DEEPTECH
DEEPTECH
Deeptech: The engine for national resilience
Deeptech is not just innovation; it is the critical engine for our national resilience, solving urgent global challenges in climate, security, and health. The Netherlands is rich with scientific breakthroughs, but we must close the scaling gap and transform science into global business.
Deeptech:
The engine for national resilience
Deeptech:
The engine for national resilience
Deeptech is the critical engine for our national resilience, addressing urgent global challenges in climate, security, and health. The Netherlands excels in scientific breakthroughs, but we must close the scaling gap and transform research into global business.
Deeptech is the critical engine for our national resilience, addressing urgent global challenges in climate, security, and health. The Netherlands excels in scientific breakthroughs, but we must close the scaling gap and transform research into global business.
How Techleap removes scaling barriers
How Techleap removes scaling barriers
How Techleap removes scaling barriers
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We systematically address the challenges holding deeptech back by providing deeptech founders with the critical frameworks, capital connections, and world-class scaling expertise required to turn ambitious breakthroughs into international tech champions. This translates Dutch science into lasting societal impact.
We systematically address the challenges holding deeptech back by providing deeptech founders with the critical frameworks, capital connections, and world-class scaling expertise required to turn ambitious breakthroughs into international tech champions. This translates Dutch science into lasting societal impact.
We systematically address the challenges holding deeptech back by providing deeptech founders with the critical frameworks, capital connections, and world-class scaling expertise required to turn ambitious breakthroughs into international tech champions. This translates Dutch science into lasting societal impact.
Our activities: Accelerating science to market
Our activities: Accelerating science to market
Our activities: Accelerating science to market
We support deeptech founders through various targeted activities across strategic verticals:
We support deeptech founders through various targeted activities across strategic verticals:
We support deeptech founders through various targeted activities across strategic verticals:
Curated Expertise Sessions
Founders gain practical expertise from succesful peers, leading industry operators like ASML, and global unicorn founders.
Curated Expertise Sessions
Founders gain practical expertise from succesful peers, leading industry operators like ASML, and global unicorn founders.
Curated Expertise Sessions
Founders gain practical expertise from succesful peers, leading industry operators like ASML, and global unicorn founders.
Curated Expertise Sessions
Founders gain practical expertise from succesful peers, leading industry operators like ASML, and global unicorn founders.
Scaling Programme
Our Pole Position Programme equips deeptech founders with tailored strategies, expert advice, and a peer network to transform science into scalable, global ventures.
Scaling Programme
Our Pole Position Programme equips deeptech founders with tailored strategies, expert advice, and a peer network to transform science into scalable, global ventures.
Scaling Programme
Our Pole Position Programme equips deeptech founders with tailored strategies, expert advice, and a peer network to transform science into scalable, global ventures.
Scaling Programme
Our Pole Position Programme equips deeptech founders with tailored strategies, expert advice, and a peer network to transform science into scalable, global ventures.
Investor Gatherings
We build direct international bridges through curated sessions, events and introductions, ensuring high-potential ventures meet the right VCs needed to secure substantial growth capital.
Investor Gatherings
We build direct international bridges through curated sessions, events and introductions, ensuring high-potential ventures meet the right VCs needed to secure substantial growth capital.
Investor Gatherings
We build direct international bridges through curated sessions, events and introductions, ensuring high-potential ventures meet the right VCs needed to secure substantial growth capital.
Investor Gatherings
We build direct international bridges through curated sessions, events and introductions, ensuring high-potential ventures meet the right VCs needed to secure substantial growth capital.
Forging international relations
We take deeptech leaders directly to international powerhouses like the US, forging overseas industry partnerships and securing critical foreign capital.
Forging international relations
We take deeptech leaders directly to international powerhouses like the US, forging overseas industry partnerships and securing critical foreign capital.
Forging international relations
We take deeptech leaders directly to international powerhouses like the US, forging overseas industry partnerships and securing critical foreign capital.
Forging international relations
We take deeptech leaders directly to international powerhouses like the US, forging overseas industry partnerships and securing critical foreign capital.
Hello Tomorrow
Showcasing Dutch deeptech ventures with our partners InvestNL and TNO at Hello Tomorrow to attract European funding and partnerships.
Hello Tomorrow
Showcasing Dutch deeptech ventures with our partners InvestNL and TNO at Hello Tomorrow to attract European funding and partnerships.
Hello Tomorrow
Showcasing Dutch deeptech ventures with our partners InvestNL and TNO at Hello Tomorrow to attract European funding and partnerships.
Hello Tomorrow
Showcasing Dutch deeptech ventures with our partners InvestNL and TNO at Hello Tomorrow to attract European funding and partnerships.
Reports
Mapping the Dutch deeptech ecosystem and its key founder challenges to guide strategic growth.
Reports
Mapping the Dutch deeptech ecosystem and its key founder challenges to guide strategic growth.
Reports
Mapping the Dutch deeptech ecosystem and its key founder challenges to guide strategic growth.
Reports
Mapping the Dutch deeptech ecosystem and its key founder challenges to guide strategic growth.
