The Business Angels Network Nijmegen (BANN) is an initiative from Briskr and OostNL to connect angel investors with promising startups in health and hightech in the metropole region Arnhem-Nijmegen. In three events per year 12 startups in total are giving the opportunity to pitch their business idea and investment opportunity to an audience of interested investors. The normal range of investment is between 50K to 300K but in some cases a combination can be made with other investment channels. The event is invite only.
The meetings are held a Slot Doddendael in Ewijk (next to Nijmegen), start around 16:00 and are combined with dinner until 20:00.
For investors
The BANN is a network of 100+ investors interested in health and hightech sectors. Of these usually around 40 investors are present during the meetings. Before the meeting you will receive information about the startups to determine if a visit is justified. Beside the investment opportunities the BANN is also a social gathering including plenty of opportunity to network with other angels during dinner.
Interested investors and startups can contact Bart Heuts (bart.heuts@oostnl.nl)
Read more in this infographic.
The BANN is supported by the partners of Briskr: BDO, Briskr, Catalyze, EP&C, Nijmegen, JLABS, Oost NL, Poelmann van den Broek, Qserve, Rabobank Rijk van Nijmegen and The Economic Board.
How do you find the exact partners and entities you need? Who can show you the way when it comes to taking your next step? How do you turn a great idea into reality? How can you come into contact with the right people and organizations? What’s the best way to plot a course that is just right for you?
These are the kinds of questions that play on the minds of many entrepreneurs and scientists, whether they’re just starting out or not. Because innovation and enterprise are so much easier when you’re surrounded by all the right people, Medtronic, Medace, LifetecZONe, LIOF, Brightlands, Rabobank, and the Municipality of Maastricht are once again putting on their Health Innovation Euregion Event this year.
Sound like just your thing? Register now to be sure of a place. www.brightlands.com/hie24
On May 30 was the launch of a new alliance: Pharma Delta. The Pharma Delta alliance aims to set a new standard for pharmaceutical excellence and collective progress. Representatives from small and large pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, educational organizations and local governments work together to focus on accelerating innovation, strengthening careers, and creating shared sustainable facilities.
Pharma Delta intends to create an ecosystem that enhances and accelerates the entire pharmaceutical chain. Pharma Delta aims not just for an increase in jobs, but for full careers and it believes in the development and retention of staff, which is vital for the growth and prosperity of our region.
The launch took place during the From Molecule to Business network event on May 30 at Pivot Park. The official launch was performed by chair Rob Nelissen, Organon Central Northern Europe and Frank den Brok, Gemeente Oss and Harmen Neidig, HAN University of Applied Sciences.
Together we boost pharma and empower careers!
Creating impact together through dynamic partnerships
The great transitions in our society require a much more agile and adaptive approach to innovation. To overcome these challenges we need ecosystems of open and dynamic collaborations of partners within the value chain.
At Holst Centre we have been practicing this innovative approach to innovation for more than 18 years. Innovation Day serves as a testament to these fruitful collaborations, featuring an exciting program that showcases highlights in key technology domains, including integrated photonics, medtech, and future electronics.
What to expect:
- Get inspired by key-notes of thought leaders
- Visit the Innovation Market to meet our experts and discover our latest innovations
- Sign up for explorative breakout sessions on specific research topics.
Furthermore, Innovation Day is the perfect occasion to meet up, exchange ideas, and explore partnerships that will boost our technological and economic ecosystem.
Let’s come together, and join us to create dynamic collaborations for impactful innovation. We look forward to seeing you on Innovation Day 2024!
By popular demand, the High Tech Network Meetings are back in action. We will now be organizing the ‘Meeting Your Peers Engineers’ about five times a year at the Noviotech Campus in Nijmegen!
These free gatherings are specially designed for engineers working in Nijmegen and the surrounding areas at High Tech/Semicon companies. The goal is simple yet powerful: to meet each other, share knowledge, and stay informed about the latest developments in our sector.
Ampleon in the spotlight
The kickoff will take place on Thursday, June 25, from 11:45 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Noviotech Campus. Ampleon will take the spotlight and provide the lunch. Their Director Modelling and Characterization Group,Vittorio Cuoco, will dive into one of Ampleon’s specialties: Multiphysics Simulation. Increasing pressure on cost and performance of modern MMIC products for 5G and RF applications require EM-based optimization of designs to gain competitive advantage.
To make sure that temperatures and mechanical stress levels remain under reliability limits for smaller and smaller packing solutions, Multiphysics simulations are needed at product and system level, including full chip, package, board and cooling blocks to ensure that temperatures and the mechanical stress levels remain under reliability limits.
Having EM and Multiphysics tools under the same roof with a simple interface improves efficiency, boost productivity, and enables cutting-edge designs of high-performance products.
Demcon Multiphysics shares examples of projects
Elze Knol, Group Leader at Demcon Multiphysics, will be our guest speaker. We are excited to announce that!
