| Date | Title | Description |
| 03.06.2026 | Dutch startup SolarDew raises €800K to scale solar-powered drinking water tech | SolarDew, a Dutch developer of innovative solar-powered water purification technology, recently raised €800K in funding from Connect the Drops, a Dutch investor in early-stage startups in the water sector, and Oost NL, the regional developm... |
| 24.04.2026 | Affix Labs: €1 Million Raised For Sustainable Insect Repellent Expansion Across Europe | Affix Labs Group B.V., a Dutch green chemtech startup, announced a €1 million funding round led by VP Capital and Oost NL to support the European expansion of its sustainable insect repellent technology.
The company is developing a surface ... |
| 04.03.2026 | RIFT: €114 Million Raised To Scale Iron Fuel Technology For Industrial Decarbonization | RIFT, a Netherlands-based cleantech company developing iron fuel technology, announced it has secured €113.8 million in financing to scale its circular iron fuel system and advance toward commercial deployment for industrial heat applicatio... |
| 03.03.2026 | Backed by €113.8 million, Dutch startup RIFT to deliver 340 GWh of industrial heat annually and avoid over 1 million tonnes of CO₂, | Eindhoven-based CleanTech company RIFT has secured €113.8 million in combined financing (Series B + EU grant) to advance its Iron Fuel Technology from pilot projects toward commercial deployment, as well as develop its first commercial prod... |
| 10.11.2025 | Robots stay still, plants move – SAIA Agrobotics raises €10 million for its inverted greenhouse automation model | SAIA Agrobotics, a developer of robotics for greenhouse growing out of Ede, has completed a new €10 million Series A funding round to accelerate the commercial rollout of its automated greenhouse system, which aims to boost crop yields and ... |
| 06.11.2025 | Rubio Impact Ventures Secures €70 Million for Third Impact Fund, Bolstering Sustainable Solutions | Rubio Impact Ventures launched its third impact fund, raising over €70 million. This capital targets 30 European startups addressing climate change and social inequality. The fund builds on Rubio's decade-long commitment to impact investing... |
| 04.11.2025 | €70 million close for Rubio Impact Ventures’ third fund reinforces its 100% impact-tied investment approach | Rubio Impact Ventures, an impact venture capital firm out of Amsterdam, announces this morning that they have raised over €70 million in commitments for its third impact fund – aiming to invest in thirty companies tackling the climate crisi... |
| 16.10.2025 | StartLife Surpasses €10M in Pre-Seed Funding for Dutch Startups, Announces Partnership With EIT Food | At its 15th anniversary event in Ede on October 15, Wageningen-based agrifood accelerator StartLife made two major announcements. Firstly, the program has surpassed €10 million in pre-seed funding for Dutch agrifood startups; secondly, it h... |
| 24.09.2025 | Revyve Secures Major Funding for Global Egg Alternative Rollout | Revyve, a Dutch food-tech firm, secured €24M Series B, reaching over €40M total funding. This investment propels their functional yeast proteins globally. The proteins replace eggs and additives, offering sustainable, clean-label, affordabl... |
| 23.09.2025 | Revyve raises $28m Series B for egg replacers from yeast: ‘We are price competitive with eggs’ | Revyve —a Dutch startup making clean label replacements for eggs and additives from yeast—has raised €24 million ($28 million) in a Series B round to scale operations to meet demand.
The round was co-led by ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund ... |
| 23.09.2025 | Revyve Raises €24M in Funding | Revyve, a Wageningen and Dinteloord, the Netherlands-based food-tech company, raised €24M in funding.
The round was led by ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund and Invest-NL with regional support from Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM) ... |
| 23.09.2025 | Dutch scale-up Revyve secures €24 million funding to boost egg-replacing yeast proteins | Wageningen-based FoodTech scale-up Revyve has raised nearly €24 million in Series B to accelerate the rollout of functional yeast proteins designed to replace eggs and additives in mainstream food categories – bringing total capital raised ... |
| 23.09.2025 | Revyve Secures €24M to Accelerate Rollout of Functional Yeast Proteins That Replace Eggs | Dutch food-tech scale-up Revyve has secured nearly €24 million in Series B funding, bringing the total amount it has raised to over €40 million.
