Market Development

Innovative enterprises looking to scale often encounter barriers that require more than just funding. Invest-NL can help address these issues with knowledge and expertise. For example, by developing the demand side or seeking collaboration within the supply chain.

A new ecosystem

Groundbreaking ideas do not become reality automatically. That is why Invest-NL, in addition to capital, also has legal, technical, and market expertise in-house. With our knowledge, we break through financing bottlenecks and help build a new ecosystem that channels capital towards the transitions. With the same goal, we seek collaborations within the chain, both nationally and internationally.

This is how we make change financeable.

How we approach this

We look at the market, map out financing hubs, and address them. We are working on new solutions and forms of collaboration to drive innovation and accelerate transitions.

Research and Advice

For certain markets, we indicate how their development can be accelerated. For example, we conducted research on the crucial role of shared facilities in scaling up biobased chemistry.

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Chains review

We map out chains and their financial bottlenecks, and indicate what is needed to resolve them. For example, we examined the Dutch textile chain and explored how we can stimulate and finance a circular textile chain.

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Encouraging Collaboration

We develop agreements that promote collaboration within the supply chains, so that risks can be shared. Thus, we put together a toolkit for the establishment of energy hubs. This enables companies to jointly work towards sustainability and share scarce grid capacity.

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Publish knowledge

We encourage investments in specific sectors by sharing publications and vision documents. Together with Wageningen University & Research, we have developed a framework on fermentation technology that enables investors to make better decisions.

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Bridging differences

We aim to bridge the gap between government policy and market opportunities, ensuring that financing better aligns with policy objectives. We bring parties closer together, for example through funding tables. Policymakers, financiers, and entrepreneurs discuss their financing needs and try to formulate solutions.

Energy

Import of green hydrogen: a necessary and feasible complement to the energy transition

The import of green hydrogen via the port of Amsterdam offers a unique opportunity for the greening of sectors such as heavy industry, transport, and aviation. Although import in the initial years results in higher costs than benefits, it can become financially viable in the long term if targeted financial instruments and policy measures are implemented. This is evidenced by a case study conducted by Invest-NL, in collaboration with Port of Amsterdam, Ecolog, and Tata Steel.

Circular residual value of flex homes: a sustainable solution to an urgent problem

The Netherlands faces a significant and urgent housing construction challenge, with pressure on the housing market in many Dutch municipalities already being high for a long time. This pressure on accommodation highlights the need to speed up the building of homes. It increases the demand for a structurally adaptable flexible housing stock that can absorb fluctuations in demand and supply. Currently, however, flexible homes are often difficult to finance due to the temporary nature of a location. Research, carried out on behalf of Invest-NL, shows that the business case for flexible homes improves when the circular residual value is taken into account.

Research by Invest-NL shows: cross-domain healthcare funding possible through a social business case

The future of Dutch healthcare is under significant pressure due to increasing demand for care and a severe shortage of staff. Invest-NL investigated how cross-domain networks in healthcare, which bring together care professionals from different sectors, can be funded. A social business case identifies all stakeholders and opens the door to collaboration and funding, which is crucial for a sustainable and affordable healthcare system.

Agricultural transition requires circular minerals

Circular agriculture also involves circular nutrient flows. Innovative technologies for recycling minerals are under development, but laws and practical obstacles still prevent a viable business case, as revealed by a market survey from Invest-NL.

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Some publications

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Agrifood

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18 december 2024

Assessment Framework Fermentation

Transition pathway towards biobased chemistry in the Netherlands

Biobased & Circular economy

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6 december 2024

Transition pathway towards biobased chemistry in the Netherlands

Towards a Dutch Circular Textile Industry

Biobased & Circular economy

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16 september 2024

Towards a Dutch Circular Textile Industry

Factory-free scaling in the Biobased Chemistry in the Netherlands

Biobased & Circular economy

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12 juli 2024

Factory-free scaling in the Biobased Chemistry in the Netherlands

Sustainable technologies do not appear overnight, and often funding is a bottleneck. That's why we try to resolve the obstacles that hinder innovations.
Mia Djuretic
Senior Business Development Manager

InvestEU Advisory Hub

With the InvestEU Advisory Hub, we support promising projects that are not yet fundable but are essential for societal transitions in the Netherlands. Find all projects within this program here.

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