Academic Startup Competition
Techleap powers the annual competitive programme for the most promising academic ventures originating from Dutch universities, research institutes and applied science institutes.
Academic Startup Competition
Techleap powers the annual competitive programme for the most promising academic ventures originating from Dutch universities, research institutes and applied science institutes.
Academic Startup Competition
Techleap powers the annual competitive programme for the most promising academic ventures originating from Dutch universities, research institutes and applied science institutes.
Academic Startup Competition
Techleap powers the annual competitive programme for the most promising academic ventures originating from Dutch universities, research institutes and applied science institutes.
Data-driven insights
Our data-driven initiative that tracks and analyses the performance of university spin-outs and research commercialisation within the Dutch deeptech ecosystem against global peers.
Data-driven insights
Our data-driven initiative that tracks and analyses the performance of university spin-outs and research commercialisation within the Dutch deeptech ecosystem against global peers.
Data-driven insights
Our data-driven initiative that tracks and analyses the performance of university spin-outs and research commercialisation within the Dutch deeptech ecosystem against global peers.
Data-driven insights
Our data-driven initiative that tracks and analyses the performance of university spin-outs and research commercialisation within the Dutch deeptech ecosystem against global peers.
Unlocking university spinoffs
Focusing on systemic change and direct support for spin-outs to accelerate the commercialisation of academic research.
Unlocking university spinoffs
Focusing on systemic change and direct support for spin-outs to accelerate the commercialisation of academic research.
Unlocking university spinoffs
Focusing on systemic change and direct support for spin-outs to accelerate the commercialisation of academic research.
Unlocking university spinoffs
Focusing on systemic change and direct support for spin-outs to accelerate the commercialisation of academic research.
Propelling the Future of Compute
Propelling the Future of Compute
Propelling the Future of Compute
Propelling the Future of Compute
Techleap follows a thematic approach to provide tailored insights and relevant support, tackling industry-specific challenges and solutions. Our initial focus is on fostering the ecosystem for pioneering, next-generation computing technologies. In the years ahead, we’ll expand this focus to other key deep technologies.
Techleap follows a thematic approach to provide tailored insights and relevant support, tackling industry-specific challenges and solutions. Our initial focus is on fostering the ecosystem for pioneering, next-generation computing technologies. In the years ahead, we’ll expand this focus to other key deep technologies.
Techleap follows a thematic approach to provide tailored insights and relevant support, tackling industry specific challenges. In 2025, we focused our support on a cohort of pioneering scaleups building the next generation of computing technologies. In the years ahead, we’ll expand our focus to other key deep technologies.
Compute
Investor Gatherings
Throughout the year, we curate private,investor gatherings to connect Future of Compute pioneers with relevant international VCs and corporate capital needed to fund their hardware development and achieve global scale.
Compute
Pole Position Programme: Future of Compute Cohort
Our Pole Position Programme equipped a cohort of Future of Compute founders with tailored strategies and a peer network to successfully scale their pioneering technologies, focusing on Semicon, Photonics, and Quantum Computing.
Compute
Hello Tomorrow 2025 in Paris
Early 2025 saw us take off to Hello Tomorrow in Paris, showcasing our most disruptive Dutch Compute ventures! Teaming up with TNO and InvestNL as ‘Discover Dutch Deeptech’, we connected with vital European funding and sparked high-value partnerships. The event capped off with our signature Dutch Deeptech Drinks for the entire Deeptech ecosystem.
Compute
Founder Trip to Silicon Valley
From October 13–15, 2025, Techleap brought eleven of the most promising compute ventures to the Bay Area. The mission successfully built stronger connections with U.S. leading industry operators and international VCs, positioning the Future of Compute cohort for substantial global expansion.
Compute
Curated Expertise Sessions
Sessions organised throughout the year providing compute founders with hands-on expertise from successful peers and global leaders, focusing on critical scaling hurdles like supply chain management, go-to-market strategies and advanced hardware protection.
Compute
Investor Gatherings
Throughout the year, we curate private investor gatherings to connect Future of Compute pioneers with relevant international VCs and corporate capital needed to fund their hardware development and achieve global scale.
Compute
Pole Position Programme: Future of Compute Cohort
Our Pole Position Programme equipped a cohort of Future of Compute founders with tailored strategies and a peer network to successfully scale their pioneering technologies, focusing on Semicon, Photonics, and Quantum Computing.
Compute
Hello Tomorrow 2025 in Paris
Early 2025 saw us take off to Hello Tomorrow in Paris, showcasing our most disruptive Dutch Compute ventures! Teaming up with TNO and InvestNL as ‘Discover Dutch Deeptech’, we connected with vital European funding and sparked high-value partnerships. The event capped off with our signature Dutch Deeptech Drinks for the entire Deeptech ecosystem.
Compute
Founder Trip to Silicon Valley
From October 13–15, 2025, Techleap brought eleven of the most promising compute ventures to the Bay Area. The mission successfully built stronger connections with U.S. leading industry operators and international VCs, positioning the Future of Compute cohort for substantial global expansion.
