Dutch startups have raised 1.66 billion euros in the first half of 2026. Fresh funds. New teams. Real jobs being built right now. This is the kind of moment careers get made in, and you can still get inside it. Here is what is happening, and how to land a seat at the table.

A City On The Move

Amsterdam has the rarest mix in tech. Deep talent. Strong universities. A tight, walkable city where founders, engineers, and investors bump into each other on the same tram. June alone hosted Hello Tomorrow, Deep Tech Days, and TNW.

Ground State Ventures, the quantum tech fund formerly known as QDNL, just closed 75.2 million euros for the next wave of frontier startups.

This is not a market slowing down. This is a market picking the people it wants to build with next.

The Roles Being Built Right Now

Each Dutch city is building something different, and every one of them needs people.

• Amsterdam: Where software, AI, and platform companies are hiring.
• Eindhoven: Runs on chips and deep hard tech.
• Delft: Keeps spinning out engineering and aerospace startups.
• Rotterdam: Is stacking logistics and industry tech teams.

This is not a market chasing the next consumer app. It is hiring builders. Software engineers who can ship real systems. Data scientists who can pull signal out of messy real world data.

AI engineers who can put models into production, not just train them in a notebook. If that sounds like the person you want to become, the door is open.

How AmsterdamTech Gets You Ready

Our BS in Software Engineering has students rebuild real products like Slack and video conferencing apps. The same kinds of systems Dutch startups are building on every day.

The BS in Data Science is built around real pattern finding, not toy datasets. You leave the programme with work that looks like the work you will be paid to do next.

You do not need to live in Amsterdam to study with us. You do not need to live in Amsterdam to work for an Amsterdam company. The programme gives you the skill set the city is hiring for and the confidence to walk into the room.

Your Move

The next wave of Amsterdam startups is being built this year. What role do you want to play in it? The Software Engineering and Data Science brochures lay out the curriculum and the path in. Have a look and picture yourself inside the next chapter of this city.