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Industry Partners

We partner with industry leaders who are eager to engage with emerging technologies, provide real-world context, and co-create impactful solutions.

How can we collaborate?

We are always seeking new partners

Becoming an industry partner

At HighTechXL, we’re building ventures that solve global challenges ,and we can’t do it alone. We partner with industry leaders who are eager to engage with emerging technologies, provide real-world context, and co-create impactful solutions.

By collaborating with us, you play an essential role in shaping ventures from day one. Whether it’s by co-developing use cases, offering deep sector knowledge, or supporting a startup’s first steps into the market, your involvement can be the catalyst that turns promising technology into a scalable business.

We’re looking for forward-thinking partners who are ready to go beyond open innovation. Together, we can transform the future, one venture at a time.

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Criteria

Why choose HighTechXL?

Be part of something bigger

You’ll be part of a purpose-driven ecosystem with global impact.

Access breakthrough technologies

Access IP from CERN, ESA, TNO and other world-class institutions.

Collaboration is easy

We handle venture building,  you contribute expertise and shape real-world use cases.

Access the ecosystem

Engage with a powerful ecosystem of co-founders, corporates, and investors.

Partners

Our industry Partners

*numbers shown are from Q2 2025

Numbers

Our success in numbers

94+

Ventures created

35%

Survival rate

400+

Guiding Experts

25+

Different nationalities

€ 171M

Raised in funding

3000+

New jobs created

Contact

Get in touch

Robin van Scheijndel

Head of Partnerships

Because the world’s greatest challenges demand bold collaboration.

  • We’ll get back to you within 5 working days
  • Get in touch with the right person for the job
  • We’ll happily guide you on how to get involved

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions

As a partner, you become an active participant in building the next generation of Deep-Tech ventures. You can contribute IP, co-develop ventures in strategic domains, get access to new innovation pipelines, collaborate with top entrepreneurial and technical talent. Whether you join as a tech provider, strategic co-creator, or future customer, you’re part of shaping ventures that dress real-world challenges and open new business opportunities

We bring our track record and support to make sure that your business is sustainable. Corporate R&D often faces long timelines, internal hurdles and pressure to deliver short-term results. HighTechXL offers a fast, focused and low-risk alternative, as we operate independently. We build ventures around your technology or aligned market needs with startup speed. This means you get external innovation, market-tested and potentially co-owned, without the red tape.

We focus on deep tech technologies rooted in science and engineering, typically emerging from research institutes, corporates, or universities. We’re especially interested in technologies that can address major global challenges: sustainability, clean energy, health and care, advanced manufacturing, food and water, security, and digital infrastructure. If you have promising IP or a business challenge aligned with these domains, let’s talk.

There are multiple strategic and operational benefits:

  1. Turn dormant or non-core IP into new venture opportunities
  2. Tap into an existing entrepreneuruial ecosystem without building it yourself
  3. Share in the upside through royalties, equity, or partnership models
  4. Learn cutting edge startup methods to refresh your internal innovation mindset and develop talents accordingly
  5. Gain early access to solutions relevant to future markets

Partnerships are tailored to your goals. You can start small, for instance, by contributing technology for scouting, or go deeper and co-create startups with us. Unlike large corporate programs, our model is lean and modular. You only commit resources to ventures that pass critical validation gates, reducing both risk and internal effort.

We work with early-stage technologies that have strong IP and the potential for global impact, typically at Technical Reediness Level (TRL) 3–6. That means the tech is proven in principle or in a lab, and still needs a business model, team, go-to-market strategy and further technological development. We specialize in guiding these innovations through the high-risk, early phases and turning them into scalable companies.

Absolutely. Many of our partners collaborate in other ways: mentoring, offering pilot opportunities, joining the venture building program as strategic advisors, or co-investing in ventures. Some join simply to stay close to early stage innovation and spot opportunities early. If you’re passionate about deep tech and building a better future, there’s a way to get involved. Fill in our contact form.

That’s right in our wheelhouse. Many partners come to us with industry or market challenges, and we help identify or match deep technologies that could lead to startup opportunities. We don’t just build companies around existing IP, we also scout and source technology to solve real-world problems. Bring us your challenge, and we’ll explore the possibilities together.

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