For entrepreneurs

Support
for ambitious
game changers

Are you an innovative entrepreneur with the ambition to make the world more sustainable with your startup, scale-up or SME? Is your product or service not only financially profitable, but does your solution also make a real social impact for the world of tomorrow? And is your company located in North Holland? Then you have come to the right place for support.

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:

With advice on innovative entrepreneurship

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...

With financial investments

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?

Help with innovative entrepreneurship

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

Investment in your business

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

4 transitions for a sustainable & healthy economy

Circular transition

Better, smarter and infinite use of raw materials. That's not just good for the environment, but also for the economy.

Digital transition

Innovating in digitalisation

Energy transition

Towards a future-proof energy system

Food transition

Towards a more sustainable and healthier food system

Healthcare Transition (LSH)

Innovating in Life Sciences and Health

Our
game changers

Our
game-
changers

Droplet

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...

Thorizon

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...

ThePhoneLab

ThePhoneLab shows that sustainability and entrepreneurship can go hand in hand. 38% of consumers still choose to replace a phone in case of damage. ThePhoneLab provides life extension...

Let you
Inspire

3 June 2026

Raising funds for your start-up: 5 tips to boost your chances

Knowledge

You’re working on an innovative solution in areas such as renewable energy, circular production or affordable healthcare, and your start-up is growing. External...

23 April 2026

“Focus strictly on the phase we are in”

Interviews

Making a heart scan in under a minute, at the GP's, by the assistant, or at the patient's home. That...

10 July 2025

ROM InWest partner in revamped GO!-NH acceleration programme

News

North Holland province's GO!-NH programme has been revamped. With a sharpened approach and new implementing partners, the programme offers innovative...

28 January 2025

Project financing: big impact with 'patient' capital

Knowledge

Isabel van Nesselrooij, fund manager Transition Fund at ROM InWest, emphasizes the value of project financing. “Patient capital is crucial to get projects past...

13 August 2024

Help with growth: “With the strategic advice from ROM InWest we make better choices”

Interviews

How do you present your employment conditions in such a way that you, as an employer, also appeal to younger generations? And how do you offer freedom of choice in this?...

5 August 2024

Solarix: Funding for a standardized product to scale up

Interviews

Accelerating the energy transition in the built environment by making buildings self-sufficient in their energy needs: with that mission, Marloes...

30 July 2024

Peerby: “Thanks to their patience, the financing from ROM InWest is now paying off”

Interviews

Providing neighbors with a platform to share items with each other for greater social connection and to prevent waste: this is how...

11 July 2024

Sharing platform Peerby expands to the United States

News

Big news from Peerby, the now well-known online platform where neighbors can share things for more social connection and to...

4 June 2024

Demonstrably 'financing' a better world: how Qdrop makes impact investing measurable

Interviews

Claiming that investments help the world is one thing, but how do you prove the real impact of money? More and more...

21 May 2024

Data Security 2.0: How Chunk Works Grows Smarter with Personal Guidance from ROM InWest

Interviews

'Data-sensitive' organisations are watching with fear and trembling as quantum computers rapidly emerge, making hacking child's play. The young...

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For entrepreneurs

Support for ambitious game changers

How we help you

4 transitions for a sustainable & healthy economy

Circular transition

Digital transition

Energy transition

Food transition

Healthcare Transition (LSH)

Our game changers

Our game-changers

Let youInspire

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Support
for ambitious
game changers

How
we help
you

Our
game changers

Our
game-
changers

Let you
Inspire