The Hague-based UNIIQ, an funding fund targeted on the proof-of-concept section, introduced on Tuesday that it has invested €2.5M in varied firms and entered right into a partnership with TNO, an impartial organisation for utilized analysis.
The checklist of firms consists of:
iProtics – The corporate seeks to remodel the therapy of most cancers and auto-immune issues. iProtics goals to develop selective immunoproteasome inhibitors that concentrate on disease-causing cells whereas preserving the integrity of wholesome tissues.
Bionomic – An agtech startup specialising in enhancing crop high quality and sustainability by utilising superior molecular methods to manage pathogens.
Passionfruit – The corporate focuses on automating ESG reporting by way of an AI-powered workflow administration device. The platform automates as much as 90% of duties round compliance questions and helps firms to reply to advanced buyer and auditor requests sooner, extra effectively, and with extra perception.
Hypersoniq – An electrochemical sensor know-how firm that may present real-time and full insights into the standard of liquids to cut back environmental affect, save value and guarantee compliance.
GEHECO – The corporate is creating a extra compact and inexpensive answer for laying wells, permitting installations in places the place conventional strategies will not be possible, and serving to drive the transition to CO2-neutral heating methods.
Spatialise – Spatialise has created a soil well being monitor that makes use of satellite tv for pc information and AI to estimate soil vitamins in farmland topsoils.
XS Improvements – The corporate has developed Dynamic AVF, a patented implantable machine designed to manage excessive blood move and deal with the issues of hemodialysis therapy.
“The brand new firms in our portfolio (>75 firms) symbolize the power of the area within the discipline of deep tech, software program, and life sciences,” says Jasper Geselschap, Fund Supervisor at UNIIQ.
The announcement was made on the InnovationQuarter occasion at Euromast in Rotterdam.
In accordance with Geselschap, every of the startups is about to obtain an funding of €350,000, contributing to a wide range of societal challenges akin to sustainable vitality, medical know-how, and synthetic intelligence.
Alternatively, UNIIQ additionally introduced a brand new partnership with TNO to information tech startups at an early stage within the improvement and profitable commercialisation of their applied sciences.
TNO is an impartial analysis organisation primarily based within the Netherlands. It provides a variety of superior technological and scientific options. TNO’s main focus is on utilized science, supporting trade and authorities with modern, sensible data.
Hans Boumans, Director of Tech Switch at TNO, says, “With this partnership, we wish to assist startups and TNO spin-offs in Zuid-Holland much more strongly in securing their first funding in order that promising technological improvements can attain the market sooner and with extra affect.”
UNIIQ: Centered on “proof-of-concept
UNIIQ is a €50M funding fund targeted on the “proof-of-concept” section. UNIIQ assists entrepreneurs in South Holland in bringing their modern concepts to market extra rapidly.
The fund is managed by a staff of funding specialists, together with Innovation Quarter, Leiden College, Erasmus MC, and TU Delft.
Since 2021, UNIIQ has dedicated assets in Early Part Financing (VFF), and an utility for VFF is in accordance with the confirmed UNIIQ funding methodology. UNIIQ is made doable partly by the EU.
