# Manufacturing investors in Benelux (2026 list)

> 52 manufacturing investors in Benelux, 79% active in the last 12 months. Led by EIC Accelerator, Seed Capital, European Investment Bank.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/lists/manufacturing-investors-in-benelux (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Manufacturing investors in Benelux

Updated 7 November 2026

Firms observed backing a manufacturing company in Benelux in the last two years, wherever the firm is based.

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**52** investors on the list *+4* this week

**493** cheques in 12 months *-15%* against the market

**$8.3M** median round they joined *+3%* against the market median

**79%** wrote a cheque in 12 months

**46%** have led a round

## The Top 25

Ordered by cheques observed, never by anything anyone paid for

Deploying now (23)

- 1 [EIC Accelerator](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eic-accelerator) *Deploying now* Government · European Union **875** **$4.3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 2 [Seed Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/seed-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Denmark **347** **$4M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 3 [European Investment Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-investment-bank) *Deploying now* Government · Luxembourg **246** **$37M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 4 [360 Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/360-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · France **167** **$7.8M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 5 [Luminate](https://millionrounds.com/fund/luminate-accelerator) *Deploying now* Accelerator · United States **127** **$5.3M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 6 [Rabobank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rabobank) *Deploying now* Corporate VC · Netherlands **122** **$3.2M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 7 [PMV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pmv) *Deploying now* Government · Belgium **85** **$3.6M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 8 [Capricorn Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · Belgium **84** **$8.3M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 9 [BOM](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bom) *Deploying now* VC firm **68** **$5.6M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 10 [UNIIQ](https://millionrounds.com/fund/uniiq-finance-for-the-future) *Deploying now* Government · Netherlands **61** **$408K** median round **May 2026** last seen
- 11 [EQT Life Sciences](https://millionrounds.com/fund/eqt-life-sciences) *Deploying now* VC firm · Netherlands **60** **$50M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 12 [Faber](https://millionrounds.com/fund/faber) *Deploying now* VC firm · Portugal **59** **$3.7M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 13 [Hitachi Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hitachi-ventures) *Deploying now* Corporate VC · Germany **59** **$31M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 14 [InnovationQuarter](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-quarter) *Deploying now* Government · Netherlands **52** **$5.5M** median round **Jun 2026** last seen
- 15 [OostNL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oost-nl) *Deploying now* VC firm · Netherlands **52** **$3.5M** median round **Aug 2026** last seen
- 16 [Innovation Industries](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-industries) *Deploying now* VC firm · Netherlands **44** **$16M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 17 [Qbic Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/qbic-fund) *Deploying now* VC firm · Belgium **40** **$7M** median round **Jul 2026** last seen
- 18 [Keen Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/keen-venture-partners) *Deploying now* VC firm · Netherlands **35** **$9.6M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 19 [Invest-NL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invest-nl) *Deploying now* Private equity · Netherlands **16** **$35M** median round **Nov 2026** last seen
- 20 [Innovation Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/innovation-fund) quiet VC firm · Belgium **14** **$8.1M** median round **Mar 2025** last seen
- 21 [imec.xpand](https://millionrounds.com/fund/imec-xpand) *Deploying now* VC firm · Belgium **10** **$13M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 22 [Brabant Development Agency (BOM)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/brabant-development-agency-bom) *Deploying now* VC firm · Netherlands **8** **$11M** median round **Oct 2026** last seen
- 23 [forward.one](https://millionrounds.com/fund/forward-one) *Deploying now* VC firm · Netherlands **8** **$16M** median round **Sept 2026** last seen
- 24 [Industrya](https://millionrounds.com/fund/industrya) quiet Accelerator · Belgium **7** **$2.3M** median round **Oct 2025** last seen
- 25 [Torus Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/torus-capital) *Deploying now* VC firm · Belgium **7** **$2.2M** median round **Jan 2026** last seen

