24 major Dutch companies and 15 startups have penned an open letter to the cabinet, expressing grave concerns over proposed budget cuts in education, research, and innovation. The letter, initiated by employers federation VNO-NCW and Universities of the Netherlands (UNL),…
The contrast was impossible to ignore: while the top Dutch deeptech scaleups made a desperate plea to get the much-desired attention from politicians and investors, the interest in that message in the small room at Nieuwspoort was so great that…
According to Bloomberg reports, Germany will invest €19 billion in a hydrogen network. The infrastructure, which will be ready by 2032, aims to connect industrial areas and replace fossil fuels and will be made in its 60% by converting existing…
Of many products in the supermarket, we can see exactly what nutritional values they have on the packaging. Except with fruits and vegetables. “I find it fascinating to see how we can give vegetables the best possible quality. Vertical farming…
Nine ambitious AI startups have been selected to compete in the AI Pitch Competition. The finals are on November 7, 2024, and Innovation Origins is portraying each contestant in the run-up to that event. The AI Pitch Competition is a…
Simpl.energy, a Dutch startup founded, has secured funding from Rabobank and Arches Capital to address the growing challenge of limited electricity grid capacity. The company’s innovative software solution aims to optimize existing power connections, enabling businesses to grow and become…
72 new European scaleups from 24 countries have been inducted into the European Innovation Council’s EIC Scaling Club. Among them, Dutch companies are poised to make significant strides. The initiative, which saw its latest cohort unveiled at the Scale 100…
Seed Valley (Wageningen, Netherlands) is home to some of the world’s largest seed conglomerates. The pun refers to Silicon Valley. Unlike the busy headquarters of Google and Uber, this Valley is green, quiet, and filled with small “pilot” farms and…
In the Netherlands, running fever has truly taken over—even Prime Minister Dick Schoof has caught the bug! Yesterday, he secretly joined the Amsterdam Half-Marathon under the alias Peter Jansen. Despite trying to fly under the radar, fellow runners and spectators…
The University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) and SHINE Europe have secured a €10.5 million grant from the Dutch government. The funding, awarded last week, will support the ‘Terbium for Life’ project, aimed at advancing the production of terbium isotopes for…