Robert Bierens serves as Head of Investments at InnovationQuarter, overseeing both the regional VC arm and the municipality-backed Rotterdam Energy Transition Fund, which has invested €50M across 15 energy-transition companies in five years. His role positions him as a spokesperson for Rotterdam's climate objectives through risk capital, combining his engineering background from TU Delft with deep regional expertise to support energy and climate-tech ventures using a capital + knowledge + network approach.
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InnovationQuarter
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Climate, Energy, Biotech, Deeptech / Hardware, Health
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InnovationQuarter is a publicly funded, non-profit regional economic development agency that operates an active venture capital arm, blending governmental development mandates with professional VC investing in one organization rather than being a purely private fund. They exclusively focus on Zuid-Holland with a €143m patient capital fund designed for high technological risk startups, emphasizing regional economic outcomes and impact themes over solely maximizing financial returns.
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