We are proud to announce that Prof. Dr. Erik Frijlink will receive the Innovation Day 2023 award from the Board of University of Groningen & Corina Prent (Director, RuG ventures)! As an academic innovator, Prof. Dr. Frijlink is the perfect example of a scientific entrepreneur. Throughout his career, he has: Developed breakthrough technologies which are a […]
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Source: EV Biotech Fermentation is the future! EV Biotech offers a solution to the issue of pollution-heavy manufacturing methods by harnessing the power of fermentation combined with state-of-the-art computational methods. Microbial fermentation allows EV Biotech to work on a greener future while maintaining our current quality of life. It is incredible that something as small
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Deep Atlas collaborates with Researchable Deep Atlas, based in Groningen, is currently commercializing its revolutionary technology. Since 2017, the geological innovator has been working on a new method to image the mineralogy and eventually predict the permeability of rock samples from the deep subsurface using artificial intelligence. To better serve the market, Deep Atlas has
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From left to right: Peter Haasjes (NextGen), Ytsen van der Meer (NOM), Ivo Kooijman (CEO Implican), Klaas Havenga (chirurg/CMO Implican) en Roel Dekkers (NextGen) Medical device company, Implican, raised €1M in its first seed investment round. The funding, made by the Dutch investors NextGen Ventures, and the Investment and Development Agency for the Northern Netherlands
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As we ring in the new year, we look back on what an amazing 2022 we had. Multiple new startups were officially launched, some of our brilliant entrepreneurs took home awards and the impact of our northern startup ecosystem continued to grow! We’ve also had the opportunity to take a look behind the scenes at
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“Foamplant is driven by the thought that with enough creativity, effort and knowledge, everything can be made sustainable and in a sustainable way” – Martin Tietema, CEO of Foamplant Foamplant launches the first fully circular, sustainable alternative to conventional foams: Moorefoam® Almost 50% of global plastic waste is foam. Every year, millions of m3 of mattress
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WORKSHOP BRAINSTORMING FOR CREATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING The University of Groningen Centre of Entrepreneurship (UGCE) is organizing an online workshop about Brainstorming for creative problem solving and they would like to invite you to participate! Read more about the workshop below: The workshop is part of a research project being developed at the University of Groningen
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