How Sharing Rejected Candidates is Reshaping Recruitment in Finance

Brussels, Friday 13 March 2026
With 97.8% of applications rejected, HR platform Huggy is partnering with BNP Paribas to share unsuccessful candidates across the finance sector, drastically reducing costs and retaining local talent.

Bridging the Trans-Atlantic Divide: Professor Guadeloupe Accepts Kingdom Relations Chair in Amsterdam

Dutch AI Firm Wonderful Reaches $2 Billion Valuation Just Months After Initial Funding

Netherlands Announces €11.3 Million Funding Round to Support Global Innovation

Japan's PayPay Secures $880 Million in the Largest US Public Listing in a Decade

Record Funding Boom Propels Dutch Life Sciences Startups Ahead of Europe

Leiden, Thursday 12 March 2026
Dutch life sciences startups secured over €400 million in 2025, a remarkable 70% surge that significantly outpaces the European average, driven by pioneering medical innovations.

AI Breakthrough Offers New Hope for Personalised Pancreatic Cancer Treatment

Alumni Capital to Accelerate Wageningen Agrifood Innovations

uniQure Faces US Securities Lawsuit

Rapid Adoption of Novo Nordisk’s Weight Loss Pill Signals Market Shift

Fastned Secures €232 Million to Accelerate European Electric Vehicle Charging Expansion

Amsterdam, Friday 13 March 2026
Highlighting strong investor confidence, Fastned secured a €232 million capital injection this March to rapidly expand its European electric vehicle charging network to 1,000 stations by 2030.

Kennispark Twente’s 2035 Masterplan: Building the High-Tech Heart of the Netherlands

Joby Aviation Launches Flight Trials for First Commercial Electric Air Taxi

Dutch Robotics Firm Secures €60 Million to Automate Global Blood Collection

EU Pledges €200 Million for Next-Generation Nuclear Power Amid Major Policy Shift

New Dutch Financial Safety Net Promises to Unlock Billions for Green Energy

Amsterdam, Thursday 12 March 2026
Amidst releasing strategic oil reserves to curb immediate price spikes, the Netherlands is developing a state-backed financial safety net where every €1 unlocks €60 for long-term renewable energy projects.

Dutch Government Commits €50 Million to Decarbonise Europe's Largest Biorefinery

Biotech Innovator Smobya Secures Funding to Scale Sustainable Materials in Venlo

RIFT Raises €114 Million to Deploy First Commercial Iron Fuel Production Facility

EU Member States Finalise Diluted Supply Chain Oversight Regulations

Lightwave Logic and Tower Semiconductor Partner to Revolutionise High-Speed Microchips

Eindhoven, Thursday 12 March 2026
Lightwave Logic and Tower Semiconductor have partnered to develop ultra-fast, energy-efficient microchips. This strategic alliance targets the booming artificial intelligence sector whilst intensifying global competition for European technology hubs.

TIER IV Joins Belgium's imec to Pioneer Open Hardware for Autonomous Vehicles

Netherlands Inaugurates €172 Million Pilot Facility to Pioneer Light-Based Microchip Production

China Rejects EU Industrial Act, Sparking Uncertainty for European Tech Investors

Smart Photonics launches expansion to secure European chip independence