Founded in 1805 in Geneva, the Pictet Group is today one of Europe’s largest privately held banks and the leading independent asset management specialist in Europe, with CHF 528 billion in assets under management and custody. Pictet has 4,300 employees with a global presence of 27 offices. Pictet has been our partner for the last 8 years and we have together organised +30 events in 4 different tracks and 6 Tech Tour Growth Summits.

Rotterdam welcomes entrepreneurs, corporations, and investors who are keen to seize the future. Daring to push the limits, and the longing for growth, are written into the city’s DNA. Rotterdam reinvented itself in the past and is doing it again. With the emphasis on innovation and a can-do approach, things happen in Rotterdam that can’t happen anywhere else. Rotterdam is a valuable partner for the market because it offers a short time-to-market. The city is gearing up to offer you high-level service. Investing in accessibility and the logistical quality of region remains a priority.It also offers access to relevant networks of business partners and knowledge centres and the public/private innovation and development funds relating to them. The improvement of living conditions and social climate is also high on the agenda of the city of Rotterdam.This is achieved by developing quality housing in extension areas, in the city centre and near the riverbanks. Rotterdam World Port, World City.

Clean Tech Delta (CTD) is a privately driven cooperation of internationally operating companies, knowledge institutions and local governments. Our private partners take the lead in recognising and developing new clean tech business. Local governments facilitate this cooperation. As a business minded triple helix organisation, officially established in May 2013, we form a new type of public-private partnership in order to realise new business for our members and attract new funding. We believe that clean tech is the key to adapt to and create a new economy. Using the region as an Urban Living Lab, a place where newly applied clean tech solutions can be tested, we can share the solutions and apply them, on a large(r) scale, abroad. Our ambition is to strengthen the clean tech cluster in our region and to make a significant contribution to the regional economy. In 2020 our cluster will count 4.000 companies, SME’s and start-up’s, which will provide 50.000 jobs.

We believe that entrepreneurs provide the key to ensuring the transition to clean, renewable energy. ENERGIIQ, the Zuid-Holland Energy Innovation Fund offers a wide range of financing instruments that help us to create the right conditions to maximize the growth opportunities of your innovative company. With the fund, we invest in companies that are ready to commercialize their proven energy innovation, resulting in either CO2 reduction or a headquarter, R & D or production site in South Holland. ENERGIIQ, with a size of € 35 million, was made available by the Province of Zuid-Holland with the aim of accelerating the energy transition in the region. InnovationQuarter is the contact point for ENERGIIQ as administrator. As a regional development company for South Holland, we, with our experienced investment team, can add significant value to professional decision making, independent investment committee and access to a substantial network of reputable co-investors, (knowledge) partners and entrepreneurs as a participant

nnovationQuarter is the regional development agency for West Holland. InnovationQuarter finances innovative and fast-growing companies, assists international companies in establishing their businesses in West Holland, and facilitates (international) collaboration between innovative entrepreneurs, knowledge institutes and government. In this way, and in cooperation with the business community, InnovationQuarter supports the development of West Holland to become one of the most innovative regions in Europe. The InnovationQuarter investment fund - which currently consists of € 80 million committed capital - offers venture capital to young technology companies and SMEs with growth plans in the region to bring new innovations to market. Through the fund, InnovationQuarter can raise the regional economy to a higher level. InnovationQuarter is an initiative of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, the Province of South Holland, the Cities of Rotterdam, The Hague, Leiden, Delft, Drechtsteden, Westland and Zoetermeer, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Leiden University, the Leiden University Medical Center and Erasmus Medical Centre and Foundation HEID (Holding Fund for Economic Investment The Hague).

Maritime Delta is an alliance of companies, government agencies and educational institutions in the Maritime Delta, the area of Maasvlakte to Gorinchem and Werkendam. Together they cooperate to further strengthen the maritime sector.

The port of Rotterdam is Europe’s largest sea port. The port owes its leading position to its outstanding accessibility for sea-going vessels. The port is the gateway to the European market of more than 350 million consumers and one of the most important junctions of good flows of the world. The annual throughput is about 470 million tonnes of freight. The objective of the Port of Rotterdam Authority is to enhance the port’s competitive position as a logistics hub and world-class industrial complex. Not only in terms of size, but also with regard to quality. The Port Authority is therefore leading the transition to sustainable energy and it is committed to digitalisation in order to make the port, and the supply chain, more efficient. The core tasks of the Port Authority are to develop, manage and exploit the port in a sustainable way and to deliver speedy and safe services for shipping.

The European Investment Bank is the lending arm of the European Union. We are the biggest multilateral financial institution in the world and one of the largest providers of climate finance. We help the economy, create jobs, promote equality and improve lives for EU citizens and for people in developing countries. The EIB Group has two parts: the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund. The EIF specialises in finance for small businesses and mid-caps. We have more than 60 years' experience and expertise in project financing. Headquartered in Luxembourg, we have a network of local and regional offices in Europe and beyond.

The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU) is a unique public private partnership supporting research, technological development and demonstration activities in fuel cell and hydrogen energy technologies in Europe. Its aim is to accelerate the market introduction of these technologies, realising their potential as an instrument in achieving a carbon-clean energy system. The FCH JU’s has pioneered new developments in FCH technology and brought many of them to the cusp of commercialisation. Market uptake from public authorities, major companies and citizens alike has boosted confidence in these clean technologies, establishing hydrogen as a cornerstone of Europe’s energy transition. The FCH JU has also been instrumental in supporting and forging synergies amongst innovative European SMEs and start-ups, whose productivity and competitiveness benefit all. The leverage effect has been very important – with public money triggering additional private investment. The members of the FCH JU are the European Commission, the industry represented by Hydrogen Europe and the research community represented by Hydrogen Europe Research.