About InnovationQuarter
InnovationQuarter is a venture capital firm founded in 2013. It is primarily based out of The Hague, Netherlands. As of May 2026, InnovationQuarter is an active investor, having invested in 109 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Series A round in Netherlands based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Enterprise Applications and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of FrostByte Overall, InnovationQuarter portfolio has seen 1 IPO and 13 acquisitions including key companies like ORTEC, Mimetas and Toxys. A lot of funds co-invest with InnovationQuarter, with names like Invest-NL sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. InnovationQuarter has team of 42 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Series A, Seed & 2 more
Portfolio IPOs
Portfolio Soonicorns
InnovationQuarter's List of Top Investments
InnovationQuarter has a portfolio of 109 companies. Their most notable investments are in IMSystems and IMSystems.Their portfolio spans across Netherlands, China, Germany and 2 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Enterprise Applications, Life Sciences and 26 other sectors, across stages such as Series A, Seed and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by InnovationQuarter:1. ORTEC
Key facts about ORTEC
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: Zoetermeer (Netherlands)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $11M
- Employee Count: 1,051 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Capricorn Partners, InnovationQuarter and 2 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Jan 01, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
2. ROCSYS
Provider of charging station automation solutions. It offers self-parking and charging stations and enables an increase in electric vehicle charging station asset utilization.
Key facts about ROCSYS
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Delft (Netherlands)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $55.7M
- Employee Count: 54 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: SEB, Superangel and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 30, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Developer of propulsion systems for satellites, spaceplanes, and orbital transfer. The company provides systems for CubeSats, SmallSats, and orbital transfer vehicles. It also develops spaceplanes. The company offers resources and trade study information.
Key facts about Dawn Aerospace
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Christchurch (New Zealand)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $47.3M
- Employee Count: 156 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: ESA, InnovationQuarter and 12 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 18, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Mimetas
Mimetas develops organ-on-a-chip tissue models for evaluating drugs, chemicals, and food components. The products OrganoPlates, OrganoReady, OrganoTEER, and OrganoFlow are microfluidics-based culture plates for in-vitro tissue culture. It enables culturing and screening of 3D organ and tissue models, predicting toxic side effects, drug efficacy, and validates customized disease, toxicology, and transport models.
Key facts about Mimetas
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Leiden (Netherlands)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $28.9M
- Employee Count: 93 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Korys, InnovationQuarter and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Sep 04, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. QuantWare
Developer of superconducting quantum processors, amplifiers, and foundry services for quantum computing. They design and fabricate quantum hardware, offering a range of quantum processing units with varying qubit counts and coupler designs. Their amplifier products enhance qubit readout capabilities. Foundry services provide custom fabrication, from resonators and junctions to fully assembled quantum processing units.
Key facts about QuantWare
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Delft (Netherlands)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $211M
- Employee Count: 108 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: ETF Partners, InnovationQuarter and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 05, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
InnovationQuarter's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
InnovationQuarter has invested in 110 companies over the last 12 years, with an average of 5 new investments annually in the last 10 years. In 2025, it made 5 investments, while as of May 2026, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in FrostByte and most recent follow-on round was in QuantWare.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2025 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
2024 | 13 | 2 | 15 |
2023 | 8 | 3 | 11 |
2022 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2021 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2020 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
2019 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
2018 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
2017 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
InnovationQuarter's Investments by Stage
