
State of Dutch Tech 2026: ready for scaling to global size
11 februari 2026
February 23, 2026
2 minutes

The Netherlands and Europe face a double challenge: accelerating toward a climate-neutral and circular economy, while at the same time strengthening our earning capacity, innovative power, and resilience. The analyses by Draghi and Wennink emphasize what we experience daily: without substantial and smart investments, we fall behind.
We are proud to announce that our colleague Jorine Zandhuis has been appointed director of Relations & Product Development. This division of Invest-NL brings together public and private capital: from Europe, The Hague, and institutional investors such as pension funds, insurers, and banks. By developing products that enable investments: funds, guarantees, and other financial instruments that mitigate risks, create scale, and make projects investable against an appropriate impact-risk-return profile.
Jorine brings over fifteen years of experience at the intersection of innovation, venture capital, and public financing. Since 2019, she has held various roles at Invest-NL, from business development manager to team lead Europe (2023–present), where she builds European partnerships and mobilises EU funding for the Dutch transition challenges. She previously held leadership positions at deeptech investment platform Propel(x) in San Francisco and was a key figure in the technological and operational development of a deeptech startup, after graduating with honours in MSc Biomolecular Sciences at VU Amsterdam.
Jellie Banga
Chief Business Officer