The round was co-led by ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Fund and Invest-NL, with participation from... |
| 19.09.2025 | Time-Travelling Milkman Secures €2M for Sunflower-Based Ingredient That Replicates Functionality of Dairy Fat | Dutch company Time-Travelling Milkman (TTM) has raised €2 million in pre-Series A funding to accelerate the commercial adoption of its flagship creaminess solution, Oleocream.
Two new investors participated in the round — Sparkalis, the ven... |
| 14.07.2025 | QuiX Quantum Secures $17M for Universal Photonic Quantum Computer | QuiX Quantum secured over $17 million in Series A funding. This investment propels development of the world's first single-photon-based universal quantum computer by 2026. The Dutch pioneer aims for fault-tolerant systems, transforming indu... |
| 11.07.2025 | QuiX Quantum Raises Over $17M in Funding | QuiX Quantum, an Enschede, the Netherlands-based photonic quantum computing company, raised over$17M in funding.
The round was led by Invest-NL and EIC Fund, with participation from existing investors PhotonVentures, Oost NL, and FORWARD.on... |
| 10.07.2025 | Dutch startup QuiX Quantum secures €15 million to deliver first-generation universal photonic quantum computer | QuiX Quantum, the Enschede-based photonic quantum computing innovator, today announced it has secured €15 million in Series A funding to deliver the world’s first single-photon-based universal quantum computer in 2026.
The round was co-led ... |
| 29.07.2024 | NoPalm Ingredients Sizzles with €5M Seed Funding to Scale Palm Oil Alternative | 4 Mins Read Dutch startup NoPalm Ingredients has raised €5M ($5.4M) in a seed funding round to accelerate production of its sustainable palm oil alternative.
The investment round was led by Rubio Impact Ventures, and co-led by Oost NL, Fair... |
| 25.07.2024 | NoPalm Ingredients Secures €5M for Superior Fermented Oils Validated by Industry Giants | NoPalm Ingredients, a Dutch biotechnology company producing yeast-derived oils, has successfully closed a €5 million seed funding round touted as the largest funding ever for an alternative to palm oil in Europe.
The round was led by Rubio ... |
| 11.04.2024 | Dutch startup Hexwise secures pre-seed funding from Rockstart, Oost NL, others | Read this article in:
Netherlands-based Hexwise, a company focused on optimising industrial energy efficiency through insights into heat transfer performance, has closed its pre-seed funding round. The amount, however, remains undisclosed.
... |
| 06.04.2024 | Time-Travelling Milkman Revolutionizes Plant-Based Dairy with Sunflower Fat | Dutch startup Time-travelling Milkman (TTM) has secured €850K in funding to enhance the appeal of dairy alternatives with Oleocream, a sustainable sunflower fat. Investors like Alianza Team and Oost NL are backing TTM's mission to provide a... |
| 04.04.2024 | Time-Travelling Milkman Raises €850K to “Cream” Plant-Based Dairy with Sustainable Sunflower Fat | Dutch startup Time-travelling Milkman (TTM) has raised €850,000 in funding to scale production and expand the market entry of Oleocream, a sunflower fat designed to replace palm and coconut oil in plant-based dairy.
