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🎉 Ring in 2025 with Purpose at #Titaan! 🎉 Imagine celebrating the New Year at a venue that reflects your values: sustainable, innovative, and downright inspiring! 🌍✨ Whether you're planning a cozy Impact Reception 🥂 or a vibrant Fix the Future Night 💃, Titaan has it all: 🌱 Eco-conscious ambiance 🍽️ Locally sourced, plant-based treats 🎶 Live music or a DJ to keep the vibes going 🔥 Extras like campfires, oliebollen, and more! 📍 Perfectly located in The Hague’s Binckhaven district, Titaan is where industrial charm meets modern magic. 🚗🚉 Let’s make 2025 a year of celebration and change—together! 🌟 Sounds like a plan? Get into contact with Max Dekker by sending him an email (max@unknowngroup.com) or a DM. #NewYear #EventPlanning #Sustainability

Congratulations to the winners of the New Energy Challenge 2024 - HyperHeat and Edgecom Energy! 🎉 The New Energy Challenge 2024 showcased technologies that will accelerate decarbonization of global energy systems. NEC 2024 is jointly organized by Unknown Group, Rockstart, Shell, and YES!Delft.

🚀 Ready to Create, Innovate, and Pitch? Join the #Unknown University 20-Hour Business Game! 🚀 On December 12th, we’re kicking off an exciting overnight Business Game at #Titaan, where young founders will come together to solve a challenge, develop a business idea from scratch, and pitch it the next morning to a panel of experts. This is your chance to: ✅ Solve a surprise challenge and build a business idea overnight. ✅ Collaborate with like-minded innovators in dynamic teams. ✅ Pitch your idea to a panel of experts and compete for recognition. ✅ Develop skills in teamwork, problem-solving, and entrepreneurship. ✅ Enjoy a high-energy environment filled with creativity and networking! 💡 Key Details: When: December 12th, 16:00 – December 13th, 12:00 Where: Titaan - The Hague ⚠️ Limited spots available – Sign up NOW: 👉 Register here: https://lnkd.in/e_9b6KNt Know someone who’d love this? Share this post and help us spread the word. Don’t miss out – vol = vol! #Hackathon #Entrepreneurship #Innovation #Opportunities ImpactCity Thomas Blekman Jurgen Nieuwenhuijsen Petra Cafnik Uludağ

ImpactFest 2024 💢 Last week more than 1500 global impact makers came together in the Binckhorst to address the pressing challenges ahead. Great to see such a big part of our founder community represented. We are proud to be a trusted partner of ImpactCity, who are as dedicated as us to build the number 1 Impact Campus here in The Hague! Event Highlights 🔦 👑 The Hague Innovators Challenge: Congratulations to Solvoz for their innovative platform optimizing procurement in the humanitarian and health sectors. Rator, one of our very close community members won the incentive price with their innovative convector radiator with an integrated heat pump that is being developed in #Titaan’s makerspace. 📈 New funding announcements: Over €44 million in new funds were unveiled to support impact entrepreneurs across various sectors, including robotics, mobility, energy transition, food production, and technology. 📗 State of Impact 2024 Report: Presented by Dealroom.co, ImpactCity, and Microsoft, highlighting a 28% decline in funding for impact startups in 2024 and emphasizing the need for renewed investment to achieve the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals. 💸 €220.000 awarded to Impact Entrepreneurs: Almost €220.000 got awarded to impact entrepreneurs that are working on making the world a better place. Sessions by Unknown 🟡 👨🌾 Sustainable Agrifood Future: Eleni Theodorou Admiraal and Giedrė Birmontaitė hosted a discussion on the power of collaborative ecosystems committed to the shift towards healthy agrifood ecosystems.  🌬 Fueling the Energy Transition: Jeroen van den Bosch, Claire Rutteman and Anne Schreuder gave some interesting insights into the workings of investing to fuel the energy transition. 🏝 Impact Campuses: Martin Luxemburg and Coos Santing moderated a meetup about public/private collaborations to foster impact campuses. We are proud to collaborate with organisations that are committed to fuel founders to fix the future, and we look forward to continuing our joint efforts to drive positive change. #ImpactFest #ImpactCity #TheHague

