1. Launching tech startups that scale TNO innovations

<div><p>At TNO, startups emerge that transform groundbreaking innovations into tangible products and services. By investing early in strong teams and a clear path to market, these <a itemtype="1" pagetype="landing-neutral" class="siteLink ptlanding-neutral" resolved="true" href="https://www.tno.nl/en/collaboration/tech-transfer/">spin-offs</a> can rapidly grow into companies with global impact. This way, we move knowledge faster from the lab to everyday life and create new earning power for the Netherlands.</p></div>

2. Accelerating growth for startups and scale-ups

<div><p>Through <a itemtype="1" pagetype="article" class="siteLink ptarticle" resolved="true" href="https://www.tno.nl/en/collaboration/tno-fast-track/">TNO Fast Track</a> we give young tech companies a flying start with access to experts, testing facilities, and partners ready to validate, purchase, and scale. Through <a itemtype="1" pagetype="landing-neutral" class="siteLink ptlanding-neutral" resolved="true" href="https://www.tno.nl/en/collaboration/tech-transfer/">TNO Ventures</a>, we sometimes even invest directly in companies, helping their innovations reach customers faster. The result: accelerated growth, more high-quality jobs, and a stronger competitive position.</p></div>

4. Access to patented TNO technology

<div><p>Companies can build directly on TNO technology through <a itemtype="1" pagetype="article" class="siteLink ptarticle" resolved="true" href="https://www.tno.nl/en/technology-science/patents-licenses/">licensing</a>, significantly reducing development time, risks, and costs. We make our intellectual property accessible and stay involved from concept to market launch. This accelerates innovation and helps Dutch businesses grow faster.</p></div>

Time to build the economy of the future

How can we ensure that the Netherlands remains strong and prosperous in the years to come? The answer lies in our earning power: the ability to create sustainable economic value. This means that businesses can continue to compete, new high-productivity jobs emerge, and everyone benefits from growth and innovation.

Technology plays a key role in this. It gives Dutch companies the strength to compete at the top on a global scale. But technology alone is not enough – it’s about the right knowledge, collaboration, and application.

TNO’s role: turning knowledge into impact

At TNO, we work every day on solutions that make a real difference. We translate scientific insights into practical innovations that help businesses grow faster and become global players. In doing so, we strengthen not only individual organisations but also the foundation of our economy.

We don’t do this alone. Together with businesses, universities, governments, and investors, we are building an ecosystem where innovation can thrive. This creates opportunities for the Netherlands to lead in a world that is changing at lightning speed.

How TNO strengthens the earning power of the Netherlands

At TNO, startups emerge that transform groundbreaking innovations into tangible products and services. By investing early in strong teams and a clear path to market, these spin-offs can rapidly grow into companies with global impact. This way, we move knowledge faster from the lab to everyday life and create new earning power for the Netherlands.

Through TNO Fast Track we give young tech companies a flying start with access to experts, testing facilities, and partners ready to validate, purchase, and scale. Through TNO Ventures, we sometimes even invest directly in companies, helping their innovations reach customers faster. The result: accelerated growth, more high-quality jobs, and a stronger competitive position.

The Netherlands excels in key enabling technologies such as integrated photonics, quantum, and semiconductor equipment. TNO connects deep expertise in these domains to practical applications in industry, healthcare, mobility, and security. This makes smart solutions not only possible, but also scalable, affordable, and widely deployable.

Companies can build directly on TNO technology through licensing, significantly reducing development time, risks, and costs. We make our intellectual property accessible and stay involved from concept to market launch. This accelerates innovation and helps Dutch businesses grow faster.

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