| Date | Title | Description |
| 25.08.2026 | Utility Global Taps Erik Meuleman as Chief Technology Officer to Advance Proprietary H2Gen Commercialization | Industry veteran brings 20+ years of experience advancing decarbonization technologies from research to commercial deployment
HOUSTON, Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Utility Global ("Utility"), a global company enabling economic in... |
| 24.06.2026 | Nearfield Instruments Secures $380M for AI Chip Metrology | Nearfield Instruments, a Dutch deep-tech leader, secured $380 million in Series D funding. This propels its valuation to $1.6 billion. The capital empowers advanced 3D metrology for semiconductor manufacturing. It accelerates innovation, pr... |
| 22.06.2026 | Nearfield Instruments raises $380M to accelerate AI chipmaking | Nearfield Instruments B.V., which specializes in producing advanced chip manufacturing equipment, revealed today it has gotten a massive $380 million capital injection.
The Dutch company’s Series D round was led by Fidelity Management &... |
| 22.06.2026 | Nearfield Instruments Raises $380 Million Series D At $1.6 Billion Valuation | Nearfield Instruments announced that it has closed a $380 million Series D funding round. The financing values the company at $1.6 billion. Nearfield said the round is the largest deep-tech funding round ever completed in the Netherlands. T... |
| 22.06.2026 | Dutch chip gear maker Nearfield Instruments raises $380M | A Netherlands-based firm which makes specialised measurement and inspection technology used in chip manufacturing has raised $380m in new funding, valuing it at $1.6bn, it said today.
The Series D round in Nearfield Instruments was led by n... |
| 20.04.2026 | Equal1's Jason Lynch wins NovaUCD CEO of the Year award | Jason Lynch, CEO of Irish quantum computing company Equal1, has won the 2026 NovaUCD CEO of the Year Award after the company secured $60m in funding earlier this year.
Equal1 has a stated mission to make quantum computing affordable and acc... |
| 02.02.2026 | EU selects SUPREME consortium to develop the union’s superconducting technology for wider industrialisation | EU selects SUPREME consortium to develop the union’s superconducting technology for wider industrialisation
Mon, Feb 02, 2026 07:00 CET Report this content
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The European Union has granted EUR 25 million to the S... |
| 22.01.2026 | AnGard Microwave Receives Minority Investment From NUNC Capital | AnGard Microwave, a Twente, Netherlands based-developer of High-Power Microwave counter-robotic systems, received a strategic minority investment as part of its seed funding round.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
NUNC Capital join... |
| 16.01.2026 | Equal1 Secures $60 Million to Redefine Quantum Computing with Silicon | Equal1, an Irish quantum semiconductor innovator, has secured $60 million in funding. This capital propels the deployment of its silicon-based Bell-1 quantum servers. The technology shifts quantum computing from bespoke labs to standard dat... |
| 15.01.2026 | Equal1: $60 Million Closed To Bring Quantum Computing To Standard Semiconductor Fabs | Equal1 has raised $60 million in new funding to accelerate development and deployment of its silicon-based quantum computing systems, aiming to make quantum hardware manufacturable and deployable using existing semiconductor manufacturing a... |
| 15.01.2026 | Irish startup Equal1 receives $60M to start deploying its scalable quantum computing tech
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Cookies | Irish quantum computing startup Equal1 Ltd. said today it has raised $60 million in a new funding round led by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund.
The Dublin-based startup, which began life as a spinout from University College Dublin, is... |
| 15.01.2026 | Irish quantum semiconductor startup Equal1 closes €51 million round to scale silicon-based quantum computing | Dublin-based Equal1, a quantum semiconductor company, today announced it has raised €51 million ($60 million) to accelerate development of scalable, silicon-based quantum computers and deployment of its datacenter-ready Bell-1 quantum serve... |
| 15.01.2026 | Irish quantum computing start-up Equal1 raises $60m | Equal1, the Dublin-headquartered quantum semiconductor company, has raised $60m (€51.55m) to accelerate development of scalable, silicon-based quantum computers and deployment of its Bell-1 quantum server for data centres.
The funding round... |
| 13.01.2026 | Touchwaves lands €1.5M for next-gen wearable tech for NATO | Touchwaves, a Dutch deeptech startup and spin-off from TNO, has raised €1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round. The round was led by SecFund, which supports startups, scale-ups, and innovative SMEs addressing the innovation needs of the Du... |
| 21.11.2025 | European Defense Tech Fund Secures €150M Amidst Rising Security Concerns | Keen Venture Partners closes Europe's largest defense tech VC fund. The fund aims to bolster European security with investments in cybersecurity, autonomous systems, and more. Geopolitical tensions drive increased defense spending.
