For entrepreneurs

We encourage innovative entrepreneurship

By stimulating innovative entrepreneurship, we accelerate social change. We support ambitious start-ups, scale-ups and SMEs in every phase of their growth – with tailor-made venture development and suitable financing solutions.

Advice for
healthy growth

ROM InWest supports innovative entrepreneurs in healthy growth, with advice and guidance that fits the phase their company is in. We prefer to get involved as early as possible, to help bring innovations to the market and make them financeable through one-on-one advice and accelerator programs. If the need lies elsewhere, we refer to suitable partners in our network. Our strength lies in the combination of venture development and financing: our teams work closely together and remain involved, even after an investment. With our standardized GRIDT approach, we offer entrepreneurs clear growth milestones and better access to financing, for structural and sustainable growth.

7 January 2025

Flexiliser: “The network and advice from ROM InWest are of great value to us”

Interview
How do you connect sustainably generated energy with the food transition? Three young entrepreneurs found the answer in hydrogen and agriculture and...
December 3, 2024

VanHier: “We now think and decide much more on the basis of validated conclusions”

Interview
Caring for the earth and each other is only possible if we also take good care of the soil and the raw materials that...
13 August 2024

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

Interview
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?...

Financing
for entrepreneurs

ROM InWest invests with revolving funds when the market does not and the social value is at stake. This means:

1

Generating financial returns (in the long term)

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Realizing social impact

3

Preventing market, system or transition failure

our funds

ROM InWest invests in innovative and sustainable entrepreneurs through two funds: the SME Fund for digitalisation and innovation in SMEs and the Transition Fund for companies that contribute to the energy transition, circular economy and sustainable food systems.

Since 2024, ROM InWest also manages the PDENH fund of the Province of North Holland. This closed-end fund supports sustainable initiatives in energy, mobility and circularity. Together, these funds form a powerful instrument to make the economy of North Holland more sustainable and future-proof.


SME fund

With a target capital of over €60 million, this fund invests in growing SMEs that contribute to a stronger North Holland economy through digitalisation and innovation.

Transition Fund

This €100 million fund supports entrepreneurs who accelerate the energy transition, circular economy and a more sustainable food system with their innovations.


PEDENH

A closed-end fund of the province of North Holland that has invested more than €70 million since 2014 in companies that drive the energy transition, circular economy and sustainable mobility.

Our
game changers

The production of electronic devices, such as smartphones and wireless earbuds, has a major impact on the people and communities involved, as well as on the environment. Short life cycles...

The growing share of renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, requires smart solutions to keep the electricity grid stable and reliable. S4 Energy responds to this with innovative energy storage systems that...

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.

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...

Related
articles

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 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...
28 January 2025

Project financing: big impact with 'patient' capital

Blog
Isabel van Nesselrooij, fund manager Transition Fund at ROM InWest, emphasizes the value of project financing. “Patient capital is crucial to get projects past...
6 June 2024

Finding funding for your startup: four points of attention and tips

Blog
No matter how brilliant and innovative an idea is, scaling up as a startup rarely works without external funding. What really needs to...
April 2, 2024

Fund management of the Participation Fund for Sustainable Economy North Holland (PDENH) comes to ROM InWest

News
As of April 2, the province of North Holland will transfer PDENH fund management to ROM InWest. PDENH has invested in recent years...