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Applications Open for BioBusiness Masterclass 2025–2026!
Are you a biotech founder, team lead, or early-career professional eager to scale your impact?
Bridge for Impact returns this October!
On Tuesday, 7 October 2025, Bridge for Impact returns to Utrecht for another inspiring afternoon of entrepreneurial support, knowledge exchange, and networking in the Life Sciences & Health sector.
Alumni News: Team Capsule Photonics officially incorporated under the name Lumeniris
We’re thrilled to share that Capsule Photonics, winner of the Venture Challenge Winter 2024/2025, has officially incorporated under the name Lumeniris.
Stem Cell Nasal Drops Offer Hope for Babies with Brain Injury
NeuroNova Tx - Winner of the most recent Venture Challenge - is making headlines with groundbreaking research that changes the lives of babies born with brain damage. Oxygen deprivation around birth can lead to serious and lasting brai
Alumni News: Fetch (Winner Venture Challenge Spring 2024) Acquired by Tzu Cancer Therapeutics
Amsterdam, 17 July 2025 – We’re proud to share that Fetch B.V., winner of the Venture Challenge Spring 2024, has been acquired by Tzu Cancer Therapeutics B.V., a biotech company focused
Alumni News: InnoFluidics Wins Gerard & Anton Award 2025
We’re thrilled to celebrate our Venture Challenge Fall 2021 alumnus InnoFluidics, who was honored this week as one of Brainport Eindhoven’s most promising startups of 2025!
XS Innovations Moves Toward the Clinic with AVF Valve Technology
Venture Challenge Fall 2023 alumnus XS Innovations has taken a major step toward improving dialysis care.
Alumni News: TrianecT Raises €1.35 Million to Launch Portable Stroke Detection Device
We’re proud to share that TrianecT, Venture Challenge Fall 2020 alumnus, has secured a €1.35 million investment from XO Ventures and CbusineZ to accelerate the market launch of StrokePointer™ — the company’s portable diagnostic device desig
Orgonex partners with HUB Organoids to scale dynamic 3D organoid culture
We’re thrilled to highlight a new milestone from our Venture Challenge Summer 2021 alumnus: Orgonex B.V. has announced that HUB Organoids, now part of Merck Group, is among the first
Eurostars Call 9 Opens on July 4 – Apply Now for International R&D Funding
The next opportunity to apply for Eurostars funding is here! On July 4, 2025, the 9th call of the Eurostars-3 programme officially opens.