Results Holland Hightech Pavilion during Japan IT Week

As part of the Partners for International Business Cyber Security (PIB) Japan, a delegation of Dutch cyber security businesses and knowledge institutions visited the largest IT Security event of Japan, the Japan IT Week and joined the Holland Hightech Pavilion. The mission took place from 9 until 11 May 2018.

Norwegians excited about Dutch maritime solutions

On April 24th and 25th InnovationQuarter and Netherlands Maritime Technology have organized a Technology Exchange Roadshow (TER) to Aalesund, Norway. A group of eight Dutch maritime companies presented their new technologies and innovations to Norwegian ship designers. The Dutch solutions proved relevant and the participants turned home with useful business contacts and a wealth of information on the Norwegian market.

World leader in gene synthesis GenScript sets up office in Leiden

NFIA, InnovationQuarter and GenScript are pleased to announce the signing of a confirmation letter by GenScript that they are establishing an office in the Leiden Bio Science Park in the Netherlands. GenScript is the world leader in gene synthesis and a research partner in all areas that are essential to molecular biological research. With their one-stop service package they maximize innovation and reduce waste. GenScript will be a valuable addition to the Leiden Bio Science Cluster.

NeXt Delta

NeXt Delta offers the next solution in the West Holland region, to support the ever growing demand of data, by building on Netherlands’ world leading assets.

Numeric Biotech receives UNIIQ investment for therapy to reverse cellular aging mechanisms causing disease

Numeric Biotech, an Erasmus MC Spinoff company developing compounds against cell senescence, is receiving €300,000 from the UNIIQ investment fund and Erasmus MC. Cellular senescence is a fundamental component of aging that contributes to diseases of later life, including cancer, atherosclerosis and osteoarthritis. Using this investment, Numeric Biotech can make an important step forward in the development of its lead compound, NUM102. The investment was announced by Liduina Hammer, Fund Manager UNIIQ and Thijs Spigt, Director Erasmus MC TTO, during the UNIIQ Spring Live event in Leiden

InnovationQuarter invests in Tiledmedia to significantly increase reach of Virtual Reality

During the Rotterdam Capital Days event today, Venture Café’s Executive Director Anoesjka Imambaks announced that InnovationQuarter has joined the group of investors in Dutch Virtual Reality start-up Tiledmedia. The Rotterdam-based spin-off from national research institute TNO enables a significant increase in the quality of Virtual Reality services and a reduction in the required bandwidth for streaming VR content. Tiledmedia’s ClearVR technology removes one of the biggest obstacles preventing Virtual Reality from becoming widely accessible. With the capital injection, which is further boosted by a recent innovation loan granted by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), Tiledmedia has close to € 2 mln. available for accelerating its development and expanding its sales and marketing activities

Inspiring first Drecht Cities International meeting at Bolidt

On April 19th, the first Drecht Cities International network meeting took place at Bolidt, expert in synthetic applications like flooring, ship decks and wearing courses. Some 25 participants were welcomed by Anouk van Eekelen, vice-mayor of Drecht Cities, at the Bolidt headquarters in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. The event was a joint effort of Drecht Cities, InnovationQuarter and Deal

Research CBS: Shift in Employment in the Security Domain

In 2016, 12,8% of the Dutch workforce (1.078.000 people) was employed in a security related occupation. Compared to other occupations, people with security related jobs more often have a full-time permanent contract, are not very young and more often highly educated. These are outcomes of the new research ‘Education and labour market in the security domain’, which was published by Statistics Netherlands (CBS) on 18 April.

Security spin-off of BW Ventures opens office in Europe’s leading security cluster

In March, BW Security Ventures, a spin-off of the Eindhoven based BW Ventures, opened its doors on the campus of The Hague Security Delta. The recent arrival to this national innovation centre for security in The Hague was officially confirmed today. To mark the occasion InnovationQuarter presented a special welcome plaque to Sebastiaan Kors, director of this business accelerator for (cyber) security startups.

Innecs Power Systems secures over € 4 mln. investment for rollout of energy conversion systems

Innecs Power Systems, the developer of premium industrial energy conversion systems, has secured a € 4 mln. investment from Finindus, ENERGIIQ and BOM. With Innecs products, industrial companies considerably reduce their energy consumption, resulting in a good return on investment and a significant drop in CO2 and NOx emissions. Rinke Zonneveld, director of InnovationQuarter, announced the investment at the Energy in Transition Summit at the Onderzeebootloods in Rotterdam on Wednesday, 11 April. Zonneveld believes that Innecs will make a tangible contribution to the energy transition in the industrial sector. Innecs is the first investment by the ENERGIIQ energy innovation fund

Supercomputer manufacturer Maxeler chooses tech incubator YES!Delft

Tech incubator YES!Delft today witnessed the arrival of yet another high-end technology firm. The British company Maxeler IoT-Labs was officially welcomed by Delft Deputy Mayor for Economy, Culture and Spatial Planning Ferrie Förster and InnovationQuarter’s Head of Foreign Investments Chris van Voorden. Georgi Gaydadjiev, director of the new branch of Maxeler, was presented with a special welcome plaque to mark the occasion.

Bundling of high-tech companies in The Hague strengthens international competitive position

Today, the new 'Technology Park Ypenburg' program has been officially kicked off in The Netherlands. In this program, the municipality of The Hague, four local companies and the Digital Factory for Composites field lab (DFC) will jointly invest € 1.6 M in 2018. The program focuses on automated and digitized production of advanced materials such as composite and fiber metal laminates, with an important role for robotics. With the joint investment, the manufacturing industry in (the region) The Hague can make a leap forward.