The Hague Tech collaboration with The Vault in San Francisco

Tech community The Hague Tech has signed a collaboration agreement with The Vault,  tech community in San Francisco. The parties are committing to aim to share three promising start-ups with international ambitions in 2018.

“With this collaboration we want to connect the networks in both cities”, says Brian Gharibaan, co-founder of The Hague Tech. “Our members can now make use of the co-working and event spaces in both cities. We also want to offer joint training programs for investors, corporate teams, governments and startups. We want to offer the Dutch members access to investment networks in Silicon Valley as well.”

Photo from left to right. Peter Hofman and Brian Gharibaan, founders of The Hague Tech, The Hague city council member Saskia Bruines, Kevin Smith and Miika Mantyvaara, management The Vault.

“The high standard of living and affordable housing in The Hague makes it the perfect location for companies with European ambitions. The work spaces and networks The Hague Tech offers go very well with our ecosystem” says Kevin Smith, founder of The Vault. “Our goal is to complement the local knowledge and tools available in The Hague with our programs, our West Coast network and our unique Silicon Valley culture. We are looking forward to this collaboration and would love to welcome The Hague Tech members in California.”

The signing ceremony was attended by The Hague city council member Saskia Bruines (knowledge economy, international, youth and education) who is very happy with this collaboration and international exchange program. “The Hague is the international city of peace and justice and will prosper with international collaboration that can contribute to peace and technology. Promising start-ups and scale-ups can play an important role. This is a great fit for our vision of our city becoming the location for young, innovative technology companies.