TNW

Overview

• Industryjournalism, mass media, real estate rental industry¹
• HeadquartersAmsterdam¹
• Websitethenextweb.com

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TNW (The Next Web) is a website and annual series of conferences focused on new technology and start-up companies in Europe. As of 2026 TNW is owned by the Romanian SaaS company Tekpon. The Next Web company was established in 2006 by co-founders Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten and Patrick de Laive in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and a technology news website of the same name was started in 2009. For some years, the site was a recognised tech news sitie, and TNW's reporting was sourced by Wired, Mashable, and the Huffington Post, among others.²

The story

Founded by Arjen Schat, Boris Veldhuijzen van Zanten and Patrick de Laive in 2006.¹

Leadership

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• FounderArjen Schat¹
• FounderBoris Veldhuijzen van Zanten¹
• FounderPatrick de Laive¹

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

• Financial Times

From Wikidata.¹

Timeline

1. 2006Founded Founded¹

Links

• Websitethenextweb.com¹
• X (Twitter)x.com/TheNextWeb¹
• Facebookwww.facebook.com/thenextweb¹
• Instagramwww.instagram.com/thenextweb¹
• YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCxH90ZfkG-o3u2YB3-dRmRg¹
• LinkedInwww.linkedin.com/company/334630¹
• WikipediaTNW (website)
• More imagesWikimedia Commons
• WikidataQ2913725