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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Healthy Fridge, the scale-up that makes fresh, healthy, and tasteful meals accessible 24/7 in the workplace, has raised €1 million in growth capital. The investment round was led by existing shareholders Value Factory Ventures and the Brabant Development Agency (BOM), supplemented with crowdfunding via Broccoli. The capital will be used for the further rollout of smart fridges and the development of range and technology.
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On thursday, the official kick-off of the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) took place at the Generaal-majoor De Ruyter van Steveninckkazerne in Oirschot with 12 international innovators. It is the second cohort of participants for the NATO DIANA Accelerator The Gate Brainport in Eindhoven.
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Dutch green chemical ingredients company Relement has secured a 5.4 million Euro investment from investors KIKK Capital, The Yield Lab, Brabant Development Agency (BOM), TNO Ventures as well as Relement Management. The funding consists of both new equity and conversion of existing loan agreements and will be used to scale up production of Relement’ first product called Bio MPA to make it available for the market.
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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.