Europe i... |
| 20.11.2025 | Largest Defense-Tech VC Fund Hits €150M First Close | Europe ~
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“We are not at war, but we are no longer at peace either.” This statement was made by Mark Rutte, Secretary-General of NATO, in early 2025. Months later, the phrase resurfaced, this time from Germany’s Chancellor Friedrich... |
| 18.11.2025 | As modern battlefield needs evolve, Keen Venture Partners raises Europe’s largest dedicated DefenceTech fund | Today, Amsterdam-based Keen Venture Partners announces that it has completed the first close of its European defence and security technology fund – raising more than €150 million to become the largest DefenceTech venture capital fund in Eur... |
| 14.10.2025 | Scottish Firm Dukosi Partners With Kia For Battery Passport Project | Scottish semiconductor and battery intelligence firm Dukosi has announced a partnership with Kia Europe to deliver the carmaker’s first public trial of a cell-level battery passport.
The trial uses a Kia EV3 fitted with Dukosi’s battery cel... |
| 11.09.2025 | LeydenJar Fuels Battery Revolution: €23M Ignites Silicon Anode Production | LeydenJar, a Dutch deep tech pioneer, has secured €23 million to propel its revolutionary silicon anode technology, Silyte, into full production. This funding, including a major investment from a leading US consumer electronics company, wil... |
| 10.09.2025 | Dutch startup LeydenJar closes new investment round of €13 million to launch first 100% silicon anode production facility | LeydenJar, a Leiden-based DeepTech company innovating 100% pure silicon anodes for lithium-ion batteries, today announced €13 million in funding to bring its technology into full-scale production at its Eindhoven facility PlantOne.
The fina... |
| 06.09.2025 | Dutch Startup TracXon Secures €4.75M to Revolutionize Electronics, Target PCB Dominance | Dutch deep tech startup TracXon secured €4.75 million. The funding fuels its Hybrid Printed Electronics (HPE) technology. This innovation aims to replace traditional, polluting Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs). TracXon's patented roll-to-roll ... |
| 05.09.2025 | Rolling with It: Dutch startup TracXon nabs €4.75 million to disrupt traditional circuit boards | Eindhoven-based TracXon has raised €4.75 million in Seed investment to accelerate the industrialisation of its hybrid printed electronics (HPE) technology.
The funding saw participation from Invest-NL’s Deep Tech Fonds, which contributed €2... |
| 05.09.2025 | Dutch startup TracXon raises €4.75M to scale printed electronics and challenge PCB dominance | Dutch startup TracXon has secured €4.75 million in seed funding to industrialise its hybrid printed electronics (HPE) technology, aiming to replace traditional printed circuit boards (PCBs) with more flexible and environmentally sustainable... |
| 09.07.2025 | EU selects SUPREME consortium to scale up industrial production of superconducting quantum chips | EU selects SUPREME consortium to scale up industrial production of superconducting quantum chips
Wed, Jul 09, 2025 07:15 CET Report this content
Press release 9.7.2025
SUPREME aims to develop stable fabrication processes for European superc... |
| 31.03.2025 | Linux Foundation Europe launches NeoNephos for EU digital sovereignty | Linux Foundation Europe today announced the official launch of the NeoNephos Foundation.
This new initiative is dedicated to fostering collaboration and innovation around open cloud infrastructure, digital sovereignty, and next-generation c... |
| 29.01.2025 | EU telco consortium aims to mitigate environmental impact of 6G | An EU-funded consortium of 10 organisations - including Telefónica and Huawei - has launched to reduce the carbon footprint of telecommunications systems.
