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Diversity in high-performance teams

13 October 2019 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

In her speech at Female Tech Heroes at High Tech Campus earlier this year, HighTechXL cofounder Anique Soetermeer stressed how crucial a diverse team is for the success of any startup, highlighting her most effective approaches to transforming any team into a high-performance and truly diverse one. Team at the core of success of any

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HTXL Pivots: ‘The right idea in the right place at the right time’

7 October 2019 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

It’s not often everything in a startup ecosystem changes in one year, but that’s exactly what happened at HighTechXL. In July 2018, HighTechXL pivoted from a high tech accelerator to a deep tech venture building effort … and an historic alliance with CERN to take to market the latest tech from the world’s largest particle

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Second cohort of Deep-Tech ventures starts venture-building program

24 September 2019 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

And so it begins …. HighTechXL’s second deep-tech venture-building cohort has launched with two intense days on 17 and 18 September. The clock starts now as the nine-month accelerator phase began with a structured sequence of brainstorming, 1-on-1 coaching, expert sessions and pitches. Or as Project X team member Colin Burke says, startup teams are

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FasTrackathon: ‘Are you in?’ HighTechXL matches talent with the latest tech

3 April 2019 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

As Constantine Demetriou wraps up his 1-minute pitch for his brand-new startup Hologaming, HighTechXL CEO Guus Frericks moves toward the impromptu stage and says, “Okay, commitment … are you in?” ‍Demetriou instantly says “Yes” … says it so quickly Guus doesn’t realize he’s answered the question. So, Guus says, “Will you move this concept forward?”

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Accelerating news: A reverse hackathon with CERN

16 October 2018 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

This article appeared in the October 8, 2018 issue of Accelerating News, a quarterly online publication for the accelerating community. It was written by Daniela Antonio, EU Communications officer at CERN. Six high-tech business teams were selected to explore business solutions for CERN technologies within the HighTechXL Accelerator Program. They presented their winning projects during

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The Byflow Story: more twists and turns than a Hollywood movie

20 September 2018 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

byFlow is hot .. seriously, globally hot. Again. Nina Hoff, CEO of the Eindhoven-based 3D printer startup, recently spent 12 hours filming a morning show segment with CBS This Morning from the United States. THEN, Dutch media tracked her down and localized the byFlow story. And it’s quite a story, one that has more twists

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ASML’S Rob van der Werf: An investment in startups is an investment in Eindhoven’s future

23 August 2018 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

(Editor’s note: This interview with Rob van der Werf, Director of Strategic Business Development for ASML, took place at ASML’s headquarters in Veldhoven, a village at the heart of Brainport Eindhoven. Rob was named our Most Valuable Partner in 2017 during XL Day in July.) ‍ASML builds the machines that make the digital age possible.

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HighTechXL startup accelerator spring 2018: Robotics, MedTech and red-hot chili peppers triumph at Eindhoven’s tech accelerator

23 March 2018 / 8 July 2025 by Christos Bousis | Leave a Comment

That’s the question put to 18 startup teams March 12 during HighTechXL’s Impact Finals in the new atrium at ASML’s Eindhoven headquarters. Those startups were vying for the right to enter the seventh cohort of the five-year-old HighTechXL incubator, an incubator that’s shaped 56 teams – soon to be 66 – and helped those companies

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