AFIC

Ambos NBGO

BDO

BNP Paribas Fortis

The Brabant Development Agency (BOM) ensures that startups playing a role in these fields receive the right support and funding to get off to a flying start and grow into scaleups, and that companies that aspire to go global can actually do so. Every year BOM works with dozens of companies to create this impact. BOM is an executive body of the Province of Brabant and the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy. As incubator and growth accelerator with over 35 years of experience, BOM Brabant Ventures helps ambitious Brabant companies to grow in a future-proof manner. Through our knowledge and risk capital, we focus on startups and scaleups in Brabant’s top industries: High Tech Systems & Materials, Agrofood, Biobased Economy, Life sciences & Medtech, Maintenance Supply chain.

Brainport Development is a new-style development company, working with representatives from industry, research and government to strengthen Brainport Eindhoven Region, according to the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) the world’s smartest region in 2011. Brainport Eindhoven Region is a top technology breeding ground for innovation and home to world-class businesses, knowledge institutes and research organisations. Together they design and manufacture the technology of the future to ensure a safe, green and caring society and sustainable economic development of the Netherlands. Brainport Development encourages and develops regional and (inter)national projects and programmes, promotes Brainport Eindhoven Region at home and abroad, and facilitates regional industry through business advice and funding, incubator facilities, business premises and business centres. The task of the organisation is to make the economy of the region ‘future proof’.

Brainport Eindhoven is a world-class top technology region. High tech and design are combined with an advanced high-end manufacturing industry and entrepreneurship. Close collaboration and sharing knowledge are part of our DNA and characterise the open innovation culture which makes Brainport smart and strong. By quickly anticipating to rapid world-wide changes and continuously connecting to new people, we create new opportunities. For everyone. This attracts talent and enterprises from all over the world. Entrepreneurs, knowledge institutions and governments form a unique business climate in which we compete by collaboration, expand by adaptation, multiply by sharing, achieve by trying and predict the future by inventing it. In that way, partners in Brainport Eindhoven work together in finding solutions for societal challenges for health, mobility, energy, food and safety. As the high tech growth accelerator of the Dutch economy and part of the technological backbone of Europe, Brainport Eindhoven is a global frontrunner in innovation.

Capital Finance

Capricorn Partners is an independent European manager of venture capital and equity funds, investing in innovative European companies with technology as competitive advantage. The investment team of Capricorn is composed of experienced investment managers with deep technology expertise and a broad industrial experience. Capricorn Partners is managing the venture capital funds Capricorn Sustainable Chemistry Fund, Capricorn Digital Growth Fund, Capricorn ICT Arkiv, Capricorn Health‐tech Fund, Capricorn Cleantech Fund and Capricorn Fusion China Fund. In addition it is the management company of Quest for Growth, quoted on Euronext Brussels, and the investment manager of Quest Cleantech Fund and Quest+, sub‐funds of Quest Management SICAV, registered in Luxembourg. More information: www.capricorn.be

ChampionScott Partners

Clear2pay

EBAN

EVCA (European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association)

Egon Zehnder

Eindhoven 365

Eurada

French Ministry of Higher Education & Research

Gimv

HTC

IBBT

Informilo

Mairie de Paris

Morgan Lewis

PMV

Philips