EXIGENCE, which encompasses partners in telecommunications, academic research and dig... |
| 16.10.2024 | The Rise of Photonics: A New Era of Innovation in the Netherlands | The Netherlands is becoming a beacon for photonics innovation. Recent investments are fueling a surge in this high-tech sector. PhotonVentures and SuperLight Photonics are at the forefront of this movement. They are not just companies; they... |
| 11.10.2024 | Breukelen-based PhotonVentures secures €5 million strengthening the Dutch photonics ecosystem | PhotonVentures, a specialised deep tech fund founded in 2023 that focuses on investing in photonics startups in the Netherlands and across Europe, has secured a €5 million investment led by Invest-NL, with contributions from a group of new ... |
| 18.03.2024 | Dutch Deeptech Fund DeepTechXL Secures €110M to Support Startups | Eindhoven-based DeepTechXL, a venture capital fund, has successfully closed its DeepTechXL Fund I, raising €110M from key contributors like ASML and pension fund PME. This funding round marks a significant milestone for the VC, situated at ... |
| 14.03.2024 | DeepTechXL raises €110M, a boost for Dutch deeptech startups | Venture builder DeepTechXL today raised €110 million through contributions from ASML and pension fund PME. The Eindhoven investment fund invests in young companies that focus on new, complex technologies such as photonics, complex mechanica... |
| 07.03.2024 | Israeli tank in 'likely scenario' fired machine gun at reporters after deadly shelling, report finds | BEIRUT/THE HAGUE: An Israeli tank crew killed a Reuters reporter in Lebanon in October by firing two shells at a clearly identified group of journalists and then "likely" opened fire on them with a heavy machine gun in an attack t... |
| 02.12.2022 | Фантастические прогнозы и где они обитают: будущее, ставшее реальностью | В 80-х годах фантасты писали, что в 2000 мы уже будем летать на машинах. Но сейчас уже 2022, а летающие машины — ещё не в каждом гараже. Посмотрим, что сбылось из прогнозов прошлого, о чём говорят футуристы и пророчат нам игры и фильмы.
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| 16.08.2022 | InnovationLab makes electronics 3D printing breakthrough in ‘SmartEEs2’ EU Horizon 2020 project | German electronics 3D printing specialist InnovationLab has come up with a lower-cost, more environmentally-friendly way of creating Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs).
Developed as part of the ‘SmartEEs2’ EU Horizon 2020 project, the process en... |
| 20.04.2022 | Voys wins prestigious Dutch industry award | Voys co-founder Mark Vletter surrounded by a herd of Gazelle.
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For the 10th year running, Voys has taken home a coveted FD Gazellen trophy, the pre-eminent Dutch award for the country’s fastest-growing companies. This is an... |
| 09.08.2021 | East-west orientation? Here are two new approaches to designing your solar project | From pv magazine Global
The Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) has designed a new approach for building east-west-oriented solar parks which it claims can prevent soil deterioration and offer the same yield as so... |
| 25.02.2021 | Rapid Robotics for Operator Safety: What a Bottle Picker Can Do | Dutch brewing company Heineken is one of the largest beer producers in the world with more than 70 production facilities globally. From small breweries to mega-plants, its logistics and production processes are increasingly complex and its ... |
| 15.07.2020 | Erasmus University Rotterdam and YES!Delft join forces
Subscribe to our newsletter | “The collaboration with YES!Delft is a natural progression of the convergence strategy of EUR, Erasmus MC and TU Delft, and further enhances the use of knowledge with respect to several big social themes. We aim to connect the Rotterdam and... |
| 24.06.2020 | COBRA research project works on cobalt-free batteries | The EU-funded project COBRA (CObalt-free Batteries for FutuRe Automotive Applications) aims to develop next-generation cobalt-free batteries. The project also aims to eliminate the need for other critical materials.
The research project beg... |
| 27.01.2020 | Dutch research project to improve battery life cycle | In the Netherlands, the car-sharing platform Amber and research organisation TNO are studying the optimal use of electric cars. By collecting battery data from the Amber fleet, the partners want to find out whether fleet managers can organi... |
| 19.07.2018 | Innovation Industries invests in Holst Centre/TNO spin-off SALDtech | Innovation Industries invests in Holst Centre/TNO spin-off SALDtech
19 Jul 2018
SALDtech offers an enabling solution for the production of next generation high performance and flexible electronic displays.
Eindhoven, 19 July 2018 – SALDt... |
| 30.04.2018 | Habit personalized nutrition CEO: 'We're not just biology-based, we're behavior-based' | He explained: “We started testing the full test to table experience, our [blood and DNA] test kits, our personalized nutrition plans and customized meal delivery in the Bay area in early 2017. But not long after that we were approached by ... |
| 06.09.2017 | Habit rolls out nationwide: The timing was right for us, says CSO | Habit burst into the public consciousness in late 2016 with a $32 million investment from Campbell Soup. The Oakland-based company develops nutritional recommendations based on an individual’s biology, metabolism and personal goals and th... |
| 05.09.2017 | Innovation Industries and Samsung Ventures Investment Corporation invest in TNO spin-off Nearfield Instruments B.V. | Innovation Industries and Samsung Ventures Investment Corporation invest in TNO spin-off Nearfield Instruments B.V.
