Accelerator programmes

Building your innovation for the world of tomorrow

Do you have growth ambitions? In an accelerator programme, you will work on refining your proposition, market positioning, and growth path, using critical questions, targeted assignments, and joint sessions with other entrepreneurs. Our business developers will gladly help you consider which programme best suits you.

Accelerator
programs

Big Chemistry Startup Programme

Do you work on AI, data, or robotics solutions for predicting and improving complex mixtures (such as coatings, cosmetics, or adhesives)? The Big Chemistry Startup Programme helps you accelerate. From innovation to a scalable enterprise, with access to funding, guidance, and a network of investors, knowledge institutions, and industry.

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PIM: Making your business investment-ready

Are you seeking support for your growth ambitions and financing needs? Through the Investment-Ready Innovative SME Programme (PIM), innovative SME entrepreneurs can receive up to six days of tailored personal support to enable them to take the step towards the next phase.

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Accelerate Housing Acceleration Programme (AWV)

The pressure on the housing market in our country is enormous. There is therefore a great need for solutions that remove bottlenecks in the building process and enable faster construction. Innovative entrepreneurs play a key role in this. That is why there is the Acceleration Programme Residential Construction Acceleration, which supports startups and scale-ups that with their

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DigiC

Are you helping to build the circular economy? Or are you accelerating housing construction with digital solutions? If so, DigiC can help you expand your network, gain knowledge and win or place contracts. DigiC is a ‘do-programme’, where innovative entrepreneurs active in area development

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GO!-NH

GO!-NH is the accelerator programme for innovative entrepreneurs in North Holland. From sustainable start-ups to established SMEs with an innovative product, process or service, GO!-NH helps businesses grow.

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Green Chemistry Accelerator (GCA)

Green chemistry plays a key role in the transition to a circular and energy-neutral economy. Are you an innovative entrepreneur working on making chemical processes more sustainable or recovering critical materials in industry? And do you already have a picture of the technology, raw materials chain and market, but are now looking for

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HealthTech Accelerator Rom InWest Care

HealthTech Accelerator

Accelerate the growth of your HealthTech startup! Do you have an innovative technological solution for healthcare and want to scale up from innovation project to commercial contract? The HealthTech Accelerator will help you take this step and grow your business in a targeted way. During this intensive six-month programme

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LeapSprong Amsterdam

Accelerating the energy transition is best done when innovative entrepreneurs collaborate with companies and governments. As a European start-up or scale-up, do you have an innovation that could accelerate the transition in the port of Amsterdam and/or the wider Amsterdam Metropolitan Area (MRA)? Then quickly read more about LeapSprong Amsterdam, the innovation programme

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Business Innovation Program Food (BIPF)

The world of tomorrow is already crying out for food innovators today. Does your innovation or company contribute to a more sustainable, smarter, more efficient or healthier food chain, but are you still struggling with your revenue model? Then the Business Innovation Program Food (BIPF) is a unique opportunity for you!

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Future-proof building ATB

Acceleration programme Future-proof building (ATB)

Smart innovations in construction and infrastructure are vital to keep the Netherlands liveable. Is your startup or scale-up active in bio-based and/or circular construction or data-driven management and maintenance of infrastructure? And are you looking for the right growth path for your company? Then the Acceleration Programme

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Would you like to know which programme best suits you as an entrepreneur and your company's growth phase? Ask our business developers!
Birgitta Kramer
Birgitta Kramer
circular economy
Jorn Eiting from Liempt
digitalisation
Lentil Rijswijk
Life Sciences & Health
Paul Hauptmeijer
Smart Energy Hubs
René Schmitt
dual-use
Robin van Beijnum
energy
Stef Mellema
agrifood

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