New investor Alianza Tea... |
| 18.03.2024 | Dutch Deeptech Fund DeepTechXL Secures €110M to Support Startups | Eindhoven-based DeepTechXL, a venture capital fund, has successfully closed its DeepTechXL Fund I, raising €110M from key contributors like ASML and pension fund PME. This funding round marks a significant milestone for the VC, situated at ... |
| 14.03.2024 | DeepTechXL raises €110M, a boost for Dutch deeptech startups | Venture builder DeepTechXL today raised €110 million through contributions from ASML and pension fund PME. The Eindhoven investment fund invests in young companies that focus on new, complex technologies such as photonics, complex mechanica... |
| 07.02.2024 | Dutch agrifoodtech investor Future Food Fund closes second fund at €40M; Know more | Read this article in:
Utrecht-based Future Food Fund II (FFF II), an agrifoodtech environmental impact investor, closes its funding at €40M, backed by impact-driven entrepreneurs and the European Investment Fund (EIF).
FFF II claims to have... |
| 24.01.2024 | Dutch-based Verdify bags €2.4M to make healthy and sustainable eating easy; here’s how | Read this article in:
Limburg-based Verdify, a foodtech company, announced that it has secured €2.4M in a fresh round of funding from existing and new investors, including Goeie Grutten Impact Fund, Oost NL, Koppert Cress, and De Smaakmaker... |
| 25.10.2023 | Dutch-based Scope Biosciences bags €500K to develop, commercialise agricultural diagnostics with CRISPR-Cas-based tech | Read this article in:
Dutch-based Scope Biosciences, a startup developing CRISPR-Cas based molecular diagnostics, announced that it has secured €500K in funding led by SHIFT Invest’s Thematic Technology Transfer fund and OostNL.
The funding... |
| 09.10.2023 | Oost NL highlights the MedTech ecosystem during Medtech Twente Week 2023 | Sunday kicks off the first-ever 3-day international Citizen Science 4 Health conference. On Wednesday is the TechMed Event, themed "Shaping a Healthy Future." This event revolves around rapid technological advances for a healthy a... |
| 22.09.2023 | Dutch startup Angstone is developing Luna Glasses to help people with night blindness see in dark | Read this article in:
Arnhem, the Netherlands-based Angstone announced on Thursday, September 21, that it is developing Luna Glasses to help people with night blindness see in the dark.
These specialised glasses aim to improve vision in low... |
| 15.09.2023 | SuperLight Photonics secures Seed investment for wideband laser development | This week, SuperLight Photonics, a spin-off from the University of Twente, announced the completion of an undisclosed Seed investment round.
The Dutch company is developing a wideband laser to serve as a 'light source' in various measuremen... |
| 31.07.2023 | Funding for PLAEX's automatic waste sorting bins | 'Throw away your trash and the bin does the rest' - That is the promise of PLAEX Technologies. At its core, the company is an IT company developing smart technologies for waste management. The start-up is making a substantial contribution t... |
| 19.07.2023 | Dutch biotech River BioMedics raises €2M to discover, develop novel cardiac drugs | Read this article in:
Enschede-based River BioMedics, a Dutch biotech company focused on cardiac drug discovery using 3D human cardiac models, announced that it has secured €2M in a seed round of funding.
The Dutch startup aims to progress ... |
| 29.05.2023 | Dutch-based Cosun and Oost NL back foodtech startup revyve for a sustainable food system | Dutch and Swiss-based revyve, a company that produces simple, sustainable ingredients from circularly sourced microbial biomass like brewer’s yeast, announced that it has secured €8M in funding.
The investment came from Cosun and Oost NL, t... |
| 12.05.2023 | Dutch-based Delta Diagnostics secures €5.2M to commercialise its low-cost biosensing technology | Rotterdam-based Delta Diagnostics, a company that develops integrated photonics to create highly sensitive and selective biosensors, announced on Tuesday, May 9, that it has raised €5.25M in a Series A round of funding.
The investment came ... |
| 11.05.2023 | The Week in AgriFoodTech: Flash Coffee brews up $50m, ChrysaLabs nets $15m for soil science | This week, Singapore-based tech-forward coffee chain Flash Coffee secured funding, as did soil science startup ChrysaLabs, biotech startup MicroHarvest and sustainability measurement platform Improvin’. Beyond Meat got a thumbs up from the ... |
| 23.03.2023 | OneThird 'spoiled' in €2.75 million late seed funding round | Enschede-based OneThird announced it has raised €2.75 million in a late-seed funding round which will help scale its tech and enter new markets, supporting fresh food supply chains in Europe and the US.
