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🚀 𝗔𝗦𝗖𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮 𝘄𝗿𝗮𝗽. As a proud founding partner of the Academic Startup Competition, moments like these remind us why we started. ASC is an annual program for the most promising academic ventures from Dutch universities, research institutes, and applied science institutes - designed to accelerate ambitious founders, sharpen their focus, and open doors that were previously closed. Connecting Dutch founders with entrepreneurs, investors, and ecosystem leaders across the Atlantic. 𝐘𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫'𝐬 𝐓𝐨𝐩 10 𝐚𝐭 YES!Delft : 🔹 Aluvia Photonics 🔹 Constellate Proteomics 🔹 Fluxthor 🔹 FrostByte 🔹 modAlgae 🔹 Myriagon 🔹 Puform 🔹 Tolvac Therapeutics 🔹 Twente Medical Optics 🔹 UCANACT The evening featured Constantijn Van Oranje-Nassau, Ingrid Thijssen and Mirjam Van Praag, followed by a founder panel with Lex Hoefsloot and Anne-Marije Zwerver - offering honest insights into what it really takes to build a deeptech company. All brilliantly moderated by Irene Rompa. 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩, 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐢𝐜 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥-