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Benelux accelerators and incubators
Click on the city to discover the accelerator or incubator
headquartered within the region
Luxembourg
$1.9B
Supported by the EU, Luxinnovation is one of the few incubators operating out of this tiny country. It provides a 16-week mentoring and support program, Fit 4 Start, for entrepreneurs of innovative startups. Its most recent iteration backed 20 startups across the IT, space and healthtech sectors.
76% YoY
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Amsterdam, Netherlands
$1.9B
Rockstart is one of the largest accelerators both in Amsterdam and the region. Its areas of focus include the energy, health, agrifood and emerging technology sectors. Since its inception, it has backed over 200 startups raising more than €89 million.
76% YoY
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Noordwijk, Netherlands
$1.9B
Part of the European Space Agency, the ESA Business Incubation Centre is one of oldest headquartered in Benelux. Founded in 2003, it provides technical expertise and development support to businesses that develop space technology for non-space industrial, scientific and commercial applications. It has branches all over Europe.
76% YoY
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Utrecht, Netherlands
$1.9B
Set up in 2009, Utrechtinc is a university-linked incubator. In partnership with three universities in the Netherlands, it supports tech, science-based and student startups, among others. Utrechtinc graduate Senfal, which develops AI-based software, was purchased by Swedish energy giant Vattenfall in March.
76% YoY
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Delft, Netherlands
$1.9B
Launched in 2005, YES!Delft is said to be one of the first incubators in the Netherlands. Based next door to the Delft University of Technology, its nine areas of focus are blockchain, AI, biotech, cleantech, medtech, edtech, aviation, robotics and complex technology. It specializes in startups building complex products with long development trajectories and expensive prototyping.
76% YoY
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Antwerp, Belgium
$1.9B
In addition to being an early-stage startup incubator, Start it @ KBC is the accelerator arm of KBC Securities. Its one-year accelerator program operates across eight European cities and backs more than 120 startups a year. One of its most recent success was Mimesys, a holographic telecom startup that was acquired by AR company Magic Leap in May.
76% YoY
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Brussels, Belgium
$1.9B
Part of the EU’s European Institute of Innovation and Technology, EIT Digital is focused on backing and coaching research-based companies in the digital technology sector. Headquartered in Brussels, the accelerator makes investments across Europe, where it has 15 co-location centers in addition to a hub in Silicon Valley.
76% YoY
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Eindhoven, Netherlands
$1.9B
As the name suggests, InnoEnergy promotes innovation and entrepreneurship in the sustainable energy sector. Under the same EU body as EIT Digital, it has supported nearly 300 startups and, as of March, invested roughly €222 million. A notable alumnus is Swedish solar energy provider Ferroamp, which raised an estimated 5.6 billion Swedish kronor (around $578 million) in a March IPO.
76% YoY
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