The round was led by Dutch-based impa... |
| 09.01.2023 | Invest-NL and FORWARD.one help invest €3.5 million in Enschede-based LioniX | Enschede-based microelectromechanical systems startup LioniX International has seen its equity change hands following a €3.5 million secondary investment by four Dutch investors: Invest-NL, Universiteit Twente Holding, Oost NL and PhotonDel... |
| 21.12.2022 | Dutch-based Secret View bags €1.5M to develop its mystery shopping platform | Netherlands-based Secret View, a consulting agency that provides market research services, announced on Tuesday, December 13, that it has raised €1.5M in a Series A round of funding.
The funding was led by KIKK Capital, an investment firm t... |
| 24.01.2022 | Bilihome successfully closes an investment round for smart, wearable light therapy for newborns with jaundice | PRESS RELEASE
Bilihome successfully closes an investment round for smart, wearable light therapy for newborns with jaundice
Margret Huenerbein, [email protected], www.bilihome.org
Nijkerk, the Netherlands Monday 24 January 2022 –... |
| 06.07.2021 | Time-travelling Milkman Receives €550K Investment For Plant-based Dairy Fat |
Time-travelling Milkman (TTM), a spin-off of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and StartLife alumnus, develops creamy, healthy and sustainable fat ingredients for improving the texture and acceptability of dairy alternatives. Wit... |
| 13.04.2021 | Ÿnsect acquires Protifarm to raise insects for human consumption | French insect protein startup Ÿnsect announced this morning that it has acquired Netherlands counterpart Protifarm, which raises mealworms for human food applications.
At the start of the year, the European Food Safety Authority announced i... |
| 10.07.2020 | Regional think tank supports companies with joint RF expertise | RF technology could improve processes within your company, because it has a number of specific properties. For example: heating, drying, sterilizing, thawing, measuring, transporting image and sound information, lighting and even a chemical... |
| 12.12.2019 | Protifarm raises Series B to scale robot-grown beetle “tofu” | Insect farming companies have closed a few big venture rounds in the past 18 months: France’s Ynsect, South Africa’s AgriProtein, Canada’s Enterra. What they all have in common is that they’re in the business of producing high-quality prote... |
| 05.12.2019 | Investment in Agri-tech’s scale-up Protifarm | The world’s population is estimated to increase to 10 billion people in 2050. To feed all these mouths, food production needs to increase with no less than 70%. This poses serious challenges to the sustainability of our food production. The... |
| 23.05.2019 | International roll out of Optiqua’s EventLab, boosted by investment of Demcon and Oost NL | Optiqua’s EventLab system for real-time continuous water quality monitoring is being used by water companies around the world, with installations in distribution systems as well as at treatment facilities and water intake locations. The opt... |
| 04.09.2018 | New R&D campus at Technology Base in Twente | Energy management company Lithium Werks B.V. (www.lithiumwerks.com) has announced that it will build a major clean energy research and development (R&D) campus at Twente Airport. “In order to achieve a real transition, from fossil fuels... |
| 26.03.2018 | How to impress an investor & invest in a startup | On the 28th of February, 4 startups were given the opportunity to pitch in front of a group of private investors at ‘How2Finance’. At the event mentors and business angels from the network of StartLife and OostNL, shared information and lea... |
| 15.12.2017 | Online delivery service SuperBuddy closes €1M funding round for further growth | The rapidly growing online delivery service SuperBuddy has closed a €1M funding round. The startup from Zwolle has been active for quite some time now, delivering groceries in Zwolle, Utrecht and – in cooperation with Albert Heijn – in Rott... |
