{"id":465882,"date":"2023-12-11T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=465882"},"modified":"2023-12-11T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-11T11:00:00","slug":"deep-tech-offers-new-earning-power-for-the-netherlands-and-europe-concludes-invest-nl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/deep-tech-offers-new-earning-power-for-the-netherlands-and-europe-concludes-invest-nl\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep-tech offers new earning power for the Netherlands and Europe, concludes Invest-NL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With two billion euros in its coffers, <a href=\"http:\/\/invest-nl.nl\">Invest-NL<\/a> tries to give a push to the major transitions of the moment. The energy transition and the transition to a circular economy are two appealing examples. Deep-tech initiatives (think photonics and quantum technology) should start to ensure that these necessary transitions succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"io-block io-block__summary\"><ul><li>Invest-NL, with a budget of two billion euros, aims to facilitate major transitions in the Netherlands, focusing on the energy transition, circular economy, and deep-tech initiatives.<\/li><li>Smart Photonics, a company specializing in photonic chips, exemplifies the success of Invest-NL&#8217;s strategy. <\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;It is, therefore, crucial to keep investing in both deep-tech, the innovations with a very strong technological component, and in the energy and circular transition,&#8221; said director Rinke Zonneveld after the <a href=\"https:\/\/hollandhightech.nl\/en\/news-calendar\/news\/review-holland-high-tech-event-2023\">Holland High Tech<\/a> event that took place recently. &#8220;Why? We need to work on a new earning capacity for the country and Europe. A lot of capital is needed to make these transitions possible.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is also a need for entrepreneurship, Zonneveld said. If this is the case, Invest-NL is ready to help, he promises. &#8220;This turnaround requires guts and vision from all parties who need to get started here. Invest-NL was established to help realize the major social transitions in the Netherlands, among other things, by investing in them. That is exactly what our resources are intended for.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Smart Photonics<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the companies that benefited from these resources is former Gerard &amp; Anton Award winner <a href=\"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/en\/?s=Smart+Photonics\">Smart Photonics<\/a>, a foundry for photonic chips. Director Johan Feenstra, who recently spearheaded a group of European companies that urged Brussels to invest billions in the sector, stresses the importance of his company. &#8220;We focus entirely on making photonic chips based on light instead of electrons. That&#8217;s a whole new generation of chips. We work a lot with Dutch companies, which means we have a core function in the Dutch economy for photonics.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smart Photonics raised 100 million euros in a recent investment round in which Invest-NL&#8217;s deep-tech fund played a role, alongside stakeholders such as ASML, NXP and VDL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Global leading position<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Zonneveld agrees: &#8220;We invested in Smart Photonics last year because we believe in this company, but also because we believe that the Netherlands has a global leading position to play in photonics. And Smart Photonics is a potential key player in that. Hence, we have invested in the company from that belief, and also expect to continue to invest in the company in the coming years.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deeptech Funding - Holland High Tech EVENT 2023\" width=\"1290\" height=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OcOKF3IO6SE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With two billion euros in its coffers, Invest-NL tries to give a push to the major transitions of the moment. The energy transition and the transition to a circular economy are two appealing examples. 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