InnovationQuarter has made 32 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $7.2M, 26 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $3.75M, 5 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $17.8M and 1 investment in PE stage.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Series A | 32 |
Seed | 26 |
Series B | 5 |
PE | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
InnovationQuarter's Investments by Sector
InnovationQuarter has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Environment Tech, Life Sciences and Sustainability Tech. Notably, it has invested in 83 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 79 Tech companies, 38 Software companies and at least 25 companies focusing on Tech hardware.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 20 |
High Tech | 20 |
Environment Tech | 10 |
Life Sciences | 10 |
Sustainability Tech | 10 |
Others | 70 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
InnovationQuarter's Investments by Geography
InnovationQuarter has made most investments in Netherlands (60), followed by China where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Netherlands | 60 |
China | 1 |
Germany | 1 |
New Zealand | 1 |
Portugal | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
InnovationQuarter's recent investments
InnovationQuarter has made 4 investments in 2026 so far. FrostByte and QuantWare are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by InnovationQuarter:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 08, 2026 | Netherlands | Seed | 3624 | [+2] | |
May 05, 2026 | Netherlands | Series B | 1555 | [+5] | |
Mar 04, 2026 | Netherlands | Series B | 1085 | [+4] | |
Jan 06, 2026 | Netherlands | Series B | 6099 | [+2] | |
Dec 08, 2025 | Netherlands | Series A | 1740 | [+2] |
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in InnovationQuarter's Portfolio
1 of InnovationQuarter's portfolio company became public - Toxys.Here are InnovationQuarter's portfolio companies that went public:
Company | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
- | Feb 18, 2016 | Series A | 9567 |
Acquired companies in InnovationQuarter's Portfolio
13 companies from InnovationQuarter's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Mimetas in Aug 2026 by Bruker for $*****.Here are InnovationQuarter's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 10, 2026 | Apr 11, 2018 | Series B | 5227 | |
Feb 12, 2026 | Apr 13, 2021 | Series A | 1412 | |
Jan 06, 2026 | Feb 03, 2015 | Series A | 1631 | |
Jan 16, 2024 | Jun 25, 2019 | Series A | 8561 | |
Sep 27, 2022 | Jun 04, 2019 | Series A | 2711 |
Team profile of InnovationQuarter
InnovationQuarter has a team of 42 members including 1 Partner and 4 Principals located in Netherlands. InnovationQuarter's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in InnovationQuarter:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | The Hague | - | - | |
Principal | Amsterdam | - | ||
Principal | Haarlem | - | - | |
Principal | Netherlands | - | - | |
Principal | The Hague | - |
Co-investors of InnovationQuarter
Over the past 12 years, 180 investors have co-invested in InnovationQuarter's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before InnovationQuarter: UNIIQ, Europa and 45 others have invested in rounds before InnovationQuarter. There are 10 companies where UNIIQ has invested before InnovationQuarter and 7 companies where Europa has invested before InnovationQuarter.
- Top Co-investors of InnovationQuarter: 83 investors entered a company along with InnovationQuarter. These include investors like Invest-NL (5 companies).
- Invested after InnovationQuarter: A total of 50 investors have invested in InnovationQuarter's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Europa (7 companies), EIC Fund (6 companies) and ETF Partners (2 companies).
Recent News related to InnovationQuarter
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FrostByte Raises €1.3 Million for Quantum Computing Cryogenic ElectronicsStartup Rise EU•May 08, 2026•Graduate Ventures, InnovationQuarter, FrostByte, Innovation Quarter and 2 others
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QuantWare Raises $178M in Series B Funding with In-Q-Tel Joining as InvestorTrending Topics•May 05, 2026•QuantWare, Intel Capital, QDNL Participations, Graduate Ventures and 5 others
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Pan Cancer T Raises €10M in FundingFinSMEs•Dec 08, 2025•Thuja Capital, Pan Cancer T, InnovationQuarter, Erasmus MC and 4 others
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Delft’s Orange Quantum Systems secures €12M to accelerate quantum chip testing and Moore’s Law scaling.Silicon Canals•Jun 18, 2025•Orange Quantum Systems, InnovationQuarter, QDNL Participations, Qbeat Ventures and 2 others
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Amsterdam’s TIN Capital Raises €15M to Back European Cybersecurity StartupsStartup Rise EU•May 12, 2025•TIN Capital, ROM Utrecht Region, InnovationQuarter
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Amsterdam's TIN Capital Secures €15M to Boost European Cybersecurity StartupsSilicon Canals•May 12, 2025•TIN Capital, InnovationQuarter, ROM Utrecht Region
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Dutch VC TIN Capital Secures €15 Million for Cybersecurity FundEU-Startups•May 12, 2025•TIN Capital, Invest-NL, InnovationQuarter, ROM Utrecht Region
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QuantWare raises USD 20 mln Series A to develop large quantum processorsTelecompaper•Mar 04, 2025•QuantWare, Invest-NL, InnovationQuarter, European Innovation Council and 5 others
