The new regional weekly paper, "de Utrechter," printed it's debut paper last November, which is now available online. This was distributed to thousands of residents of the beautiful city of Utrecht, which we're proud to call our home. Its cover article features CrimsonBase and co-founder Eric Lammertsma in an article about the city's growth and potential in collaborating businesses and academic institutions. As a company founded and run by graduate students, we made a perfect fit for the article. Below is a short, translated excerpt.

This is the man; the entrepreneurial student that will provide Utrecht with bright perspectives. His name: Eric Lammertsma, founder and CEO of CrimsonBase, a company consisting of four people, but possibly one of the future pillars of Utrecht's economy.

CrimsonBase makes software for DNA analysis and assembly. During his research in the biomedical sciences, Lammertsma (25) became frustrated enough with available software to start working [on a solution] with his brother and a befriended computer scientist. Now, CrimsonBase is one of the start-ups in the Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation of Utrecht University and the Hogeschool Utrecht, a mouthful for a floor in a concrete, 70's colossus in the Science Park. There, Lammertsma sits at his laptop in his office on brand-new, striped carpet. In the hallway, construction workers add the finishing touches to the wiring and linoleum. After renovation, there will be room for 24 student-entrepreneurs; no logistics services or website designers, but innovative, ambitious businesses.

The two page article goes on to cover other aspects of Utrecht's economic climate with views from politicians, academics and incubators, such as the CvOI, where we are located. We're proud and a bit humbled to be put in such a positive light in the first edition of this new weekly paper. It can be downloaded for free on the site of "de Utrechter."