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 Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap
  • Vereniging Hogescholen
Faculty of Impact — researchers building ventures

Application Funnel

All cohorts (cumulative)

64,274
Visitors via recruitment mailingCohort 4 only
578
Application kit downloadsCohorts 2 to 4 only
130
Webinar attendeesCohorts 3 and 4 only
119
Applications submitted to NWO
52
NWO selected fellows44% fellows per application

Stages are counted independently; not every applicant attends a webinar. Applications are counted per project and selected fellows per person (some fellows apply as a duo).

Summed across 4 cohorts, using only the cohorts that tracked each stage. “Not tracked” means no data exists for that stage. Funnel width is on a logarithmic scale.

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

26

50% incorporation rate

Total Funding Raised

€92.2M

€56.7M dilutive · €35.6M non-dilutive

Paying Customers

19

11 fellows with customers

Total FTE

172.7

3.3 avg per fellow

IP / License Deals

19

37% of fellows

Milestone Pipeline

All cohorts (cumulative)

100%

Accepted

52/52

50%

Incorporated

26/52

56%

Market validation

29/52

50%

Team hires

26/52

71%

External funding

37/52

21%

Paying customer

11/52

13%

First product

7/52

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

Ventures from Faculty of Impact

All cohorts (cumulative) · 21 companies

ATA Mute

ATA Mute

Cohort 1
Aurelius Therapeutics
Cohort 2
Beyond Weather

Beyond Weather

Cohort 1
Biofire Polymer
Cohort 3
CarbonsAI
Cohort 1
Constellate Proteomics
Cohort 2
DXcrete

DXcrete

Cohort 2
Hydra Peck
Cohort 3
Incircular

Incircular

Cohort 2
iProtics

iProtics

Cohort 2
JAMA Tx

JAMA Tx

Cohort 2
Lightcore
Cohort 1
Lumox

Lumox

Cohort 2
MicroBioLogicals
Cohort 3
Nano Hybrids

Nano Hybrids

Cohort 2
Ore Energy

Ore Energy

Cohort 1
Plain Medical

Plain Medical

Cohort 2
Syntric Medical

Syntric Medical

Cohort 2
Tolvac Therapeutics

Tolvac Therapeutics

Cohort 2
Useeble

Useeble

Cohort 1
Vibrotwist

Vibrotwist

Cohort 1

Fellows

All cohorts (cumulative) · 52 active participants

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