Innovation Industries

Innovation Industries invests in high technology companies that have the potential to grow rapidly into successful businesses. Our focus is on financing and spinning -off technologies developed at Dutch universities and other centers of scientific excellence. Nevertheless we don't rule out later stage companies.
CG

Caaj Greebe

Investment Director

PH

Pleuni Hooijman

Investment Associate

Mv

Martijn van den Hul

Investment Associate

VK

Vincent Kamphorst

Investment Director

RK

Rogier Ketelaars

Investment Associate

MM

Margherita Marchetti

Investment Associate

TO

Tobias Ouwerkerk

Investment Associate

TS

Tom Schwarz

General Partner

Nard Sintenie

General Partner

CS

Chris Sonnenberg

General Partner

RS

Richard Spijkers

Investment Manager

SV

Sander Verbrugge

General Partner

Harm De Vries

General Partner

TV

Tom Vuren

Investment Manager

37 past transactions

EFFECT Photonics

Series B in 2018
EFFECT Photonics B.V. is spin out from the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e) and is a leader in the in the design and development of optical components using multichannel Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) in Indium Phosphide for mobile networks and datacentres. Headquartered in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, the birthplace of Philips, with additional R&D in South West UK and sales partners worldwide.

ATO-GEAR

Funding Round in 2020
ATO-GEAR develop wearable technologies for health and sports applications centered around the belief that better exercise means a better life. Their heritage of research and patent portfolio span multiple domains and technology positions, but they have a keen initial focus on the running market. Their first product ARION brings the coaching experience to the world of wearables. Pressure sensitive insoles slip into your existing running shoes and connect you to your running technique in a way that has never been possible before. Every runner has goals and dreams, and adjusting your running technique can help you achieve them. ARION allows you to take control and rebuild your own running technique to achieve your goals, to improve your performance, to reduce your injury risk and ultimately to unleash your inner athlete.

Tempress Systems BV

Funding Round in 2020
As of January 28, 2020, operates as a subsidiary of Stichting Continuiteit Tempress.

EFFECT Photonics

Series C in 2021
EFFECT Photonics B.V. is spin out from the Technical University of Eindhoven (TU/e) and is a leader in the in the design and development of optical components using multichannel Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) in Indium Phosphide for mobile networks and datacentres. Headquartered in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, the birthplace of Philips, with additional R&D in South West UK and sales partners worldwide.

ATO-GEAR

Venture Round in 2020
ATO-GEAR develop wearable technologies for health and sports applications centered around the belief that better exercise means a better life. Their heritage of research and patent portfolio span multiple domains and technology positions, but they have a keen initial focus on the running market. Their first product ARION brings the coaching experience to the world of wearables. Pressure sensitive insoles slip into your existing running shoes and connect you to your running technique in a way that has never been possible before. Every runner has goals and dreams, and adjusting your running technique can help you achieve them. ARION allows you to take control and rebuild your own running technique to achieve your goals, to improve your performance, to reduce your injury risk and ultimately to unleash your inner athlete.

SMART-Photonics

Series C in 2020
SMART Photonics offers a versatile production and development portfolio. First of all, easy access via Multi-Project Wafer runs enables low-cost and fast prototyping for photonic integrated circuits. Secondly we offer engineering of the process to create the customer product with customer specifications. Production development services are offered for volume production of customer products.

Onera

Series B in 2021
Onera is a spin-off of imec, the world-leading research center for nanoelectronics and digital technology. Onera’s mission is to advance sleep medicine by creating breakthrough diagnostic solutions and services, helping millions of people who struggle with sleep-related ailments, and ultimately improving the health and quality of life for patients around the world. Onera is headquartered in California’s Silicon Valley and has R&D offices in the Netherlands. For more information, please visit www.onerahealth.com

Undagrid

Series A in 2017
Undagrid B.V. operates a cloud-based platform to connect devices with each other and the Internet. Its solutions are used to locate baggage carts and cargo trailers at airport aprons; provide temperature, humidity, and irrigation information in greenhouses and farmer fields; and supplies landlords of apartment blocks with boilers, heating ventilation, and air-conditioning statuses. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Zeist, the Netherlands.

Pharrowtech

Series A in 2022
Pharrowtech BV manufactures chip and antenna solutions for wireless applications. The company designs and manufactures wireless sub-systems for 60GHz millimeter wave wireless applications. Its products include chip and antenna systems. Pharrowtech BV caters to fixed-wireless access, wireless virtual reality and artificial reality, and high capacity wireless links customers. The company is based in Mortsel, Belgium.

Aito Interactive

Series E in 2021
Aito is a frontrunner in the global human interface market. Their touch and haptic feedback controllers provide a best-in-class user experience for products such as smartphones, laptops and car infotainment systems. Aito's unique and patented technology is developed by a world-class team of engineers in Helsinki and sold to global customers by the sales and application team based in Amsterdam.

FUMI Ingredients B.V.

Seed Round in 2020
FUMI Ingredients B.V. produces novel proteins and ingredients from naturally occurring microorganisms. The company develops novel proteins for high- value applications, such as foams, emulsions, and gels. The company replaces ingredients (such as egg whites) that carry heavy carbon footprint. The company's technology is based on a tailor-made sequence of unit operations through which a vegan alternative to egg-whites is produced. FUMI Ingredients B.V. was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Wageningen, the Netherlands.

A-Mansia Biotech

Seed Round in 2018
A-Mansia Biotech is a developer of products based on the properties of the Akkermansia muciniphila (A. muciniphila) bacterium. The company's nutritional supplement based on a gut bacterium called Akkermansia, the population of microorganisms housed in the gastrointestinal tract. A. muciniphila is located in the mucus layer covering the intestinal epithelium, which allows the bacterium to establish a close cross-talk with the host.

