12/12/2022

Invest-NL can contribute to societal transitions, but not in all cases.

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On 8 December, the Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate presented the interim evaluation of Invest-NL, conducted by Dialogic in collaboration with Prof. Peter Roosenboom (RSM-EUR), to the Eerste and Tweede Kamer (Dutch Senate and House of Representatives) and accompanied by a policy response.

Invest-NL in brief:

With the establishment of Invest-NL at the end of 2019, the Netherlands (re)gained a national financing and development institution, also known as a National Promotional Institution (NPI). According to the Authorization Act Invest-NL, Invest-NL aims to contribute to financing and implementing societal transition challenges by companies and to provide access to business financing when the market fails to do so. Invest-NL has a Financing Task and a Development Task, respectively housed in the private enterprises Invest-NL Capital and Invest-NL Business Development.

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