Innovative entrepreneurship for a sustainable and robust economy

At ROM InWest we believe that innovative entrepreneurs like you are at the heart of a strong and more sustainable North Holland economy. Aiming for social impact and financial return, our driven professionals help you grow and develop your startup, scale-up and SME. We actively collaborate with other parties and initiatives in the region. Are you ready for financial investments, networking or knowledge? Nice to meet you! 

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6 May 2025

PDENH: catalyst for sustainable economic growth in North Holland

Blog
How does a fund such as the Participation Fund for Sustainable Economy North Holland (PDENH), which has been part of ROM InWest since 2024, contribute to...
April 15, 2025

Blog Janet: The success of a good ecosystem

Blog
I was with my fellow ROM Directors in Dublin - a notable hotspot for innovation for many years...
April 15, 2025

DOPS: the power of a well-functioning ecosystem

Interview
This spring, ROM InWest, together with InnovationQuarter (IQ) and other private partners, invested €5 million in DOPS Recycling Technologies. This...
April 11, 2025

“ROM InWest is of great value to our growth as an investor”

News
With ‘smart farming’ gaining momentum globally, Amsterdam-based high-tech company Agurotech, founded in 2020 and which manufactures hardware such as...
April 2, 2025

SecFund launched: New fund for dual-use innovation

News
Dutch startups, scale-ups and innovative SMEs that develop technologies with both civil and defense applications (dual-use) can now apply for funding...
27 March 2025

DOPS Recycling Technologies raises €5 million for groundbreaking recycling technology

News
DOPS Recycling Technologies has raised €5 million to further develop its innovative DCI™ technology. This technology converts waste into...
17 March 2025

“Circular economy is the key to our livelihood”

News
Suppose waste is not the end of a process of waste, but the beginning of something new. Where sustainability once...
7 March 2025

Accelerating female entrepreneurship: the role of ROMs within Code-V 

News
Despite the growth of the number of female entrepreneurs in the Netherlands, access to finance often remains a stumbling block. Less than...

How
we help
you

Are you looking for support for your startup, scale-up or SME? Then ROM InWest is the right place for you. The condition for our help is that your service or product not only yields financial, but also social return and that you as an entrepreneur look beyond today, tomorrow and the generations after us.

In concrete terms, ROM InWest can help you as an entrepreneur in two ways:

1

No matter how proud you are of your innovation, a business case that connects with your target group is what counts. Our business developers will help you with this issue. Together with...

2

Do you have a smart solution that demonstrably makes a social impact for the world of tomorrow? And are you looking for a professional investment partner to bring your innovation to the market?

4 transitions for a sustainable & healthy economy

Circular transition

From a linear to a circular economy

Digital transition

Smart systems for society

Energy transition

From fossil to renewable energy sources

Food transition

Towards a more sustainable and healthier food system

Our
game changers

Our
game-
changers

DOPS transforms waste into new valuable raw materials without significant CO2 emissions.

Confocal.nl: groundbreaking microscope technology for research in living cells

Peerby offers a flexible online peer2peer platform for borrowing and lending items in the neighborhood.

With Kepler Vision Technologies, Kepler brings greater efficiency to elderly care.

Lgem produces and rents photobioreactors (also known as PBRs) for the cultivation of microalgae on an industrial scale and for a variety of commercial applications.

Tiny Library believes that parents should be able to rent baby supplies easily and affordably instead of buying them, so that we all have to buy far fewer new items.

IT support in the field of AI UbiOps is a platform to support software applications that run on artificial intelligence (AI), such as computer vision and natural language processing. Startups, scale-ups and SMEs that do...

Alleo (formerly YourCampus) facilitates employee rewards based on personal preferences.

What our partners say about us

A selection of the experiences of companies that have been helped by ROM InWest.

Yoni

“With ROM InWest we have found a partner who, like us, strives for social returns, a healthy environment and gender equality.”

Mariah Manvelt Beck
Founder

Peerby

“Impact-driven parties such as ROM InWest put social return first and understand that a profitable circular business model such as ours requires a longer term.”

Daan Weddepohl
CEO and Founder

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