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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.

InnovationQuarter

Activiteiten binnen Security Delta

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Facts & Figures Cybersecurity Week 2024 in The Hague

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CyberPeace Institute Expands to The Hague to Strengthen Global Cybersecurity

Recap: Cyber Security Week International Kick-off 2024

Cybersecurity Week 2024

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

Knowledge Exchange in Stuttgart and Munich during PIB Germany Visit

Pitch on a European Stage: ECSO Cyber Investor Days in The Hague 2024

Save the Date: Cybersecurity Week 2024

State Visit by King and Queen of Spain: Cybersecurity and Fintech in the Spotlight

Strengthening Europe’s Cyber Defences with S2 Grupo from the Greater Rotterdam-The Hague area

Security by Design in The Detectable Vegetable Project: Reducing Food Waste with Smart Sensors

Cyber Resilience Centre Manufacturing South Holland Launched

Digital Health Meets Cybersecurity during HIMSS 2024

Cyber Resilience Centre Manufacturing South Holland Set to Launch at ZIE 2024

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Kick-off Coalition of the Doing Cyber Resilience Centre Manufacturing South Holland

InnovationQuarter Launches 7th Edition of Global Market Entry Programme

4th Edition International Readiness Programme Globaliser Cybersecurity Concludes

DTC Subsidy for Cyber Resilience Centre Manufacturing Industry South Holland

Trade Mission Cybersecurity & Digital Tech Explores Opportunities in Sweden

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PIB Germany Event: Sharing Knowledge and Enhancing Collaboration in Cybersecurity

Cyber Trade Mission to Maryland and Washington D.C.

PIB Germany Visits ITSA on a Mission to Nuremberg

INLYSE and CDeX PSA Winners ECSO Cyber Investors Days 2023

Keypasco Established Its European Office at HSD Campus in the Netherlands

Let's Connect during the ONE International Cyber Business Event

Kick-Off Cyber Security Week 2023 in The Hague

Start 4th Edition Globaliser Cybersecurity: International Readiness Programme

Hungarian Cybersecurity Entrepreneurs Introduced to Dutch Cybersecurity Ecosystem

Meet the Selected Start-ups for ECSO Cyber Investor Days!

RSA Conference: Call for Submissions

Security Delta (HSD) and Hi Delta Organise Roundtable Event at Boers & Co Precision Solutions

Kick Off Session: Cyber Mission Washington DC, Maryland and Virginia

PIB Germany Partners on Factfinding to Business Metropole Ruhr

Prime Minister Mark Rutte Invites Indian Technology Companies to Apply for The Hague's Digital Soft Landing Programme During Trade Mission

Felton Acquired by Dutch Corporate INTERSTELLAR

Update PIB Cybersecurity Germany: a Collaborative Leap Towards an International Market

The Hague to Host the ECSO Cyber Investor Days on 5 October 2023

Collective Action Required to Solve Shortage of Cyber and Security Talent

Cybersecurity within SMEs: What Human Capital Aspects to Consider?

IT Verband Zuid-Holland Receives €7.1 Million Grant to Reduce Shortage of IT (Security) Talent in SMEs

Join Cybersecurity Globaliser 2023: an Internationalisation Readiness Programme

Join the Dutch Pavilion at the RSA Conference 2024 in San Francisco!

Collaboration and Innovation Take Center Stage at Cyber Mission Sweden

Results Human Capital Agenda Security 2019-2022

Call: Join NL Pavilion at Enlit Europe 2023 (Paris) - Energy x Cybersecurity

Successful Dutch Mission to the RSA Conference in San Francisco

Collaboration NL-Germany: Facing Cyber Threats Together

HRH Prince Constantijn van Oranje Opens Dutch Cybersecurity Pavilion at RSAC 2023

Decrypting Cybersecurity in the Netherlands

Cybersecurity Trade Mission RSA Conference (US): Meet the Participants

Hi Delta, InnovationQuarter and Security Delta Join Forces to Strengthen Cyber Resilience in the Manufacturing Industry

TM Systems’ European Expansion Begins with New Office in The Hague

Kick-off Meeting with Participants NL Pavilion RSA Conference

HSD New Year’s Toast: Introducing 12 New Partners and Tenants

“A Sectoral Approach is Often the Only Effective Option for Cyber Resilience”

Join the Dutch Pavilion at the RSA Conference 2023 in San Francisco!

Cyber Resilience Centre Manufacturing South Holland

"Vaak is een sectorale aanpak de enige effectieve optie voor cyberweerbaarheid"

Global Cybersecurity Provider S2 Grupo Expands to Rotterdam

Cyber Mission Stockholm Moving Towards a Safer Digital World, Together!

Cyber Security Week in The Hague is a Wrap

PIB Germany on Trade Mission to IT-SA

Great Interest for RSA Conference 2023 Kick-off Trade Mission