Demcon Multiphysics is specialized in complex multiphysics simulations, mainly using finite element and finite volume methods. Using such simulations, they gain deep physical insight of a design and can increase the efficiency of product development. Elze will share some examples of projects they performed, a.o. modeling of combined electromagnetic and thermal effects.
Program:
11:45 – 12:15 Walk in and lunch at Pop-Up Horeca (front of building M)
12:15 – 12:35 Vincent Gerritsma (CEO) about Ampleon (Building M)
12:35 – 12:55 Vittorio Cuoco about Multiphysics Simulation at Ameplon
12:55 – 13:15 Elze Knol from Demcon Multiphysics
13:15 – 13:30 Wrap-up & introduction next meeting
Mark Luke Farrugia, Managing Director of the Chip Integration Technology Center (CITC) (located at Noviotech Campus), will be the moderator of the Meeting Your Peers Engineers meetings.Don’t miss this opportunity to network and expand your knowledge! Sign up quickly and reserve your spot for June 25. It will be an inspiring and valuable session that you won’t want to miss!
Sign up via this link.
Met groot verdriet delen wij het nieuws dat Martijn Kriens op 27 mei is overleden aan de gevolgen van zijn ziekte.
Martijn stond midden in het leven, altijd vol energie en passie voor zijn werk. De laatste jaren van zijn werkzame leven was hij enorm betrokken bij Briskr. Hij was niet alleen een toegewijde professional, maar ook iemand met een hart vol dromen en een hoofd vol ideeën die hij graag wilde verwezenlijken, zowel zakelijk als privé. Zijn gedrevenheid en enthousiasme waren inspirerend voor velen om hem heen.
Martijn zal herinnerd worden om de sprankeling in zijn ogen, zijn warme glimlach en onvermoeibare inzet voor alles wat hij deed. Om het goede glas wijn in zijn hand, zijn liefde voor zijn Saab cabrio, zijn bourgondische levenswijze. Om de paradijsvogel die hij was. We missen hem enorm.
Zie de kaart als een uitnodiging om aanwezig te zijn bij de afscheidsdienst van Martijn. En voel je vrij deze te delen met je collega’s die Martijn ook hebben gekend.
Klik op deze link voor de kaart.
Rust zacht, Martijn. Je leeft voort in onze herinneringen en in ons hart.
Bas, Floor, Linda, Marieke, Marion & Martijn S.
In manufacturing, quality is essential and projects need to be done right the first time. The engineering component in such projects is both complex and time-consuming. According to the founders of EnginX, there are more efficient ways of working. CEO Saskia Eijkelhof talks about their innovative software to tackle technical design struggles.
No matter how complex an engineering project, it always starts with a technical drawing. It is also where the challenges arise that EnginX solves. Saskia tells: “The first technical drawing is incredibly complex. It has to be absolutely right in terms of physics and mathematics. Because obviously, you don’t want to develop and deliver a hydrogen system and then discover it doesn’t work, or worse: it explodes. It’s a process with many mandatory checks and iterations and it’s very time-consuming. It is necessary to be meticulous, but we are sure we can improve the process.”
Design, populate and simulate
EnginX’s software allows engineers to make technical designs that are responsive. And instead of solely using industry icons and then searching for the right part, you can create drawings and populate them with real components. “It allows you to simulate and calculate directly from the drawing, making finding suitable components much quicker and easier. There is no search engine for a pump with a specific diameter and flow rate. So until now, engineers have had to call manufacturers and suppliers for details. Or they had to flip through paper catalogues and compare and convert metrics and compare data —an incredibly tedious and time-consuming process.”
Saskia first heard about EnginX through Mercator Launch. “I was immediately drawn to the technical challenge they were wanting to solve. I have never engineered myself, but having worked in manufacturing environments, I recognize the struggles. Especially when customers come up with additional requirements during a project, I could see engineers implode as they knew they had to recalculate every component in the whole system.”
In 2016, EnginX was established by three founders from different engineering backgrounds: aviation, the oil and gas industry and astrophysics. They all had one thing in common: they wanted to improve and modernize the outdated and time-consuming way of working in engineering. The first step was to update the design process itself.
“This resulted in a powerful product and the next step was to write a conclusive business plan”, explains Saskia. “Thomas Bronzwaer participated in two Mercator Launch IMPROVE programs to get the necessary support. And this is where we got to know each other. I joined EnginX not long after. After two years, the board asked me if I wanted to take over as CEO, allowing Thomas to focus fully on the technical side as CTO.”
Steps in growth
The product worked well, so the next step was figuring out how to market it. It takes more than showing off your self-written code to convince potential buyers. However, when pitching, EnginX noticed a growing interest in the product. “When I became CEO, I immediately started looking for financing instruments, such as the Startup Fonds Gelderland, OostNL and the Business Angels Network Nijmegen. We were able to join through Briskr. Having money at hand makes life a lot easier! We can start planning for the future.”
Twelve people now work at EnginX. “I wouldn’t call us a scale-up just yet, but we are getting there! Our growth has taken off. We are happy we can count on support from Mercator Launch, OostNL and Briskr for their network, knowledge and partners. The ecosystem these organizations have built up in Nijmegen and beyond is amazing.”
