From a handful of founders to a thriving deep tech community with ripple effects throughout the Netherlands and beyond.
We are grateful to our 500+ startup founders, mentors, investors, universities, corporates, and government partners who power this journey.
It is people that are at the core of this ecosystem, and last week’s vibrant event showed the close-knit personal ties that drive this community forward.
Going from strength to strength, YES!Delft has been creating enormous impact and economic value for society by bringing innovation to market.” –
Tim van der Hagen (President of the Executive Board, Delft University of Technology)
A huge thank you to our incredible speaker line-up who lit up the stage with their honest stories, takeaways and heartfelt birthday wishes:
Annelien Bredenoord | Birthe Konu | Diana Matroos | Eline van Beest | Josefien Groot | Lisa Ericsson | Alexander Pechtold | Constantijn Van Oranje-Nassau | David Cerda Salzmann | Rinke Zonneveld | Stefan Drüssler | Tim van der Hagen | Vincent Karremans
YES!Delft symbolizes a bridge where ideas, people, and resources come together and create something greater than the sum of their parts.” –
Annelien Bredenoord (President of the Executive Board, Erasmus University Rotterdam)
And above all, to the startups that pitched their great work, you can find them below.
Acoustic insight | Agridata innovations | AIlixr | Arkintel | C-Cube | carice | CIWI | CO2 Zero | Dawn Aerospace | Dopplium | Effium | Evoducta | Fluxthor | Geheco | HyER Power | Hymonic | Infrablades | Lifes | Lignitec | Lobster Robotics | Loop Biotech | LYLA | Magiqware | Magneto | Manukai | Memsys | Noria | OASYS NOW | passguard | PATS | perciv ai | Pythia Energy Intelligence | Renset | Resoniks | Sealed Cycle | Sensible | Smart-Ship | Soundcell | STIL | Synano | T-Minus | Tarnoc | Tective | VEMS | Venti Balance | Vydar | Ysvogel
Innovative startups and scale-ups are essential for our economy and society.” –
Vincent Karremans (Minister of Economic Affairs)
The message is clear: The Netherlands and Europe need new tech champions. As an energetic 20 year young, we are full of drive and ambition, ready to do our part. Even better, we aim to double the number of deeptech startups and scale-ups that we support over the next five years, together with this rich tech ecosystem.
