Faculty of Impact

Impact Dashboard

Real societal impact takes years to surface. Until it does, we track paying customers, team size, and external funding as the clearest near-term proxies.

Supported by

Universiteiten van Nederland, NWO, Techleap.nl, Ministerie van OCW, Vereniging Hogescholen
Faculty of Impact — researchers building ventures

Application Funnel

All cohorts (cumulative)

125,000
Extra visitors during recruiting months
420
Webinar attendees0.3% pass-through
122
Institute-level selection29% pass-through
52
NWO selected fellows43% pass-through

Summed across 4 cohorts. Funnel width is on a logarithmic scale — each stage spans orders of magnitude.

Key Metrics

All cohorts (cumulative) · Paying customers, FTE, and external funding act as proxies for societal impact while ventures are early.

Total Fellows

52

Active participants

Companies Incorporated

13

25% incorporation rate

Total Funding Raised

€18.1M

€5.1M dilutive · €13.0M non-dilutive

Paying Customers

4

3 fellows with customers

Total FTE

52.0

1.0 avg per fellow

IP / License Deals

12

23% of fellows

Milestone Pipeline

All cohorts (cumulative)

100%

Accepted

52/52

25%

Incorporated

13/52

29%

Market validation

15/52

21%

Team hires

11/52

38%

External funding

20/52

6%

Paying customer

3/52

2%

First product

1/52

0%

Exit

0/52

Participating Institutions

All cohorts (cumulative)

AMOLF

AMOLF

1 fellow

Cohort 4: 1
Amsterdam UMC

Amsterdam UMC

1 fellow

Cohort 3: 1
Leiden University

Leiden University

2 fellows

Cohort 2: 1Cohort 4: 1
Leiden University Medical Center

Leiden University Medical Center

1 fellow

Cohort 4: 1
Maastricht University

Maastricht University

2 fellows

Cohort 4: 2
Princess Máxima Center

Princess Máxima Center

1 fellow

Cohort 3: 1
Radboudumc

Radboudumc

2 fellows

Cohort 2: 2
TU Delft

TU Delft

6 fellows

Cohort 1: 4Cohort 2: 1Cohort 3: 1
TU Eindhoven

TU Eindhoven

11 fellows

Cohort 1: 4Cohort 2: 2Cohort 3: 2Cohort 4: 3
UMC Utrecht

UMC Utrecht

3 fellows

Cohort 2: 1Cohort 4: 2
Universiteit van Amsterdam

Universiteit van Amsterdam

8 fellows

Cohort 1: 1Cohort 2: 2Cohort 3: 2Cohort 4: 3
University of Groningen

University of Groningen

1 fellow

Cohort 4: 1
University of Twente

University of Twente

1 fellow

Cohort 4: 1
Utrecht University

Utrecht University

5 fellows

Cohort 2: 3Cohort 3: 1Cohort 4: 1
VU Amsterdam

VU Amsterdam

5 fellows

Cohort 1: 1Cohort 2: 2Cohort 3: 1Cohort 4: 1
Wageningen University & Research

Wageningen University & Research

2 fellows

Cohort 3: 2

Fellows

All cohorts (cumulative) · 52 active participants

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