🎓 Startup Pitch Day: Meet our graduating startups on June 18 🎉
On June 18, we’re celebrating three cohorts of founders who’ve been heads-down building their startups. We’re throwing open the doors at UtrechtInc for an evening of startup pitches, fresh ideas, and free drinks, and we’d love for you to join us.
From cognitive safety runtimes and AI agent infrastructure to mycelium-based composters and CO2 conversion, the diversity of innovation this year is great.
📅 Wednesday, June 18
⏰ 4:00 PM
📍 UtrechtInc
🎟️ Free to attend. Sign up here.
The cohorts graduating:
Fall 2025 — Science
Hydrominds Walter Immerzeel, Sonu Khanal, Arthur Lutz, Philip Kraaijenbrink
Hydrological intelligence platform combining physical modelling and AI to deliver high-resolution water and disaster data for mountain regions. Designed to improve resource management and climate resilience worldwide.
Lipidara Markus Weingarth, Maria Suero
Nanomedicine optimization platform providing advanced lipid analysis and characterization services. Enables more efficient development of RNA-based therapies through deeper insight into delivery systems.
Curadose Marnix Lam, Sander Poelert and Rijk de Jong
Cloud-based dosimetry service enabling personalized cancer treatment planning for hospitals. Simplifies complex processes to deliver safer, more precise dosing for every patient.
Revelta Diagnostics Tim Sakkers
Blood-based diagnostic solution for early detection of heart disease, with a focus on conditions affecting women. Improves timely diagnosis and supports better cardiovascular outcomes.
Spring 2026 — Tech
Neurobian Andrea Gasperini
A system to detect and alert early cognitive risk situations, supporting families and caregivers at institutions.
Tagetto Pieter Snelder
An AI-powered deal origination and pipeline platform for M&A professionals. Rather than a static database, it continuously enriches information to create an interactive Market Map that tracks pipelines.
Abakino Sohail Afiat
Makes using a graphing calculator as easy as writing on paper. STEM teachers can graph functions, solve equations, and create animations using handwriting and natural gestures on a whiteboard.
VlinderAI Ashwin Bilgi
“WordPress, for AI agents” — helping engineering teams go live with useful, reliable AI agents in minutes.
OmicEdge Ian Simms & Jille van der Togt
A multi-omic health assessment, tracking, and lifestyle modification guidance system.
Spring 2026 — Student
Un’i
All-inclusive educational software that brings together the three main phases of group projects: formation, project management, and peer review.
NUTRIBLOOM
A taste-modifying kit — combining a bitter- and sour-taste receptor-deactivating pill with a scent pod — to make unpalatable supplements more enjoyable for PKU patients.
Afterlight
An AI-powered marketplace connecting DJs and promoters, optimizing event lineups through data-driven recommendations.
MicroDex
An AI-assisted platform that designs and delivers custom microbial consortia, replacing chemical and energy-intensive industrial processes with sustainable biological solutions.
NIS2 GUARD
SaaS dashboard software with automated cloud scans that enables European organizations to achieve and maintain NIS2 compliance, without expensive consultants.
Fungio
Using non-pathogenic fungi to deliver targeted cancer therapies within tumor microenvironments.
PrivateDen
A platform enabling milestone-based capital deployment through contracts, connecting investors with companies.
MyComposter
Regenerative indoor products from mycelium-based materials, starting with a kitchen compost bin that purifies air and returns nutrients to the soil.
QuberryAI
A market intelligence engine for deep-tech companies, analyzing research data to identify where technical limitations exist and helping sharpen commercial and R&D strategy.
TorxFlow
Combining AI voice, workshop operations, and legacy system integration to automate the administrative side of vehicle repair — from inbound requests to parts comparison, planning, and work order flow.
Budgio
A web platform that makes institutional budgets accessible and participatory, turning complex financial documents into interactive dashboards where teams can simulate allocations and track how approved investments are implemented.
Join us for an informal and interactive Toastie Talk with Marc van den Berg, from the SME desk at the RVO, as he talks about the RVO services.
As innovators, your ideas are valuable, but how do you make sure they’re truly yours, and protect them from being copied? This workshop gives you the practical tools to understand and safeguard your intellectual property (IP).