At Unknown University of Applied Sciences all our students start their own business at day 1 of their study, while earning an accredited bachelor degree in the 4-year program. That is why we put real entrepreneurs in front of the classes. Sometimes they give lecture using their real world experience and sometimes they walk into the incubator to give practical coaching to our students that are working on their business there. For example only this last week we had the honor to welcome entrepreneurs like: 🟡 Dutch entrepreneurial icon and recently appointed professor of practice Peter Goedvolk 🚀 Founder of African largest streaming service Louis Manu ⚽️ Founder of football media platform 433 and proud new owner of Cascais football club David Dwinger 💰Investors from KKR (private equity), Invesdor (crowdfunding), Taurus (M&A) and DTCP (Venture Capital) on fundraising and the investment lifecycle of a company. So cool how we can get all these top-notch people in through the cross-pollination of events and programs we run in Titaan simultaneously! Unknown Campus in full action 🙌 — Any 17-24 year old talent you know, that is currently looking for a study? Let them know about Unknown University! 👊

Last Week = Impact Week! 🚀 What a week it was for impact at the Binckhaven! On Wednesday, Titaan welcomed 450+ impact founders and investors. The next day, ImpactFest took over the Fokker Terminal with 1500 impact makers joining forces. It’s safe to say that Europe’s #1 impact campus is thriving in the Binckhaven! 💥 📅 6 November – Impact Founder Meetup Titaan was buzzing with energy during the Impact Founder Meetup, featuring the Global Final and Youth Battle of Get in the Ring. The day was packed with exciting side events: - YES!Delft’s Meet Your Co-Founder - Shell Impact Fund matchmaking session - KiCo cooking workshop 🍳 - David Dwinger's inspiring Ask Me Anything - And of course, the pre-#ImpactFest drinks to top it all off! 🥂 📅 7 November – ImpactFest Thursday brought this year’s #ImpactFest, where impact makers came together to tackle the world’s greatest challenges, right here in ImpactCity. A partnership we are really proud of! 🌍 Highlights included: - The Hague Innovators Challenge, won by Solvoz - Eye-opening sessions hosted by Unknown Group on topics like energy transition, food waste, and the growth of impact campuses All in all, two days packed with energy, innovation, and collaboration. The most impactful days of the year? Absolutely! 🎉 See you at the next Impact Founder Meetup! 👋

So good to be back at #ImpactFest! Meeting old friends. Making new friends. All with the same goal to make impact and to help putting The Hague on the map as #1 impact campus of Europe! Forging new collaborations for the upcoming year with Unknown University of Applied Sciences and Get in the Ring to attract the best talent to this region! Stay tuned 🟡

🟡 Today, we’re thrilled to announce that seasoned entrepreneur Peter Goedvolk has been appointed Professor of Practice at the Unknown University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands. Known for paving the way for the energy transition since 1984 with Argos Energies and founding the First Dutch family of companies with over 4 billion of value and 3000 employees, Prof. Peter Goedvolk is a sustainable energy and impact entrepreneurship pioneer. As Professor of Practice, he’ll use his 40+ years of experience to nurture and inspire our students, preparing them to become the impact-driven entrepreneurs of tomorrow. In his words, “Entrepreneurship can shape a brighter future—and Unknown University is committed to unlocking that potential in every student.” This appointment aligns with our mission to build Europe's #1 Impact Campus right here in South Holland, empowering students with hands-on learning, mentorship, and a thriving entrepreneurial community. We can’t wait to see how prof. Goedvolk’s leadership will inspire the next generation! #ImpactEntrepreneurship #HigherEducation #LearnEarnReturn #PeterGoedvolk #FutureOfBusiness #SustainableInnovation #EducationForImpact #TheHague #Netherlands

The Countdown is ON! Just 24 hours to go until 18 Get in the Ring winners from cities around the world step into the ring, competing for ultimate glory at the Get in the Ring Global Final! #Titaan is ready to welcome over 450 impact makers to the Impact Founder Meetup tomorrow, which will be fully centered around the Global Final of Get in the Ring. After the Meetup, the energy will carry over into pre-ImpactFest drinks, kicking off #ImpactFest! There are very few tickets left, so be sure to register if you haven't yet! https://lnkd.in/ebbbME_U