A household name
Having taken the first steps, EnginX can now look forward. “We want to be a household name for engineers. In fact, with our software, we could do even more to tackle early-phase engineering problems. From energy efficiency and 3D geometry to maintenance and project planning; we want to contribute to it all.”
The company focuses on storming the Dutch market. “We joined the Verenigde Maakindustrie Oost-Nederland (VMO), with 200 affiliated manufacturers in the east of the Netherlands and the GMV with affiliated manufacturers in the food production industry to both understand our market and be able to converse with potential users. And why look abroad for customers when there is still so much to solve in the Netherlands?” According to Saskia.
Join us for a workshop hosted by Avantor, where you’ll learn important information about Safety and Contamination management. Unfortunately this workshop will be rescheduled.
Program:
- 13:00 hrs Registration and walk-in
- 13:30 hrs Start workshop with presentations
- 14:00 hrs 2 Rounds of workshops with practical actions
- 15:00 hrs Break
- 15:30 hrs Second part workshop with presentations
- 16:00 hrs 2 Rounds of workshops with practical actions
- 17:00 hrs End of workshop and networking drinks
Dupont
How to choose the Right Garment to Protect Wearers and Processes
Protective garments in Tyvek® and Tychem®
- How to choose the right garment to safeguard both wearers and processes
- Delve into different barrier materials and their unique performances, such as chemical resistance and linting
- Explore and try on various protective garments to make more informed decisions when selecting the right garment for your needs
Speaker: Steve Marnach is the EMEA Training Manager and critical environments specialist for DuPont Personal Protection, the chemical protective & cleanroom garments business since 2003.
Brady
Optimizing Workplace Safety and Efficiency
Streamline Hazardous Substance Identification, Label Creation, and Sample Traceability
- Ensuring safety in your workspace; Identifying hazardous substances (GHS/CLP)
- Simplify your processes; Label creation with smartphone/tablet
- Keeping track every step of the way enhancing sample traceability
- Working with color, water-soluble labels, and RFID
Speaker: Fearghal Jones has been Territory Sales Manager at Brady Corporation since 2019. Fearghal primarily focuses on product identification solutions for laboratories. With Brady’s RFID technology, Fearghal has further expanded his expertise.
Veltek
Discuss the various aspects of a Proper Cleaning & Disinfection program
Important part of a full circle Contamination Control Strategy (CCS), as outlined in the latest release of Annex 1
- Enhanced cleanliness and hygiene standards
- Reduced risk of contamination and infection
- Compliance with regulatory guidelines and standards
Improved safety for personnel and facilities
Speaker: Peter Koger has been active in the life science industry for over 40 years. For approximately 25 years, Peter has served as a technical resource to the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on environmental monitoring, cleaning & disinfection, gowning, and other aspects of contamination control.
Since 2002, he has been a frequent industry speaker, and since 2004, a faculty member and trainer with the PDA in Europe. Since 2005, Peter has been working for Veltek
Ansell
Discovering the Perfect Protective Gloves: Tailoring selection to your Safety requirements
Crucial due to the hazards associated with inadequate protection, which can lead to injuries, illnesses etc.
- Understand the various standards related to the EN norm
- Learn how to choose the right gloves for your specific requirements
- Determine the level of chemical resistance and cut resistance in gloves
- Get hands-on experience
Speaker Sander Nooij has been working at Ansell since 2009, where he is responsible for the LSCI sector within Ansell Benelux. Sander has 23 years of experience in the PPE sector.
Location
Noviotech Campus, Transistorweg 5, Building M, Meet&Greet, Nijmegen.
Good to know
The workshop is facilitated in English and is free of charge and organised together with Avantor.
This workshop will be rescheduled. The new date for this workshop will follow soon and registration will be re-opened.
You are invited to our Free Webinar, EU-IVDR, two years on! Understanding and effectively using the IVDR transition for successful CE marking on May 28th, 2024.
On 26th May 2022, the IVDR came into force and has been active for two years. At the beginning of this year, the European Commission took further steps to ensure the availability of certain IVDs.
“What does the proposed extension to the IVDR transition mean for manufacturers? How can you adjust your strategy and utilize it to manage the transition time efficiently?”
In the past, I have said, “Don’t take your foot off the gas.” However, a further extension provides more time, so it’s now “Time to change gear.” During the presentation, we will pose the most important questions to ask yourself when revising your strategy and determining which gear to select.
This webinar aims to help you by sharing the following:
- The current state of play
- What is the extension to transitional arrangements and timelines?
- How will this impact the conformity assessment process?
- Revising your strategy
- Opportunities and threats
- How to benefit from the additional time?
The free webinar concludes with a Q&A session. You can submit questions via the registration form, mail them to marketing@qservegroup.com, or ask them during the webinar.
Expand your knowledge
When: 28 May 2024
Time: 17:00 – 18:00 PM CEST | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST | 8:00 – 9:00 AM PST