Invest-NL is investing €5 million in PhotonVentures Fund I, a Dutch venture capital fund focused on developing integrated photonics. Through the investment in PhotonVentures, the Dutch investment agency is supporting early-stage photonics startups and contributing to the further growth of…
The Dutch Ministry of Climate and Green Growth unveiled a guide to accelerate the development of energy hubs nationwide. This initiative, part of a €166 million stimulus program, aims to enhance local energy management by connecting production, storage, and consumption.…
Eindhoven University of Technology’s (TU/e) student team TU/ecomotive presented Phoenix, a car whose up to 75% of its material can be reused in new vehicles. Using mono-material structures (structures consisting of one type of material), four times more materials can…
Dutch home battery purchases keep driving battery storage installations. According to Dutch New Energy Research’s Nationaal Smart Storage Trendrapport 24/25, 410 MWh of new battery capacity was installed in the Netherlands in 2023 – 1 MWh is enough to power…
Researchers at the University of Twente and the University of Bayreuth have developed a pioneering approach to shield crops from diseases without resorting to microplastics. The new biodegradable block copolymers, known as polyphosphoester cubosomes, can be loaded with fungicides to…
With just a week left until the EU’s new cybersecurity rules take effect, only Belgium and Croatia have fully or partially adopted the Network and Information Security Directive 2 (NIS2). This crucial legislation aims to protect critical sectors like energy,…
Many Dutch charities are still insufficiently prepared for digital threats, according to a new report by cybersecurity organization The Trusted Third Party (TT3P). The report provides for the first time a detailed overview of the vulnerabilities facing charitable organizations and…
Our societal challenges are too complex to solve in a mono-disciplinary way. Even more so within the high-tech manufacturing industry. Systems Engineering brings disciplines together and provides much-needed coordination. In a series of interviews with experts from industry and research,…
In the third quarter of 2024, €424 million was invested in Dutch startups. That amount is almost the same as the same quarter in 2023 (+0.3%). Investments decreased slightly compared to Q2, in which €427 million was invested. This year’s…
Paebbl, a young company that converts CO₂ into building materials, has raised $25 million in a funding round led by Amazon’s Impact Fund. The Dutch-Scandinavian startup will use the investment to expand its offices in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Rotterdam and…