Compute
Curated Expertise Sessions
Sessions organised throughout the year providing compute founders with hands-on expertise from successful peers and global leaders, focusing on critical scaling hurdles like supply chain management, go-to-market strategies and advanced hardware protection.
Compute
Investor Gatherings
Throughout the year, we curate private investor gatherings to connect Future of Compute pioneers with relevant international VCs and corporate capital needed to fund their hardware development and achieve global scale.
Compute
Pole Position Programme: Future of Compute Cohort
Our Pole Position Programme equipped a cohort of Future of Compute founders with tailored strategies and a peer network to successfully scale their pioneering technologies, focusing on Semicon, Photonics, and Quantum Computing.
Compute
Hello Tomorrow 2025 in Paris
Early 2025 saw us take off to Hello Tomorrow in Paris, showcasing our most disruptive Dutch Compute ventures! Teaming up with TNO and InvestNL as ‘Discover Dutch Deeptech’, we connected with vital European funding and sparked high-value partnerships. The event capped off with our signature Dutch Deeptech Drinks for the entire Deeptech ecosystem.
Compute
Founder Trip to Silicon Valley
From October 13–15, 2025, Techleap brought eleven of the most promising compute ventures to the Bay Area. The mission successfully built stronger connections with U.S. leading industry operators and international VCs, positioning the Future of Compute cohort for substantial global expansion.
Compute
Curated Expertise Sessions
Sessions organised throughout the year providing compute founders with hands-on expertise from successful peers and global leaders, focusing on critical scaling hurdles like supply chain management, go-to-market strategies and advanced hardware protection.
Compute
Investor Gatherings
Throughout the year, we curate private investor gatherings to connect Future of Compute pioneers with relevant international VCs and corporate capital needed to fund their hardware development and achieve global scale.
Compute
Pole Position Programme: Future of Compute Cohort
Our Pole Position Programme equipped a cohort of Future of Compute founders with tailored strategies and a peer network to successfully scale their pioneering technologies, focusing on Semicon, Photonics, and Quantum Computing.
Compute
Hello Tomorrow 2025 in Paris
Early 2025 saw us take off to Hello Tomorrow in Paris, showcasing our most disruptive Dutch Compute ventures! Teaming up with TNO and InvestNL as ‘Discover Dutch Deeptech’, we connected with vital European funding and sparked high-value partnerships. The event capped off with our signature Dutch Deeptech Drinks for the entire Deeptech ecosystem.
Compute
Founder Trip to Silicon Valley
From October 13–15, 2025, Techleap brought eleven of the most promising compute ventures to the Bay Area. The mission successfully built stronger connections with U.S. leading industry operators and international VCs, positioning the Future of Compute cohort for substantial global expansion.
Compute
Curated Expertise Sessions
Sessions organised throughout the year providing compute founders with hands-on expertise from successful peers and global leaders, focusing on critical scaling hurdles like supply chain management, go-to-market strategies and advanced hardware protection.
Compute
Investor Gatherings
Throughout the year, we curate private investor gatherings to connect Future of Compute pioneers with relevant international VCs and corporate capital needed to fund their hardware development and achieve global scale.
Compute
Pole Position Programme: Future of Compute Cohort
Our Pole Position Programme equipped a cohort of Future of Compute founders with tailored strategies and a peer network to successfully scale their pioneering technologies, focusing on Semicon, Photonics, and Quantum Computing.
Compute
Hello Tomorrow 2025 in Paris
Early 2025 saw us take off to Hello Tomorrow in Paris, showcasing our most disruptive Dutch Compute ventures! Teaming up with TNO and InvestNL as ‘Discover Dutch Deeptech’, we connected with vital European funding and sparked high-value partnerships. The event capped off with our signature Dutch Deeptech Drinks for the entire Deeptech ecosystem.
Compute
Founder Trip to Silicon Valley
From October 13–15, 2025, Techleap brought eleven of the most promising compute ventures to the Bay Area. The mission successfully built stronger connections with U.S. leading industry operators and international VCs, positioning the Future of Compute cohort for substantial global expansion.
Compute
Curated Expertise Sessions
Sessions organised throughout the year providing compute founders with hands-on expertise from successful peers and global leaders, focusing on critical scaling hurdles like supply chain management, go-to-market strategies and advanced hardware protection.
NEXT UP
NEXT UP
NEXT UP
ACCELERATING ENERGY INNOVATION
ACCELERATING ENERGY INNOVATION
ACCELERATING ENERGY INNOVATION
Building directly on the success of our Future of Compute theme, Techleap is ramping up to launch its next theme focused on Energy in 2026. Our research will identify and our programme will tackle energy-specific scaling gaps and strategic challenges to actively build globally competitive companies in this key domain.
Building directly on the success of our Future of Compute theme, Techleap is ramping up to launch its next theme focused on Energy in 2026. Our research will identify and our programme will tackle energy-specific scaling gaps and strategic challenges to actively build globally competitive companies in this key domain.
Building directly on the success of our Future of Compute theme, Techleap is ramping up to launch its next theme focused on Energy in 2026. Our research will identify and our programme will tackle energy-specific scaling gaps and strategic challenges to actively build globally competitive companies in this key domain.