Build your first team.
Or be the first hire.
Clutch connects students from across Amsterdam — the HvA, UvA & VU — with the startups being built right next to them. Real roles, real ownership — and the first move is yours.
Sign up with your student email — @hva.nl, @uva.nl or @vu.nl.
Land your job at the next big startup.
Build something real before you graduate. Part-time roles at Amsterdam startups — paid, equity, or both. Skip the LinkedIn grind, skip the recruiter spam.
- Roles from 5–25 hours/week
- Founders reply within 48 hours, or the role drops
- Work on the product, not the coffee run
Find the joiners who'll take your startup to the next level.
The Amsterdam cohort already shipping side-projects, running clubs, and learning fast. Pre-vetted by their university, motivated by ownership.
- Browse joiner profiles by skill and study
- Pay in stipend, hourly, or equity — your call
- Most first hires are signed within 9 days
Same city
Every founder and every joiner is verified through their HvA, UvA or VU email. No recruiters, no agencies.
Real ownership, from day one
Every role lists equity, a stipend, or hourly pay — chosen by the founder, shown up front.
Apply in two clicks
Add your experience to your profile once — founders see it on every application.
How it works
Three steps for joiners. Four for founders.
Sign-up takes under five minutes. After that you're live on the platform and visible to the other side.
- 01Verify your student emailHvA, UvA or VU. We send a code to your student inbox — no password, just your address.
- 02Pick your roleJoiner or founder. You can switch later if your situation changes.
- 03Build your profileJoiners: study, year, skills. Founders: startup, stage, team.
- 04Find, or be foundBrowse roles and apply, or post one and wait for messages.
Startups
Built by students in Amsterdam
A small, curated cohort. Every founder studies — or recently studied — at the HvA, UvA or VU, and every team is hiring right now.
Vesp
Pre-seedShared electric scooters with student-owned routes across Amsterdam.
Mira
SeedAI tutor that grades essays in the way your professor would.
Knoop
Pre-seedA B2B tool for Dutch SMEs to manage suppliers in one inbox.
Trove
IdeaMarketplace for student-made furniture, restored and resold.
Roles
Open at Amsterdam startups today
Frontend Engineer
10–20h / week · 0.25–0.50% equity
Growth Marketer
8–15h / week · €600 / month
Backend Engineer
15–25h / week · €22 / hour
Operations Lead
6–10h / week · 0.5% equity
Product Designer (Intern)
12–20h / week · €500 / month
Growth Marketer
8–15h / week · €600 / month
For founders
Hire from the cohort that ships
Amsterdam students who are already building. Founder-only signup, one short role description, applicants in your inbox within the same week.
- Post a role in under 3 minutes
- Filter by study, year, and skills
- Message candidates inside the app
Alright. Your move.
Five minutes. No waitlist, no four-part application. Just your student email — HvA, UvA or VU — and you're in.