🇳🇱 Accelerators, incubators and startup programs in the Netherlands

Accelerators, incubators and startup programs in the Netherlands

• Techleap.nl

  Program · Amsterdam

  Government-funded organisation helping Dutch tech scale-ups grow, with programmes and ecosystem data.

  Offers: mentoring, info

• Invest-NL

  Program · Amsterdam

  National investment institution financing startups and scale-ups, directly and through funds.

  Offers: investment

• RVO Innovation Credit

  Program · The Hague

  Netherlands Enterprise Agency loans for innovative development projects.

  Offers: funding

• WBSO

  Program · Nationwide

  R&D tax credit reducing wage costs for research and development work.

  Offers: funding

• Dutch Startup Visa

  Program · Nationwide · Free access

  One-year residence route for non-EU founders with an approved facilitator.

  Offers: info

• StartupAmsterdam

  Program · Amsterdam · Free access

  City programme supporting Amsterdam's startup ecosystem.

  Offers: info, community

• Rockstart

  Accelerator · Amsterdam

  Accelerator and fund investing in energy, agrifood and emerging tech.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• YES!Delft

  Accelerator · Delft

  Tech incubator linked to TU Delft, one of Europe's top university incubators.

  Offers: space, mentoring

• ACE Venture Lab

  Accelerator · Amsterdam

  Incubator for startups from Amsterdam's universities.

  Offers: mentoring

• Antler Netherlands

  Accelerator · Amsterdam

  Antler's Amsterdam residency, investing from the pre-team stage.

  Offers: funding, community

• Innovation Quarter

  Program · Rotterdam

  Regional development agency for South Holland, investing in and supporting innovative companies.

  Offers: funding, investment

• Oost NL

  Program · Arnhem

  Regional development agency for the east Netherlands.

  Offers: funding, investment

• BOM (Brabant Development Agency)

  Program · Tilburg

  Brabant's development agency, investing in startups and scale-ups.

  Offers: funding, investment

• Brightlands

  Program · Maastricht

  Network of four innovation campuses in Limburg.

  Offers: space, mentoring

• Seed Capital Scheme (RVO)

  Program · The Hague

  Government scheme giving interest-free loans to VC funds that invest in tech startups.

  Offers: funding

• Early-phase Financing (Vroege Fase Financiering)

  Program · The Hague

  RVO loans to test whether an innovative idea is viable before raising.

  Offers: funding

• Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency (NFIA)

  Program · The Hague · Free access

  Government agency helping foreign companies and founders set up in the Netherlands.

  Offers: info

• HighTechXL

  Accelerator · Eindhoven

  Deep-tech venture builder at High Tech Campus Eindhoven.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• High Tech Campus Eindhoven

  Accelerator · Eindhoven

  Tech campus hosting companies, startups and R&D teams.

  Offers: space, community

• UtrechtInc

  Accelerator · Utrecht

  Incubator for startups linked to Utrecht's universities.

  Offers: space, mentoring

• StartLife

  Accelerator · Wageningen

  Accelerator for agrifood and food-tech startups at Wageningen.

  Offers: funding, mentoring

• Erasmus Centre for Entrepreneurship

  Accelerator · Rotterdam

  Erasmus University's centre for entrepreneurship programmes.

  Offers: mentoring, community

• CIC Rotterdam

  Accelerator · Rotterdam

  Cambridge Innovation Center campus in Rotterdam.

  Offers: space, community

• Venture Café Rotterdam

  Community · Rotterdam · Free access

  Weekly open innovation gatherings in Rotterdam.

  Offers: community

• Impact Hub Amsterdam

  Community · Amsterdam

  Community and workspace for impact entrepreneurs.

  Offers: space, community