Founders, investors and friends of Huddles: these are the moments we get together in person. Pick one, and come say hello.

On Monday 19 October, the founders of our ventures, the participants behind Huddles and everyone considering joining come together in one room. A short update per founder: where the venture stands, what they have learned and where they are stuck. Each one closes with a single concrete question to the room. In between, investors and founders sit down in mixed groups. There we zoom in on the venture studio itself: the steps being taken, the ambitions behind them and what it takes to get there. At the end, the room decides where we start. You get an honest state of play, you put your own questions on the table, and you leave with the combined thinking of everyone in the room. Keep 14:00 to 18:00 free in your diary.

Following the Impact Trade Fair, Huddles participants and founders came together in Utrecht for the semi-annual Venture Updates. A dinner preceded the programme, in which each venture presented its progress, key milestones and current ask.

The Future-Proof Convention at Jaarbeurs Utrecht brings two worlds together: the Leaders Summit on strategy and policy, and the Impact Trade Fair with over 150 exhibitors across the circular economy, the new economy and social innovation. Huddles was there with its own stand and gave talks in the break-out sessions, among the founders, investors and organisations putting the transition into practice.

Impact begins
with people.