At ROM InWest we focus on game changers: ambitious start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs that, with their innovations, are able to accelerate the food transition, the energy transition, digitalisation and/or the transition to a circular economy.
ROM InWest is the regional development company for North Holland. Us team of roomy thirty dedicated professionals support startups from Haarlem, scalf-ups and SMEs that are developing their innovations contribute to the food transition, energy transition, digitalization and circular economy. We help find external financiers and invest also in these companies themselves. In addition to financing, ROM InWest supports entrepreneurs with various programs in scaling up and making their solutions financeable. For the provision of knowledge and networks, we work intensively with parties in and outside the region.
Our three core values determine how we operate at ROM InWest work and interact with each other. We use them not only as a guideline for ourselves, but also carry them out as inspiration to entrepreneurs, our partners and society. Our core values are:
The entrepreneur is at the heart of everything we do. We offer professional, effective and flexible support with social impact as the main driver.
Innovation comes from entrepreneurship, knowledge, money and a network. That's why we are open for others and we want to learn continuously. We to work transparent and in close cooperation with regionaland companies, knowledge institutions and governments to achieve results quickly and effectively.
We believe in a society in which everyone can fully participate, regardless of nationality, ethnicity, gender, religion, sexual preference, age or education. Based on our conviction that more diversity leads to higher quality, we not only want to be a diverse organization ourselves, but we also like to invest in inclusive companies.
We believe that innovative entrepreneurs are crucial accelerators of today's major transitions. By stimulating innovative entrepreneurship in North Holland, we want to make the regional economy more sustainable, with equal opportunities for everyone – both for the world of tomorrow and for generations after us.
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 returns 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:
Impact-driven as we are, we help at ROM InWest not just any entrepreneur. We only invest in your company if you have a ambitious startup, scale-up or SMEare an entrepreneur of An innovation that able is to accelerate the food transition, energy transition, care transition and/or transition to a circular economy. Through these transitions we work on our mission: a sustainable regional economy with equal opportunities for everyone - both for the world of tomorrow and for the generations after us.
Where and how much impact wi as ROM InWest to make, depends entirely on the companies and entrepreneurs we support. You innovations make the difference. Our compass for our ultimately impact are the so-called Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the seventeen goals to make the world a better place in 2030. For example, with regard to poverty, education and It climate.
ROM InWest invests primarily in companies through the SME Fund and the Transition Fund. Us totathe investorinvestment budget varies from year to year, as does the distribution between the two sources of money. The SME Fund is intended for growing SMEs that work on innovations in general, while the Transition Fund is specifically aimed at entrepreneurs who contribute to the energy transition, the food transition and the transition to a circular economy.
Since the founding of ROM InWest In 2021, the Netherlands will have a nationwide network of regional development companies. Our organization is growing rapidly and thoroughly, in line with our mission: everyone at our company wants to make a real social impact. That many of our colleagues have been entrepreneurs themselves, makes us An strong discussion partner for entrepreneurs.
A selection of the experiences of companies that have been helped by ROM InWest.
“With ROM InWest we have found a partner who, like us, strives for social returns, a healthy environment and gender equality.”
“It is nice to still have good contact with ROM InWest. We can go there with all conceivable questions. They are a kind of corporate lawyer, business controller and strategic partner in one.”
“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.”
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