This week in Dutch tech


Friday is here and so is TNW’s weekly round-up of tech news from our glorious home country.

This week saw advances in medtech, quantum breakthroughs, and calls to further boost the Dutch chip industry. Our highlights have you covered, but we’d also love to hear your thoughts on the local ecosystem.

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In the meantime, let’s get to the news.

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  • Gelderland is also asking for support for the chip sector: The Chopin project (Het Financieele Dagblad)
  • Dutch-based QuiX Quantum’s new breakthrough unlocks novel way to scale photonic quantum computing (Silicon Canals)
  • Billions more needed for ASML expansion in Eindhoven (RTL)
  • Damen launches first electric tug to operate in Europe (Seatrade Maritime)

Dutch startup of the week: Vitestro

robotic blood draw vitestro
Credit: Vitestro