Our Partners

Our partnerships give access to the most innovative tech ecosystem in The Netherlands.

We help corporate partners work with startups, supporting a scalable and inspiring approach to innovation.

Helping our partners

By joining our dynamic entrepreneurial community, partners are immersed in the forefront of tomorrow’s innovations. As an integral component of the YES!Delft ecosystem, we actively foster and empower our partners throughout their innovation journey. Our team of seasoned experts is readily available to assist in resolving operational challenges, as well as to facilitate connections to cutting-edge innovations, thereby positioning you at the forefront of your industry and enabling market disruption. These connections also provide valuable acces to the market for our startups.

Projects

Innovation

Metropolitan Region Rotterdam The Hague (MRDH)

Municipal innovation at a regional scale

For more than 6 years YES!Delft has had a close collaboration with member municipalities of the MRDH. Activities in the partnership range from strategic masterclasses in innovation, via scouting startups for municpal challenges to developing solutions for various forms of waste collection and preventive maintenance of canal walls. The current collaboration projects focus around the transformative power that AI can have for municipalities, the use of robotics in public places and developing solutions for the energy transition.

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Challenge

Rabobank

Corporate partner and servicepartner

The ties between Rabobank and YES!Delft go back to the beginning, and the partnership activities are broad. Rabobank acts as a servicepartner for our startups by offering discounts, and YES!Delft organises the finals event for the Rabobank Duurzame innovatieprijs (Sustainable Innovation Challenge).

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Program

Health & Care Tech Program

Innovation in a hospital environment

Together with Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam we connect startups in the health tech sector with professionals in the hospital. During a six week program they learn how to navigate in the ecosystem of the hospital, how to get funding and we connect them to relevant hospital staff in order to accelerate innovation.
Challenge

New Energy Challenge

Corporate partner

Jointly organised by Rockstart, Shell, Unknown Group and YES!Delft, the New Energy Challenge offers a platform for cutting-edge innovators to develop emerging technologies that promote sustainability and shape the future of the energy sector at scale. Finalists will join a variety of training sessions during an exciting accelerator program.

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Accelerate innovation

HortiScience Innovation Center (HIC)

Accelerating innovation in horticulture

Years of collaboration between research institutions and businesses have already led to many innovations, but acceleration is essential. The sector faces a major challenge: the transition to fully sustainable cultivation.

That is why Wageningen University & Research, Delphy, the municipality of Lansingerland, and incubators YES!Delft and StartLife have joined forces to form a strong alliance: the HortiScience Innovation Center (HIC).

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