Arkitech

Seed Round in 2018
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AutoFill Technologies

Seed Round in 2021
Our patent-pending technology uses computer vision and AI to capture object data and detects damage to vehicles without the need for human interaction. We enable enterprises to minimize compliance risk, massively reduce labor costs and vastly enrich predictive vehicle inspection reporting.

Axelera AI

Seed Round in 2021
Axelera AI is developing a game-changing hardware and software platform for AI. Incubated in 2019 by the emerging technologies leader Bitfury and joined by the leading nano-technology group imec in early 2020, Axelera AI launched as a new company in 2021. Headquartered in the AI Innovation Center of the High Tech Campus in Eindhoven, Axelera AI has R&D offices in Belgium, Switzerland, and Italy. Its team of experts in AI software and hardware hail from top AI firms and Fortune 500 companies.

Nearfield Instruments

Venture Round in 2021
Nearfield Instruments B.V. develops and manufactures High-Throughput Scanning Probe Metrology system for metrology of advanced integrated circuits. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Solynta

Series C in 2021
Solynta is a breeding and biotechnology company based in Wageningen, the Netherlands – the home town of one of the leading agricultural research institutions in the world. The company develops and applies new breeding technologies to convert potatoes into a hybrid crop. Hybrid potato varieties with superior traits and performance are being generated at a speed that is vastly greater than what can be achieved by traditional breeding. In addition, hybrid potatoes will allow sexual seed propagation, greatly enhancing the speed of product developments and providing tremendous logistical and phytosanitary advantages to the potato industry.

Axign

Venture Round in 2021
Axign is a fabless chip supplier serving the worldwide audio markets in consumer and professional audio. Its first product is a breakthrough audio controller chip, that combines benchmark performance with a low bill of materials for audio system manufacturers. The chip is specially suited for active speaker systems in streaming audio devices.

Nearfield Instruments

Series B in 2019
Nearfield Instruments B.V. develops and manufactures High-Throughput Scanning Probe Metrology system for metrology of advanced integrated circuits. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Microsure B.V.

Series B in 2021
Microsure B.V. manufactures MUSA, a robot for microsurgery. The robot cater to surgeons, lymphatic surgery, free flap surgery, hand surgery, and hospitals. Microsure B.V. was founded in 2016 and is based in Son, Netherlands.

LUXeXceL Group B.V.

Series C in 2017
LUXeXceL Group B.V. develops 3D printing technology to print ophthalmic lenses. It manufactures ophthalmic lenses which includes design custom, create aspheric lens design, lenses with slab-off, specialty lenses, and bas curve for lenses. The company also provides optics design, optical prototyping, small series production, and large-scale manufacturing services. It serves customers ranging from small companies to large-scale OEM partners in various markets. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Nearfield Instruments

Series B in 2021
Nearfield Instruments B.V. develops and manufactures High-Throughput Scanning Probe Metrology system for metrology of advanced integrated circuits. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Aito Interactive

Series D in 2020
Aito is a frontrunner in the global human interface market. Their touch and haptic feedback controllers provide a best-in-class user experience for products such as smartphones, laptops and car infotainment systems. Aito's unique and patented technology is developed by a world-class team of engineers in Helsinki and sold to global customers by the sales and application team based in Amsterdam.

Nearfield Instruments

Series A in 2017
Nearfield Instruments B.V. develops and manufactures High-Throughput Scanning Probe Metrology system for metrology of advanced integrated circuits. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.

Cassini Technologies

Series A in 2018
Cassini Technologies B.V. operates as a medical device company engaged in developing corneal diagnostic solutions. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in 's-Gravenhage, the Netherlands.

Solynta

Series B in 2017
Solynta is a breeding and biotechnology company based in Wageningen, the Netherlands – the home town of one of the leading agricultural research institutions in the world. The company develops and applies new breeding technologies to convert potatoes into a hybrid crop. Hybrid potato varieties with superior traits and performance are being generated at a speed that is vastly greater than what can be achieved by traditional breeding. In addition, hybrid potatoes will allow sexual seed propagation, greatly enhancing the speed of product developments and providing tremendous logistical and phytosanitary advantages to the potato industry.

Microsure B.V.

Venture Round in 2018
Microsure B.V. manufactures MUSA, a robot for microsurgery. The robot cater to surgeons, lymphatic surgery, free flap surgery, hand surgery, and hospitals. Microsure B.V. was founded in 2016 and is based in Son, Netherlands.

Aito Interactive

Series C in 2018
Aito is a frontrunner in the global human interface market. Their touch and haptic feedback controllers provide a best-in-class user experience for products such as smartphones, laptops and car infotainment systems. Aito's unique and patented technology is developed by a world-class team of engineers in Helsinki and sold to global customers by the sales and application team based in Amsterdam.

Morphotonics

Funding Round in 2019
Morphotonics B.V. develops, constructs, optimizes, and sells roll-to-plate nano-imprinting equipment. It offers UV-nanoimprint equipment, imprint machines, imprint stamps, modules, components, consumables, imprint materials, nanoimprint resins, and integrated processes. The company’s products are used in displays, solar panels, lighting, large area surface texturizing, and other applications. Morphotonics B.V. was founded in 2014 and is based in Veldhoven, the Netherlands.

Axign

Venture Round in 2018
Axign is a fabless chip supplier serving the worldwide audio markets in consumer and professional audio. Its first product is a breakthrough audio controller chip, that combines benchmark performance with a low bill of materials for audio system manufacturers. The chip is specially suited for active speaker systems in streaming audio devices.

Smart Robotics

Series B in 2019
Smart Robotics is a Dutch company operating in software and rental services for robotics.