TU Delft
Mekelweg 5, Delft, Zuid-Holland, 2628 CD, The Netherlands
Overview
Delft University of Technology is one of the world’s top universities of technology (#15 in QS ranking), located in the historic city of Delft, The Netherlands, in the heart of Europe. TU Delft offer 16 Bachelor’s programmes and over 35 Master’s programmes in the fields of science, engineering and design. All TU Delft's Master’s programmes are taught in English, as well as (at the moment) the Bachelor’s programmes Aerospace Engineering and Applied Earth Sciences; their other bachelor’s programmes are offered in Dutch. A good balance between theory and practice, project work and hands-on experience at TU Delft's outstanding research facilities, will enable you to gain the skills the engineer of the future needs. Delft students are typically inquisitive, pro-active, entrepreneurial and see opportunities in how to make things better. With over 100 nationalities, 30% of TU Delft master’s students and even over 60% of their Ph.D. students being international students, we can honestly say that you will become part of a truly international community. With partnerships with more than thirty universities all over the world and TU Delft's close links with (inter)national industry, they enable their students to further increase their international experience. TU Delft cooperates with many other educational and research institutions, both in the Netherlands and abroad. The high quality of TU Delft's research and teaching is renowned. TU Delft has numerous contacts with governments, trade associations, consultancies, industry and small and medium-sized companies.
- Total investments
- 3
- Lead investments
- 1
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 9
Sector focus
- Education
- Universities
Investment portfolio
- Spatialise
Led · Equity · Nov 2024
Spatialise is based in Noordwijk, Netherlands and was founded by Soufiane el Khinifri. The company develops an AI-driven soil health monitoring platform that provides insights into key soil components. Its platform uses satellite data and artificial intelligence to analyze nutrients in farmland topsoil, including organic carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. In November 2024 Spatialise secured €350,000 in funding from UNIIQ. The investment will support expansion of its technology and enhancement of the AI-driven soil health monitoring platform. UNIIQ is a €50 million fund managed by InnovationQuarter, Leiden University, Erasmus MC, and TU Delft that focuses on accelerating innovations during the proof-of-concept phase.
- QphoX
Participated · Equity · May 2021
QphoX develops core quantum internet hardware focused on quantum transduction, translating quantum information between microwave and optical domains. The company demonstrated optical-frequency readout of superconducting qubits in October 2023 as a proof of concept. Management says its transduction hardware is at a performance level that will allow quantum systems to connect through optical quantum channels. The €8 million investment — the largest in a Dutch quantum company to date — will be used to commercialise and bring QphoX's quantum modem technology to market. The raise underscores the firm's position in the quantum networking space and provides capital to move from demonstration to productisation. QphoX is developing a commercial "quantum modem" that coherently converts electrical and microwave signals to optical signals and back so separate quantum processors can communicate. The company’s modem is designed to be agnostic to qubit type, focusing on the microwave-to-optical interface to work with superconducting and topological qubits. QphoX aims to enable networking of separate processors so quantum computers can scale beyond tens or hundreds of qubits. The modem originated at TU Delft and the company is building that academic prototype into a real product. Simon Gröblacher is CEO and co-founder. QphoX recently raised €2 million to advance product development and commercialization.
- Bluebee
Participated · Equity · May 2015
Bluebee provides a cloud-based genomics analysis solution combined with accelerated hardware to enable fast and efficient processing of large volumes of genomics data. Its technology aims to reduce complexity and throughput time for research centres, clinical labs and diagnostics companies. The company was founded in 2011 by Prof. dr. ir. Koen Bertels as a spin-off of Delft University of Technology and Imperial College London and is led by CEO Hans Cobben. Bluebee is based in Delft, The Netherlands. It raised €10M in Series A funding and intends to use the proceeds to innovate the Bluebee platform. The financing supports continued product development and scaling of its cloud high-performance genomics solutions. Bluebee provides a cloud-based, distributed computing platform combined with accelerated hardware to process large sequencing data volumes in very short timeframes. The platform has been piloted by Tier 1 clinical research labs such as DKFZ (German Cancer Research Center). Bluebee was founded in 2011 as a spin-off of Delft University of Technology and Imperial College London and is led by CEO Hans Cobben. The company is based in Delft, The Netherlands. It offers a genomics solution aimed at clinicians and labs and intends to expand adoption in those markets. Bluebee raised external funding to support that go-to-market effort.