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The Invest-NL Deep Tech Fund invests in QuantWare, a leading Dutch company and the world's largest supplier of commercial quantum chips. The total investment of €20 million enables QuantWare to further develop its innovative VIO technology and expand manufacturing capacity. Invest-NL contributes €6.3 million as co-lead investor. Other investors include InnovationQuarter, FORWARD.One, and the European Innovation Council.
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The Netherlands has the opportunity to become a global leader in the development of Lab-on-Chip (LoC) technologies, according to the latest report from Invest-NL’s Deep Tech Fund. These technologies enable the miniaturization and automation of complex laboratory processes, which could lead to breakthroughs in areas such as personalized healthcare and real-time environmental analyses. However, the report points to a critical financing gap and regulatory obstacles that hinder scaling. Invest-NL advocates for a MedTech fund and European standardization to pave the way for economic and societal impact.
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Sustainable entrepreneurs must have an official end-of-waste status to sell circular products. This demonstrates that their recycling process converts waste into safe products for people and nature. The intention of these rules is excellent, but partly because legislation is not up-to-date, it often results in unfavorable outcomes for green entrepreneurs. The End-of-Waste project by Invest-NL and the Green Chemistry, New Economy platform assist entrepreneurs in navigating complex regulations. This paves the way for a circular economy.
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Start-up Rival Foods is working hard on the next generation of meat substitutes. No alternatives to processed and unhealthy meat products such as burgers and chicken nuggets, but alternatives to whole cuts such as salmon fillets and roulades. "We want to offer the meat eating experience without the disadvantages of meat," he says.
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Invest-NL, through its portfolio investment fund Infinity Recycling, is set to invest in Pryme, an innovative clean tech company based in Rotterdam. Together with a group of other investors, a total of € 13 million is being invested in the commercialisation of Pryme's pyrolysis process. This process is capable of converting used plastics into valuable products on an industrial scale.
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Innatera, the Dutch pioneer in ultra-low power neuromorphic processors, has successfully completed a € 15 million Series-A funding round, co-financed by the EIC Fund as well as existing investors MIG Capital, Matterwave Ventures, and Delft Enterprises. The Invest-NL Deep Tech Fund is investing € 4.8 million in this Series A round. This capital injection enables the company to accelerate scaling to mass production, expand its application offerings, and invest in its network of relationships.
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Invest-NL is committed to a CO₂-neutral and circular economy, with energy transition and biodiversity as important pillars. Making business parks more sustainable is an important step in this process. Besides reducing CO₂ emissions, greening business parks also offers opportunities to improve local biodiversity. Invest-NL, together with PVB Nederland, Rebel, and the Nature and Environment Federation South Holland, developed a brochure to help business parks combine smart solutions. By approaching sustainability on multiple fronts (energy, biodiversity, and climate adaptation) as one integrated business case, the broad sustainability of business parks becomes (financially) feasible and even accelerated.
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The Netherlands is home to all kinds of pioneers who are committed to accelerating the energy transition by launching fully developed technological innovations. But these innovators often face a wide variety of challenges in setting up their first commercial projects. Challenges that in many cases fall outside an innovative company’s core expertise. With these companies in mind, Invest-NL has developed the First Time Right (FTR) programme.
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Invest-NL is investing alongside PGGM, Oost NL, and existing shareholders in RIFT (Renewable Iron Fuel Technology BV). RIFT is developing an innovative iron fuel technology that helps energy-intensive industries decarbonise. The total investment of € 11 million will be used to finalise the last operational tests and scale up towards the first commercial project for this promising technology.
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This coming May, Jan Nooitgedagt, Chairman of our Supervisory Board, will step down from Invest-NL for personal reasons. We thank Jan for his valuable contribution and dedicated involvement with our organization from the very beginning. His successor is familiar with Invest-NL: Peter Molengraaf, currently a member of the Supervisory Board, will assume the role of Chairman. The formal handover will take place during the upcoming General Meeting of Shareholders, in early May. For the 2024 annual report, which will be published shortly, we had an in-depth conversation with Jan about his time at Invest-NL and his vision for the future.
