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The official account of IO+, an independent journalism platform where the future of the Netherlands takes shape and innovators come together.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 2h

LEVEL UP 2026 ranged from lessons learned to international growth ioplus.nl/en/posts/level-up-2026-ra…

LEVEL UP 2026 ranged from lessons learned to international growth

Capital, talent, customers, knowledge, strong partnerships, and an ecosystem that supports ambitious entrepreneurs are essential for growth.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 8h

Netherlands ranks 7th in innovation index, but challenges remain ioplus.nl/en/posts/netherlands-rank…

Netherlands ranks 7th in innovation index, but challenges remain

The Netherlands once again ranks among the world’s leading countries in innovation.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 10h

The IO+ Week: A startup needs more than courage to grow ioplus.nl/en/posts/the-io-week-a-st…

The IO+ Week: A startup needs more than courage to grow

Every Sunday, our weekly review offers an overview of the most interesting stories around important innovations.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 11h

Eindhoven students unveil an EV that cleans the air as it drives ioplus.nl/en/posts/eindhoven-studen…

Eindhoven students unveil an EV that cleans the air as it drives

Eindhoven students unveil VENTRA, a car that captures polluting particles from the air as it drives.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 14h

Robin Radar plays a cat-and-mouse game with smarter drones ioplus.nl/en/posts/robin-radar-play…

Robin Radar plays a cat-and-mouse game with smarter drones

Robin Radar uses radar and AI to stay one step ahead of drones in an increasingly complex game of cat and mouse.

IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 29/09/2026

Tin breakthrough may help solar panels beat their power limit ioplus.nl/en/posts/tin-breakthrough…

Tin breakthrough may help solar panels beat their power limit

Solar panels waste most sunlight as heat. New research shows how tin could help them capture more, and maybe beat the 33% efficiency limit.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 29/09/2026

Can too much exercise harm your heart? A mini heart may tell ioplus.nl/en/posts/can-too-much-exe…

Can too much exercise harm your heart? A mini heart may tell

Dutch researchers built a mini heart that can run a marathon in the lab, to find out when intense exercise starts to harm the heart.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 29/09/2026

NASA picks PRIMA telescope built with Dutch infrared tech ioplus.nl/en/posts/nasa-picks-prima…

NASA picks PRIMA telescope built with Dutch infrared tech

NASA has chosen PRIMA, an ultra-cold infrared telescope launching in 2033. Dutch detectors could help it spot the universe's first galaxies.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 29/09/2026

Opstand.ai: Authors protest against AI training ioplus.nl/en/posts/opstandai-author…

Opstand.ai: Authors protest against AI training

Authors demand control and fair compensation for their work used in AI.

IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 29/09/2026

More and more opportunities for robots on construction sites ioplus.nl/en/posts/more-and-more-op…

More and more opportunities for robots on construction sites

The construction industry explores robots to reduce the workload. How do we move from to practice? A scientist and an entrepreneur explain.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 28/09/2026

Haptontech wins LEVELUP 2026 award: touch in the virtual world ioplus.nl/en/posts/haptontech-wins-…

Haptontech wins LEVELUP 2026 award: touch in the virtual world

Pitch by Mert O. Astam beats those from Kyvvu and ATA Mute

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 28/09/2026

Wennink: Society craves urgency, politics keeps looking inward ioplus.nl/en/posts/wennink-society-…

Wennink: Society craves urgency, politics keeps looking inward

At LEVEL UP, Peter Wennink urges companies to allow more experiment and iteration, without employees being canceled for their mistakes.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 28/09/2026

Invest International invests €15M in KMWE ioplus.nl/en/posts/invest-internati…

Invest International invests €15M in KMWE

State-backed investment company Invest International is investing €15 million in KMWE International.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 28/09/2026

Only 1 in 5 Dutch startups becomes a scale-up, TNO finds ioplus.nl/en/posts/only-1-in-5-dutc…

Only 1 in 5 Dutch startups becomes a scale-up, TNO finds

It's not one problem but many at once: TNO explains why Dutch startups scale more slowly than US rivals.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 28/09/2026

Braven solves data chaos for the chip and photonics sectors ioplus.nl/en/posts/braven-solves-da…

Braven solves data chaos for the chip and photonics sectors

The Eindhoven-based startup Braven organizes experimental data to accelerate innovation in the high-tech sector.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 27/09/2026

Netherlands moves to industrialise fusion energy ioplus.nl/en/posts/netherlands-move…

Netherlands moves to industrialise fusion energy

DIFFER, Renaissance Fusion and VDL Groep join forces to scale up fusion technology in the Netherlands.

IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 27/09/2026

The art of innovation sometimes lies in what you leave out ioplus.nl/en/posts/the-art-of-innov…

The art of innovation sometimes lies in what you leave out

In a series of blog posts, Marco Coolen offers a glimpse into his work as a Dutch and European patent attorney at AOMB.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 26/09/2026

National investment institution launches with €3.3 billion extra ioplus.nl/en/posts/national-investm…

National investment institution launches with €3.3 billion extra

Its initial focus is on digitalisation and AI, security and resilience, energy and climate technology, and life sciences and biotechnology.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 26/09/2026

Nissan and Lightyear’s solar-powered car wins innovation award ioplus.nl/en/posts/nissan-and-light…

Nissan and Lightyear’s solar-powered car wins innovation award

Dutch innovator Lightyear and Nissan have integrated solar panels into the Ariya. How much extra range can they provide?

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 26/09/2026

Breaking with convention: the man in snow-white at Berghain ioplus.nl/en/posts/breaking-with-co…

Breaking with convention: the man in snow-white at Berghain

In this column, Elcke Vels argues that we should choose our own path more often.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 25/09/2026

Eindhoven searches for space on overloaded power grid in 33 hours ioplus.nl/en/posts/eindhoven-search…

Eindhoven searches for space on overloaded power grid in 33 hours

Recharge Eindhoven: “How do we create a less congested electricity grid so that Eindhoven can remain a liveable place for everyone?”

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 25/09/2026

Netherlands and Singapore strengthen semiconductor partnership ioplus.nl/en/posts/netherlands-and-…

Netherlands and Singapore strengthen semiconductor partnership

The Netherlands and Singapore are deepening their semiconductor ties to make supply chains more resilient. What does the agreement involve?

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 25/09/2026

This computer performs calculations using DNA in a drop of water ioplus.nl/en/posts/this-computer-pe…

This computer performs calculations using DNA in a drop of water

A computer that isn't sitting on a desk, but is suspended in a drop of water.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 25/09/2026

Why subsidies alone won't solve cybersecurity problems ioplus.nl/en/posts/why-subsidies-al…

Why subsidies alone won't solve cybersecurity problems

The government is providing subsidies to improve cyber resilience, but according to Patrick Jordens, more needs to be done.

IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 24/09/2026

Tiny pyramid sensor maps hidden magnetism in quantum materials ioplus.nl/en/posts/tiny-pyramid-sen…

Tiny pyramid sensor maps hidden magnetism in quantum materials

A sensor on the tip of a tiny pyramid can detect magnetic fields at the nanoscale, and it can be made by the hundred.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 24/09/2026

Bird raises $450M and opens infrastructure to AI agents ioplus.nl/en/posts/bird-raises-450m…

Bird raises $450M and opens infrastructure to AI agents

Dutch technology company Bird raised $450 million and is giving AI agents access to its communications infrastructure.

IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 24/09/2026

Supercomputing Brabant is live: a boost to the local AI ecosystem ioplus.nl/en/posts/supercomputing-b…

Supercomputing Brabant is live: a boost to the local AI ecosystem

The Supercomputing Brabant is a project to deliver AI capabilities to local entrepreneurs. The computing infrastructure is now live.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 24/09/2026

These days, even RVs need to protect themselves against hackers ioplus.nl/en/posts/these-days-even-…

These days, even RVs need to protect themselves against hackers

The European Union has therefore tightened cybersecurity requirements for recreational vehicles.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 24/09/2026

Dutch and German agencies pool €40M to speed up AI chip design ioplus.nl/en/posts/dutch-and-german…

Dutch and German agencies pool €40M to speed up AI chip design

The innovation agencies of Germany and the Netherlands are pooling €40 million to let AI design Europe's next chips.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 24/09/2026

OWOW Venture Studio raises €2.65M for industrial startups ioplus.nl/en/posts/owow-venture-stu…

OWOW Venture Studio raises €2.65M for industrial startups

OWOW provides not only capital, but also developers, designers and AI specialists.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 24/09/2026

The science of taste: molecular maps for food's future ioplus.nl/en/posts/the-science-of-t…

The science of taste: molecular maps for food's future

Where a molecule sits changes how food tastes. This researcher is turning that into a science.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 23/09/2026

EU's new data center rating has a green certificate loophole ioplus.nl/en/posts/eus-new-data-cen…

EU's new data center rating has a green certificate loophole

EU data centers may soon get energy labels, like fridges. Here's how the A–G ratings work, and where they fall short.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 23/09/2026

Avular’s CEO Albert Maas wins Changemaker Award 2026 ioplus.nl/en/posts/avulars-ceo-albe…

Avular’s CEO Albert Maas wins Changemaker Award 2026

Albert Maas, CEO and co-founder of Eindhoven-based robotics technology company Avular, has won the nlgroeit Changemaker Award 2026.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 23/09/2026

