{"id":491641,"date":"2024-11-01T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/innovationorigins.com\/?p=491641"},"modified":"2024-11-01T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T12:00:00","slug":"october-in-5-investments-iron-fuel-antennas-and-converting-co%e2%82%82-into-building-materials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/en\/october-in-5-investments-iron-fuel-antennas-and-converting-co%e2%82%82-into-building-materials\/","title":{"rendered":"October in 5 investments: iron fuel, antennas and converting CO\u2082 into building materials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

1. Eindhoven breakthrough: \u20ac50 million for walking revolution paraplegic patients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eindhoven-based Onward Medical has raised \u20ac50 million for their groundbreaking spinal cord stimulator. Germany\u2019s Ottobock, a leader in orthopedic technology, is investing and acquiring 10% shares. The stimulator, which aims to restore movement to spinal cord patients, is about to enter the US market. This capital will stimulate research over the next two years. With fewer than 12 employees in Eindhoven and a core operation in Lausanne, former G&A winner Onward Medical demonstrates the global ambition of Dutch medtech innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>
<\/div><\/div>
Eindhoven breakthrough: \u20ac50 million for walking revolution paraplegic patients<\/div>
Former G&A winner Onward Medical raises \u20ac50 million from investors.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

2. The Ministry of Defense invests \u20ac100 million to increase the innovation power of Dutch startups<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Defense is creating a \u20ac100 million investment fund, the SecFund, to provide financing to Dutch startups, scale-ups, and innovative SMEs that meet Defense\u2019s innovation needs. The fund will invest up to a maximum of \u20ac5 million per company. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus, the Ministry of Defense, the provinces, the Ministry of Economic Affairs, regional development companies, and industry are joining forces to promote national security, innovative strength, and economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>
<\/div><\/div>
Ministry of Defense invests 100 million euros in fund to increase innovation power of Dutch startups<\/div>
Defense, the provinces, Economic Affairs, regional development corporations and industry are joining forces for national security and economic growth.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

3. \u20ac1.5 million for the company that measures antennas that couldn\u2019t be measured before <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Measuring antennas is a prolonged and outdated process. The goal is to characterize them with the speed and precision with which chips are described. In fact, the market must move in that direction because in 5G\/6G systems, the antennas and chips are integrated, so there is no other way. Both chips and antennas must be measured at once, quickly and accurately.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ANTENNEX<\/a> is active in the test and measurement market for radio frequency (RF) systems. Currently, they are focusing on next-generation devices. This includes applications that have not yet been widely deployed, for example, wireless data centers or VR and AR. ANTENNEX won a Gerard & Anton Award in 2023 and a LEVEL UP Award this year, with the grand prize being a trip to CES Las Vegas and Silicon Valley.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>
<\/div><\/div>
New funding for ANTENNEX: Measuring antennas that couldn\u2019t be measured<\/div>
Antennex, an antenna measurement solutions innovator, has secured \u20ac1.5 million seed funding from Value Creation Capital (VCC) and Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM).<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

4. Iron fuel startup RIFT secures \u20ac11 million<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

RIFT, a pioneering Dutch company, has raised \u20ac11 million to advance its innovative iron fuel technology for sustainable industrial heating. This groundbreaking solution burns iron powder to generate high-temperature heat without direct CO\u2082 emissions, offering a promising alternative to fossil fuels. The circular process converts the resulting rust powder back into iron using hydrogen.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>
<\/div><\/div>
Iron fuel startup RIFT secures \u20ac11 million<\/div>
RIFT has raised \u20ac11 million to advance its innovative iron fuel technology for sustainable industrial heating.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n

5. Amazon invests $25 million in Rotterdam-based Paebbl<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Paebbl, a young company that converts CO\u2082 into building materials, has raised $25 million in a funding round led by Amazon\u2019s Impact Fund. The Dutch-Scandinavian startup will use the investment to expand its offices in Helsinki, Stockholm, and Rotterdam and build a demonstration plant. With this technology, which extracts CO\u2082 from the air, ocean, or industrial processes, the company will help reduce global carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n

<\/a>
<\/div><\/div>
Amazon invests $25 million in Rotterdam-based Paebbl<\/div>
The Dutch-Scandinavian company converts CO\u2082 into building materials.<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. Eindhoven breakthrough: \u20ac50 million for walking revolution paraplegic patients Eindhoven-based Onward Medical has raised \u20ac50 million for their groundbreaking spinal cord stimulator. Germany\u2019s Ottobock, a leader in orthopedic technology, is investing and acquiring 10% shares. The stimulator, which aims to restore movement to spinal cord patients, is about to enter the US market. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1744,"featured_media":505129,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84165],"tags":[80680,84783,65181,82513,73729],"location":[6763],"article_type":[75557],"serie":[],"archives":[],"internal_archives":[],"reboot-archive":[],"class_list":["post-491641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-antennex","tag-investment-of-the-month-2","tag-onward-medical","tag-paebbl","tag-rift-2","location-netherlands","article_type-explainer"],"blocksy_meta":[],"acf":{"subtitle":"Each month, we list the investments that caught our eye the most.","text_display_homepage":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"Aafke Eppinga","author_link":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/author\/aafke-eppinga\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Screenshot-2024-03-22-at-07.59.35.png","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":{"categories":{"linked":["COMMUNITY<\/a>"],"unlinked":["COMMUNITY<\/span>"]},"tags":{"linked":["ANTENNEX<\/a>","investment of the month<\/a>","Onward Medical<\/a>","Paebbl<\/a>","RIFT<\/a>"],"unlinked":["ANTENNEX<\/span>","investment of the month<\/span>","Onward Medical<\/span>","Paebbl<\/span>","RIFT<\/span>"]}},"comment_count":"0","relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 1 year ago","modified":"Updated 1 year ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on November 1, 2024","modified":"Updated on November 1, 2024"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on November 1, 2024 1:00 pm","modified":"Updated on November 1, 2024 1:00 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1744"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491641"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=491641"},{"taxonomy":"article_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article_type?post=491641"},{"taxonomy":"serie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/serie?post=491641"},{"taxonomy":"archives","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/archives?post=491641"},{"taxonomy":"internal_archives","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/internal_archives?post=491641"},{"taxonomy":"reboot-archive","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ioplus.nl\/archive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reboot-archive?post=491641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}