Innovation Industries

Innovation Industries is a Netherlands-based venture capital firm established in 2017, specializing in early-stage investments in high-tech, med-tech, and agri-food tech companies. The firm adopts a hands-on management approach, offering entrepreneurs not only financial support but also valuable expertise, industry knowledge, and connections to enhance their ventures. By actively assisting portfolio companies, Innovation Industries aims to strengthen their value propositions, accelerate their time-to-market, and facilitate strategic partnerships while helping them navigate common start-up challenges. Although the firm primarily focuses on start-ups, it also invests in scale-ups, ensuring a broad spectrum of funding capabilities. This approach allows Innovation Industries to sustain emerging breakthroughs in research and technology with sufficient venture capital, ultimately optimizing the companies' chances of success and delivering returns to its investors as these businesses grow and develop.

Caaj Greebe

Partner

Pleuni Hooijman

Investment Manager

Vincent Kamphorst

Investment Director

Rogier Ketelaars

Investment Manager

Margherita Marchetti

Investment Manager

Tobias Ouwerkerk

Investment Manager

Tom Smits

Investment Associate

Sander Verbrugge

Partner

Harm de Vries

Co-Founder and General Partner

Past deals in ASIC

Aito

Series E in 2021
Aito BV specializes in developing and manufacturing advanced touch solutions for physical user interfaces, including buttons, touch pads, and screens. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Zaanstad, the Netherlands, the company offers a variety of products such as touch demos that detect human touch through different overlay materials, switching units with integrated electronic designs, and touch control devices for various applications. Aito's innovative technology enhances user experiences across a range of products, including smartphones, laptops, and car infotainment systems. The company operates engineering, research, and prototyping facilities in the Netherlands and Finland, while licensed manufacturing occurs in Singapore and China. Aito is a subsidiary of d-Switch BV and is recognized as a leader in the global human interface market.

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.

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.

Aito

Series D in 2020
Aito BV specializes in developing and manufacturing advanced touch solutions for physical user interfaces, including buttons, touch pads, and screens. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Zaanstad, the Netherlands, the company offers a variety of products such as touch demos that detect human touch through different overlay materials, switching units with integrated electronic designs, and touch control devices for various applications. Aito's innovative technology enhances user experiences across a range of products, including smartphones, laptops, and car infotainment systems. The company operates engineering, research, and prototyping facilities in the Netherlands and Finland, while licensed manufacturing occurs in Singapore and China. Aito is a subsidiary of d-Switch BV and is recognized as a leader in the global human interface market.

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.

Aito

Series C in 2018
Aito BV specializes in developing and manufacturing advanced touch solutions for physical user interfaces, including buttons, touch pads, and screens. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in Zaanstad, the Netherlands, the company offers a variety of products such as touch demos that detect human touch through different overlay materials, switching units with integrated electronic designs, and touch control devices for various applications. Aito's innovative technology enhances user experiences across a range of products, including smartphones, laptops, and car infotainment systems. The company operates engineering, research, and prototyping facilities in the Netherlands and Finland, while licensed manufacturing occurs in Singapore and China. Aito is a subsidiary of d-Switch BV and is recognized as a leader in the global human interface market.

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.
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