Our partners
To accelerate technological innovations, we work with partners throughout the Netherlands - at both national, regional and local levels. Our partners have relevant networks and are in direct contact with ambitious entrepreneurs. TNO Fast Track helps to accelerate the development of innovative technologies.
Enhancing the innovative capacity of the Netherlands requires collaboration. Various organizations and companies play an important role in the startup and scaleup ecosystem. Crucial in this are Invest-NL, Techleap, and several regional development agencies (ROMs). TNO's strategic vision places significant emphasis on driving technological innovations of startups, scaleups, and innovative SMEs. TNO Fast Track is the dedicated team that energetically executes this.
'We join forces with Invest-NL and Techleap to help companies navigate through the 'valley of death.' This way, promising innovations can more frequently and rapidly scale from research to widespread practical application.'
Tjark Tjin-A-Tsoi - CEO TNO
Throughout the Netherlands, entrepreneurs are engaged in the development and application of unique, smart technologies. Our partners have an extensive network. Regardless of the TRL level of your technology, independent knowledge and specialized expertise can be useful at any time. Our partners engage TNO Fast Track when they identify this need within their network. We are ready to help startups, scaleups, and innovative SMEs accelerate their innovations.
Scientific basis
Transitions in the areas of digitalization, sustainability, security, and healthcare are extensive and complex. As an entrepreneur, you see opportunities for innovation, but you may lack specific knowledge or the right partner. TNO Fast Track can help you with this. We do this with more than 3500 experts on a scientific basis. This allows us to leverage specialized and interdisciplinary knowledge.
Practical implementation
The actual application of new innovations and technologies is what it's all about. TNO Fast Track helps you to accelerate your innovations. It is your route to validate new concepts or obtain independent advice. We do this in three practical steps:
- A free telephone intake
- Knowledge sharing or technological support at an introductory rate (e.g., expert sessions and/or (lab) validation)
- Larger and long-term collaboration project
We are ready to help you.
TNO Fast Track in numbers
Our dedicated team works hard and purposefully to help startups, scaleups, and innovative SMEs.
182
In 2024, we successfully completed 182 projects.
9,0
The average score over our projects.
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Our partner network
In addition to network partners, TNO Fast Track has a large number of community partners. These are organizations or companies in the startup and scaleup ecosystem. Think of incubators, accelerators, venture builders, and VCs. Some of them are: Academic Startup Competition, ASIF, YES!Delft, Up!Rotterdam, Founded, Future Tech Ventures, NLC Health Ventures, SHIFT Invest, Startlife, PLNT, PortXL, etc.
Do you play a role in the Dutch startup ecosystem and want to be on this list? Are you - or the parties you work with and/or invest in - in need of independent technical expertise? We're open to explore new partnerships.
“If we want to stay ahead, we need to translate this into practical, valuable applications that truly help companies grow. The key to success lies in combining the innovative power of startups, scaleups, and SMEs with the deep expertise of TNO.”
Nienke Dijkstra - Director startups, scaleups and SMEs
