what it actually takes to turn an idea into a company.

    TU/e Blauwe Zaal · 18:00 · 1 MyFuture point

    €250Kin tickets
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