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The knowledge transfer office of UvA, HvA, VU and Amsterdam UMC

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Amsterdam Science & Innovation Award

The award for the most innovative, knowledge based idea of Amsterdam

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Amsterdam Venture Studios

Amsterdam hub for innovative knowledge based startups

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Demonstrator Lab

Pre-incubator, learning-by-doing, entrepreneurship laboratory

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Entrepreneurship Cases Amsterdam

Bringing entrepreneurship education to a higher level

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Research Facilities Amsterdam

Access to high-end research instruments, facilities and expertise

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Who we are

Innovation Exchange Amsterdam (IXA) is the joint knowledge transfer office of the Amsterdam universities

  • Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA)
  • University of Amsterdam (UvA)
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU)
  • Amsterdam UMC (AMC and VUmc)

At every campus location throughout Amsterdam our business developers, legal advisors and grant advisors contribute to developing the Amsterdam innovation ecosystem by bringing people together. IXA drives the transition of scientific discoveries, research results and knowledge into ground breaking innovations and applications that improve lives, transform industries, and create substantial social and economic value.

Azafaros enters clinical stage with AZ-3102, an oral small molecule being developed for rare neurogenetic disorders

Azafaros B.V. announced today that the first cohort of healthy subjects has been dosed in a two-part Phase 1 clinical study with clinical candidate AZ-3102, a first-in-class small molecule compound being developed for the treatment of rare neurogenetic disorders. This double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 1 study is evaluating the safety and tolerability of ascending single- (SAD) […]

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Optics11 and Optics11 Life secure funding to accelerate growth

Optics11 and Optics11 Life have secured funding from Rabobank. The funding will be used to strongly accelerate growth across global markets, to further build the team for the future and to strategically expand the high-tech product portfolios of both business units. “This is the right moment to pick up the pace. Rabobank’s funding helps us […]

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Start-up Cupplement receives investment in TV program Dragons Den

Is it possible to create a cup of coffee that’s healthy and tasty? At the entrepreneurship laboratory Demonstrator Lab at the Vrije Universiteit, Florian Fermin (27) and Stefan Wateler (26) developed Cuppelement, a Fairtrade biodegradable coffee capsule with added superfoods and vitamins. During the Dutch TV program Dragons Den, the entrepreneurs successfully persuaded the dragons […]

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