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A world without fossil-based plastic may sound like a dream. However, it is realistic. Invest-NL is putting its credo, "We make what seems unfinanceable financeable," into practice with funding for a ‘first of a kind’ FDCA (furandicarboxylic acid) plant by Avantium.
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Invest-NL focuses on making investments financially feasible for the energy transition. One of the key areas is the Agrifood sector. Wilco Schoonderbeek is the Team Lead for Scale-ups and Innovations at Invest-NL, but also has many years of experience in the Agrifood sector. Wilco explains what Invest-NL aims to achieve with a focus on the Agrifood sector.
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Invest-NL is allocating € 100 million to the Temporary Bridging Loan Program for innovative Start-ups and Scaleups (TOPSS). This program has been set up in recent weeks in close cooperation with Techleap.nl and the Regional Development Agencies (ROMs).
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The investment in the innovative and rapidly growing scale-up Protix is the first transaction by Invest-NL that directly contributes to the protein transition in the Agrifood sector. Kees Aarts (founder and CEO of Protix) and Rik Pantjes (Teamlead Agrifood Business Development at Invest-NL) have been working intensively together since the initial contact.
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Today it was announced that ING Corporate Investments is coming onboard as a new investor in a funding round for Nearfield Instruments, bringing the total investment to € 27 million. Invest-NL has committed € 2.5 million to this initiative through their Deep Tech Fund. Previous backers of Nearfield Instruments include Innovation Industries and TNO, the organization from which Nearfield Instruments initially emerged as a spin-off.
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Dutch National Promotional Bank Invest-NL and the Ministry of Economic Affairs launch the Dutch Alternative Credit Instrument (DACI) in cooperation with the European Investment Fund. With € 200 million of capital available at launch, DACI will provide funding to non-bank credit providers, which will provide additional financing to SMEs in the Netherlands.
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Invest-NL is to contribute € 5 million to a € 22 million investment round for LeydenJar. LeydenJar is raising the funds from Dutch and American venture capitalists. Joining Invest-NL in this Series A investment round are YARD ENERGY, Catalus Capital, ING Sustainable Investments and Somerset Capital Partners. Existing investors (including BOM, Stichting Doen and PVS Investments) are also making additional investments.
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Invest-NL participates in a funding round for Exasun, a Dutch manufacturer of Building Integrated Photo Voltaic (BIPV) solar panel solutions. The investment will enable Exasun to establish a completely new assembly line. Jan-Jaap van Os (co-founder and CTO of Exasun) and Kristie Dekkers (investment associate at Invest-NL) share insights into a challenging niche market.
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The groundbreaking technology of Xeltis is focused on restoring the body's natural cardiovascular (heart and blood vessels) functions and has numerous potential applications. Invest-NL is participating in the Series D2 funding round of the company. Eliane Schutte (CEO of Xeltis) and Koen van Breugel (investment manager Life Sciences at Invest-NL) are working together towards better healthcare.
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The Dutch impact investor Invest-NL is investing in Extantia Capital, a climate-focused venture capital firm based in Berlin with a local presence throughout Europe.
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Invest-NL has commissioned research from CE Delft into the market potential of seasonal heat storage. The reason for this is that we are seeing the emergence of various companies offering heat storage techniques, but they find it difficult to establish a foothold in heat projects and consequently struggle to attract financing. And this is happening while the heat transition is in full swing.
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Until recently, all soy milk in Dutch shops was produced abroad. But brothers Tom and Bart Grobben have changed that. Through De Nieuwe Melkboer, they ‘milk’ their own soy field and want to encourage their Dutch colleagues to grow soy and oats for plant-based dairy products on their fields as well.
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The Deep Tech Fund of Invest-NL announces a strategic investment of € 15 million in Axelera AI, a leading provider of custom-designed edge AI chips. This funding is part of a Series B financing round of over € 63 million, bringing the total amount raised by Axelera AI to more than € 111 million. The investment aims to commercially scale the development of Axelera AI and aligns with strategic European initiatives, including the EU Chips Act and the AI strategy.