**27 more on this list**

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## The Newest Cheques

Rounds this list's investors joined most recently

- **5** Nov **[Return](https://millionrounds.com/company/return)** Debt · $936M *With* [Rabobank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rabobank)
- **5** Nov **[Quint Computing](https://millionrounds.com/company/quint-computing)** Series A · $10M *With* [Faber](https://millionrounds.com/fund/faber)
- **5** Nov **[VÆRIDION](https://millionrounds.com/company/v-ridion)** Series A · $34M *Led by* [Invest-NL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/invest-nl)
- **4** Nov **[Supa](https://millionrounds.com/company/supa)** Seed · $28M *With* [Actia Capital Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/actia-capital-partners)
- **3** Nov **[Scatec](https://millionrounds.com/company/scatec)** Debt · $217M *With* [European Investment Bank](https://millionrounds.com/fund/european-investment-bank)
- **3** Nov **[Noak](https://millionrounds.com/company/noak)** Seed · $5.6M *With* [Helios Foundation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/helios-foundation)

## Stages This Year

423 rounds

- Venture **24%**
- Seed **18%**
- Series A **15%**
- Debt **10%**
- Grant **10%**
- Other **23%**

## What They Backed

Sectors, last 12 months

- AI **80**
- Biotech **66**
- Healthcare **45**
- Energy **34**
- Cleantech **24**
- Manufacturing **21**

## Cheques by Quarter

Led Joined

173 Q1 25

141 Q2 25

145 Q3 25

167 Q4 25

153 Q1 26

141 Q2 26

109 Q3 26

31 Q4 26

The last bar is the quarter still running.

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## Reading for founders in industrial and manufacturing

- The British Industrial Revolution in Global Perspective Robert C. Allen · 2009 3.99 from 277 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing About the book Why did the industrial revolution take place in eighteenth-century Britain and not elsewhere in Europe or Asia? In this convincing new account Robert Allen argues that the British industrial revolution was a successful response to the global economy of the seventeenth and… On AmazonListen on Audible
- Made in the USA: The Rise and Retreat of American Manufacturing Vaclav Smil · 2013 3.77 from 518 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book In Made in the USA, Vaclav Smil powerfully rebuts the notion that manufacturing is a relic of predigital history and that the loss of American manufacturing is a desirable evolutionary step toward a pure service economy. Smil argues that no advanced economy can prosper without… On AmazonListen on Audible
- PRODUCT DESIGN+DEVELOPMENT >IN Karl T. Ulrich · 1994 4.00 from 482 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Company building About the book This book presents a set of product development techniques aimed at bringing together the marketing, design, and manufacturing functions of the enterprise. It treats issues such as identifying customer needs, design for manufacturing, prototyping, and industrial design. On AmazonListen on Audible
- The Most Powerful Idea in the World: A Story of Steam, Industry, and Invention William Rosen · 2010 3.93 from 1,401 ratings on Goodreads Industrial and manufacturing Innovation Company building About the book If all measures of human advancement in the last hundred centuries were plotted on a graph, they would show an almost perfectly flat line, until the eighteenth century, when the Industrial Revolution would cause the line to shoot straight up, beginning an almost uninterrupted… On AmazonListen on Audible

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## Quick answers about manufacturing investors in Benelux

### Who are the most active manufacturing investors in Benelux?

By cheques observed, the most active are EIC Accelerator, Seed Capital, European Investment Bank, 360 Capital and Luminate.

### How many manufacturing investors in Benelux are there?

52 are on record. 79% made an investment in the last 12 months and 46% have led a round.

### Which stages do manufacturing investors in Benelux back?

Of the rounds with a named stage in the last 12 months, mostly Seed (25%) and Series A (21%).

### How big are the rounds manufacturing investors in Benelux join?

The typical (median) round among the leading investors here is $7M.

### Which sectors do manufacturing investors in Benelux back most?

In the last 12 months, mostly AI, Biotech and Healthcare.

### Which manufacturing investors in Benelux lead the most rounds?

Capricorn Partners (19 led), EIC Accelerator (9 led) and 360 Capital (6 led).

### Where are manufacturing investors in Benelux based?

Among the most active, most are based in the Netherlands (10), Belgium (7) and European Union (1).

### What have manufacturing investors in Benelux invested in recently?

Recent rounds include Return (Debt, Nov 2026, with Rabobank), Quint Computing (Series A, Nov 2026, with Faber) and VÆRIDION (Series A, Nov 2026, with Invest-NL).

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