The Ghent-based start-up BRAUZZ., which develops sustainable and plastic-free household products, has just avoided using its 100,000th plastic packaging. With its sustainable household products packaged in cardboard, BRAUZZ. wants to rid the world of disposable plastic without people having to…
At Groningen Airport Eelde, a northern Dutch consortium is going to produce green hydrogen via its own electrolyzer to provide light aircraft, drones and ground equipment with sustainable energy. Within this project, called WAviatER, northern Dutch companies and knowledge institutes…
The recent announcement of the birth of the first Dutch Deep Tech investment fund by Invest-NL is an important turning point. After all, this is not about funding fast software growth companies, but rather the start-ups and scale-up companies we…
A PCR test that maps a person’s mRNA can be used to predict which form of medication will work best for a cancer patient. This promising new technology comes from InnoSIGN based in the Dutch city of Eindhoven. A targeted,…
Sometimes it’s useful to be smaller if you want to make a change. It gives you more agility, something that holds true for companies and countries alike. Here in Germany, one of the largest European countries, actions to mitigate climate…
At the moment, the Nieuw Prinsenland industrial estate in the Netherlands is still partially empty. But in just over two years it will be buzzing with activity. Lemken, a German manufacturer of agricultural machinery, will then be opening up its…
Hungary’s digital development is well below the EU average. According to the DESI (Digital Economy and Society Index), Hungary ranks 23rd in the ranking of countries. Most of the gaps are in the integration of digital technology. Only 49 percent…
A crisis like the corona pandemic calls for decisive measures. The EU has freed up €723.8 billion in an effort to use the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) to pull the European economy out of the recession caused by corona.…
As Marc Schindler, founder of Ottobahn, maneuvers his phone to give a virtual tour of his office, a bandage on his finger is briefly visible. It comes from cutting sample flooring for the first cabins of a skyway test track.…
Founders Felix van den Horst and Tibor Casteleijn met in 2018 while they were studying at the University of Amsterdam. Stemming from a study assignment, they developed Clairify; an air quality sensor together with its corresponding analysis software that improve…