Grow your impactful innovation

Does your company belong to the ambitious start-ups, scale-ups, and SMEs in North Holland that are developing innovations with social impact and financial return? Are you such a game-changer? Then we are here for you! The driven professionals at ROM InWest will support you with knowledge, network, and investments.

How
we help
you

ROM InWest helps innovative entrepreneurs become fundable faster, find funding, and grow healthily. Our assistance is conditional on your business being located in North Holland and your service or product delivering not only financial but also social returns.

We support you in two ways:

1

Is it time to make a real impact with your innovation and enterprise? Our business developers will help you develop a strong business case with which you can your...

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?

For ROM inWest, innovation is the engine that drives everything
1

We help you focus and make the right decisions so that your business becomes investable and can scale up faster. 

2

We connect you with potential investors and also invest in your company where necessary.

Get
inspired

21 September 2026

Janet's blog: Five years of building an innovative North Holland

Knowledge
This year ROM InWest is five years old. A great milestone! ROM InWest was the last regional development agency in the Netherlands...
22 August 2026

Halsema and Van Dijk visit Agurotech

News
On August 20th, Mayor Femke Halsema and King's Commissioner Arthur van Dijk visited Agurotech. There...
22 September 2026

Agrifood, the quiet force of North Holland

Knowledge
It is not always immediately visible, but in North Holland, work is underway in many places on the future of our food system....
10 September 2026

Phoenix Metals raises €4 million to scale up recovery of raw materials from industrial waste

News
Phoenix Metals has raised a seed investment of €4 million to build a pilot plant in IJmuiden suitable for the...
16 September 2026

Phosphoenix raises €1.3 million for accelerated preparation for first clinical trial

News
This round combines the ongoing support of Phosphoenix's existing investors, TTT Medtech Fund (managed by 819 Capital), FIRST...
14 September 2026

Greencovery raises €1 million for processing cocoa husks into new products

News
Foodtech startup Greencovery has raised €1 million to scale up its patented technology for the reuse of cocoa to industrial...
13 August 2026

Circular business: from idealism to strategic advantage

News
Entrepreneurship in the circular economy is clearly changing. The developments that Business Developer Birgitta Kramer and Investment...
7 September 2026

How construction innovator Drystack learned to focus in order to grow

News
Building a facade faster and more sustainably, without traditional mortar and without experienced bricklayers. Brick facades that can later be taken apart again...
10 July 2026

North Holland as an innovation hub for the energy transition

News
The energy crisis is putting pressure on the Dutch economy. This situation calls for solutions for a smarter and future-proof energy system. According to...
26 August 2026

How an unknown metal became the basis for an innovative enterprise

News
After completing his Aerospace Engineering studies at Delft University of Technology, Gijsbert Bakker returned to the country where he grew up,...

Our
game changers

Our
game-
changers

Globally, around 40 million people live with severe blindness. Phosphoenix is developing a brain implant (neuroprosthetic system) that can restore functional vision using AI in people who later in life...

Greencovery has a sustainable solution to reuse residual streams from the food industry and convert them into valuable ingredients. In this way, a cost item, waste processing of residual materials, is transformed into an extra...

Phoenix Metals is an innovative company that recovers valuable raw materials from industrial waste streams such as steel slag, thereby playing an innovative role in the battery market.

Droppie was founded by Natascha Hermsen and Stef Traa and cleverly collects waste via special recycling shops, where consumers receive money for plastic packaging, textiles, cooking oil and...

Root Sustainability develops AI technology that allows retailers to make smart decisions based on product-specific data to concretely reduce the CO2 footprint in their supply chain. Dispersed data is quickly and efficiently...

Methotrexate is currently the most commonly prescribed basic drug for rheumatoid arthritis worldwide. Sixty to eighty per cent of patients receive this drug. The problem, however, is that methotrexate is too...

Thorizon is developing an innovative molten salt reactor that converts existing nuclear waste into clean, safe and efficient energy. Thanks to a patented system with interchangeable cartridges, the reactor makes best use of fuel and minimises...

Healthplus.ai is a Dutch MedTech scale-up from Amsterdam. Their AI system PERISCOPE® calculates each patient's risk of infection after surgery and gives the healthcare team clear actions to reduce that risk....

5 transitions for a sustainable & healthy economy

Circular transition

Innovating in circularity

Digital transition

Innovating in digitalisation

Energy transition

Towards a future-proof energy system

Food transition

Together towards an innovative agrifood sector

Healthcare Transition (LSH)

Innovating in Life Sciences and Health

What our partners say about us

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

Amplio Pharma

“We don't just receive financial support from ROM InWest, but also help in areas where a small company can't yet invest, such as professional external communications. We really appreciate that.”

Marguerite Mensonides
CEO and Co-founder

Healthplus.ai

“With ROM InWest as an investor, it became more attractive for other investors to participate as well. Thanks to ROM InWest, we were able to raise the amount to take new steps.”

Bart Geerts
CEO and Co-founder

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