05 Sep 2017
Ultrafast High-Throughput Atomic Force Microscopy (HT-AFM) will keep Moore’s Law alive. Amsterdam, 5 September... |
| 22.08.2017 | The latest news on startup investment rounds (week #34): Undagrid, ENERGIIQ and Healthy Workers | It is time for a round of funding news. While the Dutch Internet of Things company Undagrid announces being funded by Innovation Industries and Mainport Innovation Fund, the investment fund ENERGIIQ announces the beginning of their funding ... |
| 22.06.2017 | Industry Spotlight: Towards the Circular Economy | We live in the era of consumerism. The world population buys tons of new products every day and throws them away on average 6 months after the purchase. The line between our needs and our wants is blurred, and corporations around the world ... |
| 05.01.2017 | VR Industry Forum Formed to Boost Adoption of VR Services | 28 major companies collaborate to promote the adoption and end-to-end interoperability of VR across key media and entertainment sectors
LAS VEGAS, Nevada - January 5th 2017 - At CES in Las Vegas today, 28 companies announced the Virtual Rea... |
| 02.11.2016 | Personalized nutrition is the future, says Habit CEO: ‘Generic public health advice is great.The problem is, people don’t follow it’ | We’ll find out next year (Habit launches its first public beta program in January in the Bay area), but one thing we do know is that when advice of any kind is personal, people are more likely to heed it, Habit founder Neil Grimmer tells ... |
| 04.09.2015 | Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place | Here’s a list of today’s tech funding stories, updated as the day unfolds. Tip us here if you have a deal to share. 500 Startups raises $85M fund, but fell short of expected cash
500 Startups closed a $85 million investment fund. The Wall S... |
| 03.09.2015 | Intel pledges $50M in quantum computing push to solve big problems | Intel today announced plans to invest $50 million over the next ten years as part of a quantum computing push to help solve problems such as “large-scale financial analysis and more effective drug development.”
But despite the ambitions and... |
| 03.09.2015 | Intel Invests US$50M to Advance Quantum Computing | Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) announced a 10-year collaborative relationship with the Delft University of Technology and TNO, the Dutch Organisation for Applied Research, to accelerate advancements in quantum computing, which has the pote... |
| 17.03.2015 | Consortium launches PING project to bring flexible electronics to market | Cartamundi, Van Genechten Packaging, PragmatIC, SMARTRAC, TNO and imec have joined forces to realise the creation of smart and interactive printed objects.
Inspired and supported by the Horizon 2020 program of the European Commission, six w... |
| 17.03.2015 | Consortium launches PING project to bring flexible electronics to market | Consortium launches PING project to bring flexible electronics to market
17-03-2015
Cartamundi, Van Genechten Packaging, PragmatIC, SMARTRAC, TNO and imec have joined forces to realise the creation of smart and interactive printed objects.
