For companies

Scouting for innovation opportunities

For companies that want to innovate in a certain area, Innova Connect offers the possibility to actively identify opportunities that contribute to the success of the intended innovation. These opportunities may consist of contacts with researchers or other partners that are necessary for the intended innovation, and/or of presenting current subsidy schemes.

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For companies

Innovation inspiration session

Ideas for new services and products can often only arise when you dare to let go of the existing and give room to the imagination. Innova Connect supports this process by organizing innovation inspiration sessions for your company or organization. The (latent) needs of your customers are central to the innovation inspiration sessions. The inspiration we offer is based among others on current scientific literature.

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Plant breeding company

Plant breeding company

An SME in plant breeding wanted to know more about the possibilities of marker-based breeding. Together with an external collaboration partner, Innova Connect organized a strategy session in which the possibilities and limitations of selection based on molecular markers were explained. Based on this session, the company started a project that zoomed in on the technical and economic feasibility of molecular markers in the crop concerned.

For companies

Desk research

Sometimes as a company you want to know in a short time what science says about a certain subject, or what the state of the art is in a certain area. This can be part of a market survey or of the decision-making process for new R&D investments. To this end, Innova Connect offers quick scans and desk studies based on scientific literature and other relevant sources.

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Tailored support

Innovation can be erratic and unpredictable. As a company, you enter unknown territory. In that unexplored area, questions sometimes arise that do not fit into a well-defined format. Or you need supervision or support to get the most out of your research or innovation projects. Also in such situations, Innova Connect offers advice and support.

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Advisory Board Pop Vriend Seeds

Advisory Board Pop Vriend Seeds

From 2016 to 2020, Stefan van der Heijden participated in the Advisory Board of the vegetable seed company Pop Vriend Seeds. The activities of the Advisory Board were aimed at supporting the CEO.