Finance your innovation

IXA gives Amsterdam researchers from all research fields access to a variety of funds. You can receive financial support for start-up or early-stage activities, such as carrying out feasibility studies, starting your innovation-driven enterprise, or setting up collaborations with companies or non-profits.

Follow the links for more information, how to apply, terms and conditions:

• Thematic Technology Transfer Artificial Intelligence (TTT-AI) program, to transform academic research into ground-breaking applications and spin-offs with a Venture Building program and funding to help validate the idea and create new AI businesses.
• IXA Proof-of-Concept Funding and IXA Pre-Seed Loan
  To carry out technical feasibility studies and to allow start-ups to create and further build their business.
• UvA Informatics Feasibility Fund
  For technical and/or commercial feasibility studies in the field of Informatics.
• HvA Impact Fonds
  To prepare implementation and validation of research results towards practical application and exploitation (i.e., feasibility studies, business plan development, proof of concept, etc.).
• Amsterdam UMC TKI-grant
  To stimulate Amsterdam UMC researchers to perform research projects together with companies in Public-Private Partnerships (PPP).

External innovation funds:

• Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland
  For early-stage development of start-ups and SMEs.
• NWO and ZonMw Take-off fund
  For both HBO and WO researchers who want to bring their innovative research results to the market.