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Martijn van Hoogenhuijze

Head Foreign Investments Team

martijn.vanhoogenhuijze@innovationquarter.nl +31 6 5330 42 81

InnovationQuarter is the non-profit, publicly funded economic development agency for the Zuid-Holland region. Our region thrives on innovative tech ideas aimed at creating a smarter, more sustainable and healthier world. With our investment funds, extensive sector knowledge, testing facilities, growth programs (such as the 'Market Readiness Program') and a broad network, we help transform innovative ideas into market-ready solutions.

We nurture local innovative businesses, fostering an ecosystem of growth in sectors like Digital Technology & Cybersecurity, Maritime, Energy & Chemistry, High Tech & Aerospace, Horticulture & Food and Life Sciences. We believe local enterprises are vital to our region's economic vitality.

Foreign Investments

We assist foreign companies seeking to establish themselves in our region, strategically integrating them into our ecosystems and business sectors. Our mission is to foster collaboration, connect and drive innovation, creating an environment where both local and foreign businesses can thrive. To do so, InnovationQuarter has a dedicated team in place to actively promote the region, attract foreign companies and investors and facilitate them in finding the right locations and facilities for setting-up or expanding business in the Greater Rotterdam – The Hague area. We connect you with our tailor-made know-how and key networks especially in sectors such as Safety & Security.

(Inter)national Collaboration

Beyond this, we help regional companies scale up and expand internationally through our internationalization programs. Our approach involves orchestrating focused trade missions for companies operating in similar sectors, designed to ease their access to new global markets.

InnovationQuarter Capital

Our strength also lies in being an impact investor with € 300 million in funds under management that empower us to invest in and support local enterprises. Successful innovation requires money. We invest in Safety & Security companies that, amongst other factors, have the potential to lift our regional economy to a higher level, through stronger clusters, more employment opportunities, and innovations with a societal impact. As a lifecycle investor, InnovationQuarter finances companies in different cycles of their business growth and draws its investments from four funds: IQCapital, UNIIQ, ENERGIIQ and the Rotterdam Energy Transition Fund.

IQCapital is a fund of € 143 million for investments in disruptive startups & scale-ups with high technological risk and a need for patient capital.
UNIIQ is a € 47 million seed fund, focused on the proof-of-concept phase to bridge the riskiest phase from concept to promising business. UNIIQ is powered by the European Union.
ENERGIIQ is a fund for financing the commercialization of proven energy innovations that leads to CO2 reduction. The € 35 million fund is powered by the Province of Zuid-Holland.
The Rotterdam Energy Transition Fund is a € 100 million investment fund that finances disruptive companies and sustainable projects that realise CO2 reduction, improvement of air quality and a reduced use of raw materials.

Summarized: InnovationQuarter finances innovative and fast-growing companies, assists international companies in establishing their businesses in the region Zuid-Holland, and facilitates (international) collaboration between innovative entrepreneurs, knowledge institutes and government.

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Activiteiten binnen Security Delta

Hack the Power Grid: Wake-up Call for a Cyber-Secure Energy Transition

The Global Market Entry Program (GMEP) 2026 starts soon!

Policy Research: The Hague Strengthens its Position as the European Cybersecurity Capital

Roundtable Dinner at HSD Campus Explores Building a Dutch–EU Cybersecurity Champion

Join the RSA Conference 2026 in San Francisco and be part of NL Pavillion

Boost Your Cybersecurity Startup with YES!Delft’s Special Programme

Strengthening Transatlantic Cybersecurity Collaboration During the Cyber Mission to Boston & New York 2025

HSD Exploration Report Quantum Technology: A Game-changer for Security, Innovation, and Collaboration

Quantum Exploration 2025: Assessing the threats & opportunities of quantum technology for the Dutch digital ecosystem

EUDIS Defence Hackathon 2025

Facts & Figures Cybersecurity Week 2025 in The Hague

ECSO Cyber Investors Days 2025 Showcases Europe's Top Cybersecurity Start-Ups

We Are All Connected: ONE International Cyber Business Event 2025

International Kick-off at HSD Campus during Cybersecurity Week 2025

Security Delta (HSD) Has Finished the Role as Coordinator PIB Germany

Join the EUDIS Defence Hackathon on 17-19 October 2025!

