From 6 to12 September. SolMateS visited Silicon Valley together with several Dutch companies such as Caase, Medimate and Tam Tam. The goal of the trade mission was to set up new contacts and learn from experienced Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. During their business trip, participants visited several companies such as Intel and Facebook to get inspired. For Joska Broekmaat (CTO of SolMateS) this business trip felt like 'coming home'. The trip gave him the opportunity to visit old friends at Stanford and set up new business contacts.