Accelerates innovation. Strengthens Brabant

— from energy and health to sustainable food and key technologies

Catalyzing Change

Shaping Brabant’s future

Energy, health, food, and technology – major challenges demand bold action. The Brabant Development Agency (BOM) stands alongside startups and scale-ups that are making a difference. With capital. With expertise. With our network.

We accelerate growth. Strengthen the innovation climate. Open international doors. And we attract companies to Brabant that add real value. Together, we’re building a strong, sustainable, and leading Brabant.

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Developing

Breakthroughs emerge from strong ecosystems

  • Ecosystem Development
  • Access to networks
  • Innovation coalitions
  • Development programs
  • Projects
  • Grants
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Investing

Funding for innovative entrepreneurs

  • Financing up to €5 million
  • Patient capital
  • Investments in over 40 funds
  • Extensive network of more than 150 co-investors
  • Fund assets approaching €1 billion
  • Venture Development programs
  • Financial instruments tailored to each lifecycle stage
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Internationalising

International expansion and innnovation collaboration

  • Explore new growth markets and regions
  • Identify international customers, partners, and suppliers
  • Discover the power of international innovation clusters
  • Collaborate with foreign companies in your region
  • Leverage Brabant’s international promotion

Six focus areas

We’re building a strong Brabant across four key themes: Sustainable Food, A Healthy Future, Climate-Neutral Energy, and Promising Key Technologies. To maximize impact, we focus our efforts.

Results

  • 14 new development projects
  • 38 foreign companies chose Brabant

Investments

  • €41 million invested in 2024 (63 deals)
  • €417 million committed capital
  • €625 million foreign direct investments
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Smart AR glasses applications are rapidly growing. Thanks to funding from BOM and other partners, we’re strengthening our position as a market and technology leader, while expanding our impact across consumer electronics markets.

Jan Matthijs ter Meulen
Co-founder and CEO Morphotonics
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Growing raspberries under solar panels presented additional challenges due to dual land use. BOM supported me in getting this project off the ground.

Maarten van Hoof
Owner Van Hoof Zachtfruit & Asperges
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We’re very pleased with our investors, including BOM, whose confidence enabled us to grow rapidly and convert market traction into sales. Within just two years, we delivered our first machine to a major electronics company.

Rob Hendriks
Co-founder and CEO Fonontech
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Creating a research plan is quite different from building a company based on a scientific idea. With support from BOM and its network, we were able to turn our ideas into a business plan. That was incredibly helpful in valorizing our scientific concepts.

Allard Kaptein
Co-founder Acerta Pharma
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TRAVIS Road Services, Europe’s leading platform for booking, paying and managing truck services, has been acquired by Knorr-Bremse, the global market leader for braking systems and a leading supplier of other rail and commercial vehicle systems.  The Brabant Development Agency (BOM) was one of the first to invest in this company.
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Team BOM

Our team supports entrepreneurs in realising their dreams. We’re working towards a strong innovation climate and a thriving economy in Brabant. Meet the entire team.