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Bloomon, BUX and StuDocu competing for Dutch startup deal of the year

The list for best Dutch startup deal of 2015/2016 is down to three companies: Bloomon, BUX and StuDocu.

The winner of the Startup Deal of the Year, annually held by Vectrix/Nextstage, will be known by tomorrow (Thursday April 14).

Criteria: the startups are no older than three years and money must be raised between April 2015 and March 2016. The deals:

Bloomon – Flower subscriptions. 7.5 million euro from Inkef, Partech and angels.

BUX – Trading app. 6.1 million euro from Holtzbrink Ventures, Orange Growth and Velocity Capital.

StuDocu – Student platform for sharing notes. 1.35 million euro from Peak Capital and Point Nine Capital.

These three startups will be judged on the amount of money raised, the background on team and investors and growth potential. StartupJuncture is a mediapartner of this event.

Image: Bloomon

Lorenz van Gool
Lorenz is co-editor-in-chief of StartupJuncture. As a freelance editor and journalist, he writes about startups, innovation and (e)-business. Loves to report from conferences. Really likes cleantech and journalism startups. You can ask him anything about dinosaurs. Twitter: @lorenzroman

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