Brainial: The tough road to AI-Powered tender dominance. One of our alumni, Brainial are an AI-powered B2B SaaS startup founded in 2019 by Taco Hiddink and Fedor Klinkenberg (CEO) with the goal of becoming the dominant global platform for tender management. Their software leverages AI to accelerate the time-consuming process of responding to bids and RFPs, automating the manual task of sifting through hundreds of documents.
Huge congratulations to one of our startups, Yasu on securing €850k in funding! 💰
Hydrominds is building the HydroMind Engine—an on-demand, high-resolution modeling platform that delivers ultra-accurate hydrological information for any mountain range globally. The engine's power comes from a hybrid approach: combining advanced physical glacio-hydrological modeling with cutting-edge AI technology.
Benchtop is an AI-powered storytelling platform that transforms children’s drawings into animated stories. The platform acts as a virtual production studio where children take their own drawings and direct them into fully animated, shareable stories. The child remains the creative director, while the AI handles the complex animation and production, making filmmaking accessible to everyone.
We are excited to welcome the Fall 2025 cohort of our Tech Validation Program 🍂 This cohort features a powerful mix of DeepTech and Digital Solutions spanning Healthcare & Diagnostics, Climate & Energy Sustainability, AI-Powered Platforms, Social Connection.
Get ready to meet the Fall 2025 cohort of our Student Validation Program 🍂 This cohort features innovative solutions such as a dating app, new energy storage solutions and a platform for science communicators.
Get ready to meet the Fall 2025 cohort of our Science Validation Program 🍂 We have startups in water resources, carbon capture & conversion, integrative patient care, nanomedicine & drug analysis, precision oncology, and early diagnostics for heart disease.
Are you a creative, collaborative, and eager to learn student with a passion for marketing? You have the opportunity to make this position as challenging as you desire by taking on extra assignments in areas that interest you and are relevant to the incubator.
We are thrilled (but not surprised) to see that several of our startups made it into the 13 Utrecht-based most innovative startups featured in the 2025 KvK Innovation Top 100!