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Record funding of €330 million: will Nearfield Instruments soon become as indispensable as ASML?
Chip equipment maker Nearfield Instruments has secured €330 million in the largest funding round ever for a Dutch deep-tech company. (Dutch article)

TNO spin-off LeydenJar: winner of the 2026 Peter Wennink Tech Award an achievement TNO is very proud of.

Prodrive in Eindhoven will assemble chips for TNO tech participation Fortaegis: “A European partner was a requirement.”
Technology company Prodrive will manufacture Fortaegis’ ‘unbreakable’ chip systems at scale. For Fortaegis, having a European partner was a strict strategic requirement: “In the event of an emergency, you want the ecosystem to be based in Europe.” (Dutch article)

Breakthrough at TNO: ultra-thin printed electronics applied directly to the skin. “This will become a new industry.”

New TNO spin-off featured in de Volkskrant: Perovion Technologies.
Read how they are scaling TNO’s perovskite solar foil technology and, in doing so, strengthening the European solar energy sector. “That is the future. Quite something, isn’t it?” says Sjoerd Veenstra, co-founder and CTO of Perovion. (Dutch article)

The fact that 'de Volkskrant' describes our spin-off Nearfield Instruments as the “ASML of the future” shows what is possible when innovation and entrepreneurship come together.
Not one ASML, but several. The fact that 'de Volkskrant' describes our spin-off Nearfield Instruments as the “ASML of the future” shows what is possible when innovation and entrepreneurship come together. (Dutch article)

Broadcast Solutions and Sportway Media Group have jointly acquired Studio Automated

Almost €1 billion invested in Dutch startups in the first quarter

Inside Noura El Ouajdi’s Vision for Redesigning Hiring

In a conversation with Follow the Money, Rinke Zonneveld discusses Nearfield Instruments.

Michiel Hartman co-founder and CEO at Blue Heart Energy at rainmakers.fm

The printed circuit board is overdue for a revolution.

TNO launches Perovion Technologies

Dutch AI language model GPT‑NL now ready for testing, including with the Gem chatbot.
GPT‑NL, the AI language model purpose‑built for the Netherlands by TNO, the ICT cooperative SURF and the Netherlands Forensic Institute, is now being tested by its first customers. (Dutch spoken)

Thermoacoustic heat pump on the market in spring 2027

Pilot jacket gives Eindhoven start‑up wings: ‘After tests with the air force, things really took off’.
Strong interest from NATO armies in high‑tech fighter jackets. Using sensors and small motors, they keep pilots alert and can warn them of impending danger. (Dutch article.)

LionVolt’s European super‑battery is one step closer.
The time has finally come. At LionVolt in Eindhoven, the first batches of lithium‑metal anodes will soon be rolling off the production line. (Dutch article)

ABP Invests in LeydenJar, Completing Capital Raise to Launch Mass Production Phase

Targeted energy, targeted growth: how AnGard Microwave is preparing to protect Europe.
Twente-based spin-off AnGard Microwave can develop and bring its technology to market thanks to an investment from NUNC Capital. (Dutch article)

Sustainable chemicals startup Relement raises €5.4 million.
Relement, a startup in the field of sustainable chemicals, has raised €5.4 million. (Dutch article)

Equal1 raises $60m in funding
Equal1, the Irish quantum computing company that was spun out from University College Dublin (UCD), has raised $60 million (€52 million) to further develop its quantum computing technology and deploy its new quantum server for data centres.

TNO CEO Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi: “We must create two tech unicorns within a few years.

Touchwaves raises €1.5M to accelerate next-gen wearables for NATO

Wopke Hoekstra is betting on Dutch ‘super batteries’. This startup is taking on China.
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