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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CoolSem Technologies Secures Pre-Seed Funding to Advance Wafer-Level Thermal Innovation

CoolSem Technologies, a pioneer in semiconductor thermal management, today announced the closing of its pre-seed financing round. The investment round is led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with participation from KBC Focus Fund NV, Brabant Development Agency (BOM), and TTT Green Tech B.V. (SHIFT Invest). Backed by this strong European syndicate of four renowned international investors, the pre-seed round ensures a solid runway.
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Touchwaves Raises €1.5 Million to Accelerate Development of Next-Gen Wearable Technology for NATO Air Forces

Touchwaves, a deep-tech startup and spin-off from TNO, has raised €1.5 million in a pre-seed funding round to accelerate the development of a new generation of dual-use wearable haptics technologies designed to enhance human performance and situational awareness in high-stress environments.
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Faster and more targeted antibiotic diagnosis with investment in Shanx

ShanX Medtech, an Eindhoven-based medtech start-up developing groundbreaking diagnostic technology for quickly determining the appropriate antibiotic treatment, has raised a total of €15 million in a seed round. Investors include Borski Fund, NextGen Ventures, CbusineZ – an independent investment fund closely linked to health insurer CZ –, Brabant Development Agency (BOM), Invest-NL, and a prominent strategic angel investor. This funding is in addition to the recently awarded European Commission tender of 8.85 million euros.
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InWarmte takes over the operational portfolio of heating networks from DBH

Dubotechniek (part of Hanab) and Brabant Development Agency (BOM) transferred their operating portfolio Dubotechniek Brabant Holding (DBH) to heat supplier InWarmte effective December 15, 2025. The portfolio consists of 8 sustainable heat projects in Brabant and Zeeland with approximately 770 connections at homes and businesses. The heat supply remains unchanged and will continue without interruption.
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Brabant invests over 14 million euros in cybersecurity

The province of Noord-Brabant and partners such as the Brabant Development Agency (BOM) are investing nearly 14.5 million euros in the Brabant House of Cyber (BHoC). This innovation coalition unites companies, education, and governments to achieve one goal: make Brabant companies digitally safer.
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