Innovative entrepreneurship for a sustainable and robust economy

At ROM InWest we believe that innovative entrepreneurs like you are at the heart of a strong and more sustainable North Holland economy. Aiming for social impact and financial return, our driven professionals help you grow and develop your startup, scale-up and SME. We actively collaborate with other parties and initiatives in the region. Are you ready for financial investments, networking or knowledge? Nice to meet you! 

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7 March 2025

Accelerating female entrepreneurship: the role of ROMs within Code-V 

News
Despite the growth of the number of female entrepreneurs in the Netherlands, access to finance often remains a stumbling block. Less than...
27 February 2025

Skytree about LeapSprong: “We now have the right contacts to scale up further” 

Interview
Filter technology that removes CO2 from the air and thus combats climate change: it sounds futuristic, but at Skytree, founded in 2014...
20 February 2025

HealthTech Accelerator Program: Bring your HealthTech startup to market and investors

News
Technology is increasingly important in improving healthcare, keeping it accessible and affordable – a sector that is experiencing significant...
6 February 2025

“Circular economy is the key to our livelihood”

News
Suppose waste is not the end of a process of waste, but the beginning of something new. Where sustainability once...
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...
21 January 2025

Tiny Library crosses borders thanks to crowdfunding 

News
Tiny Library, the rental platform for baby and children's products, is preparing for the next growth phase. In 2028, Tiny Library wants to...
14 January 2025

Pacmed, PAVA and Rezolve compete for final ticket Healthcare Innovation Award 2025

News
Who will win the 10th edition of the Dutch Healthcare Innovation Award, the national award for the most innovative scale-up in the field of...
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...

How
we you
to help

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:

1

No matter how proud you are of your innovation, a business case that connects with your target group is what counts. Our business developers will help you with this issue. Together with...

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?

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

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 technology, Kepler brings greater efficiency to elderly care.

Lgem produces and rents photobioreactors (also known as photobioreactors, or PBRs) for the cultivation of microalgae on an industrial scale and for a variety of commercial applications.

Cancer is a major and rapidly growing social problem: the number of cancer cases is expected to increase by 70% in the next twenty years. Immunotherapy can be very effective, but does it work...

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...

Alleo (formerly YourCampus) facilitates employee rewards based on personal preferences.

What relationships say about us

A selection of the experiences of companies that have been helped by ROM InWest.

Yoni

“With ROM InWest we have found a partner who, like us, strives for social returns, a healthy environment and gender equality.”

Mariah Manvelt Beck
Founder

Peerby

“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.”

Daan Weddepohl
CEO and Founder

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