{"id":609,"date":"2025-06-16T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationquarter.nl\/en\/?p=609"},"modified":"2026-07-07T16:34:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:34:07","slug":"uniiq-backs-four-high-potential-startups-in-health-deeptech-and-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationquarter.nl\/en\/updates\/uniiq-backs-four-high-potential-startups-in-health-deeptech-and-data\/","title":{"rendered":"UNIIQ backs four high-potential startups with \u20ac1.4 million investment in health, deeptech and data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

UNIIQ, the proof-of-concept investment fund for the province of Zuid-Holland, is investing a total of \u20ac1.4 million in four promising startups. The announcement was made during InnovationQuarter\u2019s annual event on June 16. These Zuid-Holland-based startups are working on breakthrough technologies with the potential for major societal impact. With this strategic injection, UNIIQ is boosting both the startups themselves and the broader regional innovation ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LYLA: digital quality control for cancer medication<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Delft-based startup LYLA, founded in 2025, is developing a digital solution to control the quality of radioactive cancer medication. Until now, these quality checks have been carried out manually. Their revolutionary method paves the way for more targeted, efficient, and safer cancer treatments in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LYLA will use the UNIIQ investment to expand its team and bring its first product to market. And that\u2019s just the beginning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-founder Ernst van der Wal<\/a>:<\/strong> \u201c\u201cWith UNIIQ\u2019s experience and network, we believe they can help us grow and scale.\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GenLumina: light-activated cancer therapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

GenLumina, a Leiden-based startup launched in 2024, is also working to improve cancer care. The company is developing a compound that\u2019s activated by light to destroy cancer cells \u2014 without damaging surrounding healthy tissue. This breakthrough approach aims to make cancer treatment safer, more effective, and more affordable, with better recovery outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The startup plans to use the seed funding to set up an experimental lab and attract strategic partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-founder Donny de Bruin<\/a><\/strong>: \u201cUNIIQ\u2019s input has been instrumental in sharpening our positioning. We\u2019ve already raised over \u20ac1 million in follow-on funding.\u201d<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Secuped: preventing foot amputations in diabetes patients<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since its founding in 2023, Leiden-based Secuped has been developing home monitoring devices that detect inflammation in the feet of diabetes patients. This technology enables patients and care providers to act early in the case of diabetic foot ulcers \u2014 a common and serious condition that can lead to amputations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thanks to the UNIIQ investment, the company can now develop and evaluate a working prototype.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founder & CEO Martijn van de Giessen:<\/strong><\/a> \u201cGoing through the investment process with UNIIQ has already brought new insights, valuable contacts, and unexpected funding opportunities.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

QHarbor: smarter data management for physics labs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Safely storing complex physics data and making it searchable, structured, and accessible right from your laptop \u2014 that\u2019s the mission of Delft-based QHarbor, founded in 2024. Their innovation helps physics research labs work faster, smarter, and more securely with their experimental data, including quantum computing experiments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With two pilots completed, the startup is now ready to scale up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-founder Stephan Philips<\/strong>: \u201cWith UNIIQ\u2019s seed capital, we can bring our technology to market and evolve our platform into the go-to standard for data storage in physics research.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finance for the Future<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

UNIIQ believes in the power of Zuid-Holland\u2019s startup community and supports founders in bringing their proof-of-concept to market. With this latest investment round, the fund is once again giving a strong push to the region\u2019s innovation ecosystem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThese four startups show how science, guts, and entrepreneurship come together in Zuid-Holland. With this investment, we aim to accelerate not just technology \u2014 but the real-world impact these companies can deliver in health, deeptech, and data innovation.\u201d \u2013 Jasper Geselschap<\/strong>, Fund Manager UNIIQ<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond capital, UNIIQ provides hands-on strategic support \u2014 from positioning and fundraising to brokering partnerships with companies and research institutes at home and abroad. Startups value this early-stage guidance. Having a partner who thinks along, opens doors, and truly believes in bold ideas, vision, and impact \u2014 that\u2019s what makes the difference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About UNIIQ<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

UNIIQ is a \u20ac50 million proof-of-concept fund that helps entrepreneurs in Zuid-Holland bring unique innovations to market. The fund provides academic spin-offs and innovative startups with the seed capital and strategic coaching needed to bridge the riskiest phase \u2014 from concept to promising company. Over 60% of UNIIQ-backed startups have already secured follow-on funding, collectively raising over \u20ac275 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

UNIIQ is made possible by Erasmus MC, TU Delft, Leiden University, Erasmus University, InnovationQuarter, the European Union, the Province of Zuid-Holland, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), TNO, and the municipalities of Rotterdam, The Hague, and Leiden. InnovationQuarter acts as the fund manager of UNIIQ.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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