We kick off the six city Get in the Ring Impact Competition with Get in the Ring The Netherlands – Impact on October 27 and 29, as a part of our main partner ImpactCity‘s ImpactFest 2020 (get your ticket here). For this event, we challenged Dutch impact startups in the domains of food, water and energy to rise to the occasion of meeting the growing needs of our population within the planets’ limited means. We’re amazed, but not surprised by the number of innovative solutions that applied from The Netherlands – after all, combining innovation and science to solve prevalent issues is ingrained in the Dutch DNA.

Without further ado, here are the 28 impact startups that have been invited for dealmaking meetings with our selection of investors, corporates and governments – of which, the best four startups will compete in a global livestream pitch battle on October 29: