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.

ROM InWest TEAM

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.

4 transitions for a sustainable & healthy economy

Circular transition

From a linear to a circular economy

Digital transition

Smart systems for society

Energy transition

From fossil to renewable energy sources

Food transition

Towards a more sustainable and healthier food system

Our
game changers

Our
game-
changers

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....

LIFEPOWR cleverly links hundreds of thousands of energy installations, think solar panels, batteries, charging stations and heat pumps. With its software platform FlexiO, the company automatically matches consumption, generation and storage to availability of...

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...

HeartEye is a Dutch MedTech startup founded in 2021. HeartEye is developing a mobile device that, in 30 seconds, creates a fully diagnostic 12-channel ECG comparable to the quality of a hospital...

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...

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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