TSMC opens easier access for chip startups via imec's IC-Link ioplus.nl/en/posts/tsmc-opens-easie…

TSMC opens easier access for chip startups via imec's IC-Link

New managed-cloud service lets smaller design teams tap TSMC's advanced nodes without building their own secure infrastructure.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 23/09/2026

Morphotonics lands €40M to fix AI glasses bottleneck ioplus.nl/en/posts/morphotonics-lan…

Morphotonics lands €40M to fix AI glasses bottleneck

Morphotonics raises over €40 million to break the production bottleneck holding back AI glasses.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 23/09/2026

5 years of LEVEL UP: from startup skills to European growth power ioplus.nl/en/posts/5-years-of-level…

5 years of LEVEL UP: from startup skills to European growth power

LEVEL UP began by asking how a founder can build a better company. Five years later, a much bigger question is on the table.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 23/09/2026

How do you design a building for everyone? ioplus.nl/en/posts/how-do-you-desig…

How do you design a building for everyone?

There's a growing push to design buildings and cities more inclusively. But what does inclusive design mean? And why is it important?

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 22/09/2026

From first pile to highest point in 142 days ioplus.nl/en/posts/from-first-pile-…

From first pile to highest point in 142 days

Construction of photonic chip pilot plant surges ahead. Installation of cleanrooms and climate control systems begins in a month.

IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 22/09/2026

€18M for research into subsea cable to boost digital autonomy ioplus.nl/en/posts/18m-for-research…

€18M for research into subsea cable to boost digital autonomy

The Dutch government is allocating €18 million for research into new international subsea cable connections.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 22/09/2026

Lightyear integrates solar cells into Volkswagen concept car ioplus.nl/en/posts/lightyear-integr…

Lightyear integrates solar cells into Volkswagen concept car

Lightyear is integrating solar cells into Volkswagen’s electric concept car.

IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 22/09/2026

From baggage holds to dementia care: the AI Pitch Competition ioplus.nl/en/posts/from-baggage-hol…

From baggage holds to dementia care: the AI Pitch Competition

Eight finalists and a wildcard: Be-Inc.ai, Offensys, One Horizon, UNSEQ, YourNeuroTune, Kyvvu, Synthgen and Rigidbody, Alzheimer.App.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 22/09/2026

Europe's green jobs boom has a problem: not enough workers ioplus.nl/en/posts/europes-green-jo…

Europe's green jobs boom has a problem: not enough workers

Europe's clean energy sector is hiring fast, but too few electricians, installers and technicians could slow the rollout, the EEA says.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 21/09/2026

Eurofiber to host AI facility in Groningen ioplus.nl/en/posts/eurofiber-to-hos…

Eurofiber to host AI facility in Groningen

Eurofiber will host a sustainable AI facility for SURF.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 21/09/2026

New U.S. sanctions against the ICC threaten European sovereignty ioplus.nl/en/posts/new-us-sanctions…

New U.S. sanctions against the ICC threaten European sovereignty

The new sanctions being prepared by the U.S. threaten not only the ICC but also European digital sovereignty.

IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 21/09/2026

Nexperia builds new production chain in India ioplus.nl/en/posts/nexperia-builds-…

Nexperia builds new production chain in India

Dutch chipmaker Nexperia is partnering with Indian company Tata Electronics to manufacture, assemble and test semiconductors in India.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 21/09/2026

RWE builds one of the Netherlands' largest battery systems ioplus.nl/en/posts/rwe-builds-one-o…

RWE builds one of the Netherlands' largest battery systems

RWE has made the final investment decision to build one of the largest battery storage systems in the Netherlands.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 21/09/2026

Tech and capital available, but founders must bring them together ioplus.nl/en/posts/tech-and-capital…

Tech and capital available, but founders must bring them together

Amid pitch anxiety and pizza, founders attending OWOW’s Startup Investment Afternoon are searching for that all-important second meeting.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 21/09/2026

Between AI frenzy and cleanroom precision: the photonics plant ioplus.nl/en/posts/between-ai-frenz…

Between AI frenzy and cleanroom precision: the photonics plant

Construction of the pilot plant is on schedule, but commercial production requires patience: “We don’t want to take shortcuts”

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 20/09/2026

UCANACT raises €800,000 for brain-computer communication ioplus.nl/en/posts/ucanact-raises-8…

UCANACT raises €800,000 for brain-computer communication

Utrecht-based neurotech startup UCANACT is developing a BCI that will enable people with paralysis to communicate using brain signals.

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IO+ @en.ioplus.nl · 20/09/2026

There is almost no such thing as a failed innovation ioplus.nl/en/posts/there-is-almost-…

There is almost no such thing as a failed innovation

In a series of blog posts, Marco Coolen offers a glimpse into his work as a Dutch and European patent attorney at AOMB.