... |
| 06.12.2014 | Blueprint Health forms interdisciplinary group to help solve healthcare challenges | In a phone interview with Hayes, he likened the Collective’s approach using shared research programs with those of the Holst Centre, an open innovation initiative by TNO and imec in the Netherlands. The research and development center devel... |
| 17.06.2013 | Broadband Forum and TNO team up for Global DSL Seminar 2013 | Key trends in DSL and FTTX to be discussed at world’s leading DSL event
Scheveningen, The Netherlands, 17 June 2013 – TNO and Broadband Forum have teamed up for the fourth consecutive year to create a world-class seminar on the future of DS... |
| 03.06.2013 | Student Wins Intel Science Fair; Threatened With Patent Infringement Claims For Patent Not Yet Granted | So it goes in America. No one’s immune from the threat of patent litigation, not even 18-year high school students in possession of an award-winning science project in one of the most prestigious science fairs around. (Tip of the hat to TD ... |
| 30.05.2013 | TNO DSL Seminar 2013 gathers global support for its annual presentation on DSL without boundaries | World’s leading DSL event opens up a global discussion on FTTx and DSL technology
Delft, The Netherlands, 30 May 2013 – Global leaders in DSL innovation are set to gather at TNO’s fifth DSL Seminar, the world’s leading DSL event. Sponsors, ... |
| 02.04.2013 | TNO DSL Seminar 2013 to highlight award-winning hybrid fibre-copper solution G.fast | World’s leading DSL event announces developments to its speaker line-up as DSL technology wins prestigious industry award
Delft, The Netherlands, 2 April 2013 – G.fast, the technology that provides a hybrid fibre-copper solution to achieve ... |
| 31.01.2013 | TNO’s DSL Seminar focuses on new superfast technologies for broadband | Fifth annual seminar is world’s leading DSL event and is set to fuel the debate on making the most of DSL with new technologies and standards
Delft, 31 January 2013 – High speed technologies designed to enhance the performance and quality s... |
| 29.05.2012 | TNO’s fourth DSL Seminar unites experts and pioneers to address Future of DSL | Event to showcase new regulatory developments in NGA networks and hot topics such as g.fast, vectoring and Fiber to the Distribution Point
Leiden, 29 May 2012 – TNO’s annual DSL Seminar, Europe’s leading DSL event, due to take place in the ... |
| 16.07.2010 | OPTICOM, SwissQual and TNO win ITU Competition and announce POLQA, the Next-Generation Mobile Voice Quality Testing Standard | Erlangen, Germany – Solothurn, Switzerland – Delft, The Netherlands, 16 July 2010
OPTICOM, SwissQual and TNO today announced that POLQA, a new voice quality testing technique, has been selected to form the new ITU-T voice quality standard t... |
| 19.01.2009 | Economy Profits From File-Sharing, Report Concludes | The 142 page report looks into the economic and cultural consequences of file-sharing on the music, movie and games industries. The conclusions and recommendations seem to echo some of our previous writing. While most file-sharers download ... |
| 28.10.2008 | Linguamatics text mining platform chosen by TNO for food safety alerting | Linguamatics text mining platform chosen by TNO for food safety alerting
28-10-2008
Linguamatics Ltd, a leader in enterprise text mining for the life science and other markets, today announced that TNO has deployed the I2E semantic knowledg... |
| 27.06.2007 | Anti-Piracy Organization Tries to Shut Down Demonoid | Yesterday we reported that the downtime at demonoid was caused by a harddisk crash, but now it seems that the real reason for the downtime could be a bit more complicated.
Demonoid is probably relocating to a new “safe haven” as we speak, t... |
| - | Successful start RoboHouse | The new smart industry fieldlab RoboHouse gave its partners an exclusive look at its new facilities in RoboValley on 18 September. With a push on the button of its special entrance, general manager Jaimy Siebel declared RoboHouse in ‘beta’.... |
| - | Successful start RoboHouse | The new smart industry fieldlab RoboHouse gave its partners an exclusive look at its new facilities in RoboValley on 18 September. With a push on the button of its special entrance, general manager Jaimy Siebel declared RoboHouse in ‘beta’.... |
| - | AMA: Healthcare 2026 Speakers Announced for 3D printing and healthcare event | The next event in our Additive Manufacturing Advantage (AMA) focuses on the use of 3D printing in healthcare.
AMA: Healthcare 2026 will bring together leading voices in medical, dental, pharmaceutical, and regenerative manufacturing to exam... |
| - | New fieldlab RoboHouse officially open | The new fieldlab for advanced cognitive robotics RoboHouse is now officially open. During the well-attended opening ceremony on Thursday, RoboHouse got the fieldlab status from Jac Gofers (Smart Industry).
Gofers complimented on the effort... |
| - | New fieldlab RoboHouse officially open | The new fieldlab for advanced cognitive robotics RoboHouse is now officially open. During the well-attended opening ceremony on Thursday, RoboHouse got the fieldlab status from Jac Gofers (Smart Industry).
Gofers complimented on the effort... |
| - | Blueprint Health forms interdisciplinary group to help solve healthcare challenges | Blueprint Health has formed an interdisciplinary group inside and outside of healthcare to develop and assess new healthcare technologies earlier in an effort to reduce risk and to better predict the ROI of solutions earlier, according to a... |
| - | A fleet of autonomous trucks drove hundreds of miles across Europe for a week | We can’t purchase our very own self-driving cars just yet. Regulatory hurdles are still in the way and car makers aren’t done testing autonomous vehicles to ensure that they’re safe enough to mingle with regular traffic. However, truck manu... |