Passguard Raises Half a Million in Pre-Seed Round from Angels and Cybersecurity Experts

Innovators Take Center Stage at ‘Innovations in the Spotlight: Cybersecurity in the OT’

Innovaties in de Spotlight: Cybersecurity in de OT (Invitation Only)

CWM OT Security Simulation: Unique Test Environment for Cybersecurity in the Manufacturing Industry

Innovaties in de Spotlight: Cybersecurity in de OT

Save the Date: Cybersecurity Week 2025

International Kick-Off Cybersecurity Week 2025

ONE International Cyber Business Event

Cyber Mission Sweden 2025

Starting Today: Innovation Coalition for Cybersecure Energy Transition

Talent Survey on Wellbeing within the Cybersecurity Sector

Cybersecure Energy Transition

Recap | HSD Café on Quantum Technology: A European Perspective

Meet the Participants of Yes!Delft Cybersecurity Accelerator Programme

Recap Pre-NATO Summit event: Securing The Future in The Hague

Turing Europe Launches Operations in The Hague to Support Europe’s Digital Resilience

Cybersecurity Collaboration & Innovation between Sweden and the Netherlands

Strengthening Europe’s Cyber Future: ECSO Award Finals 2025

The ECSO CISO Choice Award 2025

Dutch Cybersecurity Delegation Showcases Innovation and Collaboration at RSA Conference 2025

Dutch Investors Commit Additional €15 Million to TIN Capital’s Cybersecurity Fund

South Holland Innovative Companies Gain Access to Defence Through Regional Cooperation

Cyemptive Technologies Expands to HSD Campus in The Hague

Looking Back at Successful Economic Cyber Delegation to Taiwan

Kick-off Session Participants Trade Mission RSA San Francisco 2025

HSD Café: Quantum Technology

Innovators Take Center Stage at ‘Innovations in the Spotlight: Cybersecurity in the OT’ session

Kick-off Yes!Delft Cybersecurity Validation and Acceleration Programme

Launch Defport: Towards Acceleration Innovation & Faster Production of Military Equipment

Cybersecurity Week 2025

Join the Global Market Entry Programme

Doing Business in the US? Join the Extended PIB Cybersecurity

The ECSO STARTup Award Final 2025

Innovaties in de Spotlight: Cybersecurity in de OT

Innovaties in de Spotlight: Cybersecurity in de OT

Cybersecurity Trade Mission to San Francisco (RSA Conference)

Call: Join the Dutch Cyber Delegation to Taiwan in April 2025

Dutch Cyber Delegation to Taiwan

Call for Startups: Join New Cybersecurity Incubation Programmes

Looking Back at Cybersecurity Event in Munich: Dutch-German Collaboration on AI, Data, and Compliance Challenges

Hackshield Wins KvK Innovation Award Category Labor Market and Society

Successful Dutch Cyber Mission to Georgia and Texas in United States

AI, Data, Compliance: the Challenges for Cyber Security

Success in the United States under Dutch Cybersecurity Flag

Defense Invests €100 Million in SecFund to Increase Innovative Power of Dutch Startups

Facts & Figures Cybersecurity Week 2024 in The Hague

CI-ISAC Opens International Office at HSD Campus in The Hague

VirtualMetric and Attic Security Winners ECSO Cyber Investors Days 2024

Brazilian iT.eam’s Starts New Chapter in Cybersecurity in The Netherlands

We Are All Connected: ONE International Cyber Business Event 2024

CyberPeace Institute Expands to The Hague to Strengthen Global Cybersecurity

Recap: Cyber Security Week International Kick-off 2024

Cybersecurity Week 2024

ONE International Business Event

Recap: Succesful Cybersecurity Trade Mission to RSA Conference 2024 in San Francisco

Looking Back: Succesful Trade Mission Digital Tech & Cybersecurity to Sweden

Digitalzh and Security Delta Team Up to Help Entrepreneurs Enhance Digital Security

Reconnaissance Mission: Dutch Visit to CyberSec2024 in Taiwan

US Based Neuvik Has Chosen HSD Campus for their First International Office

International Kick-Off Cybersecurity Week 2024

Cybersecurity Week 2024

Knowledge Exchange in Stuttgart and Munich during PIB Germany Visit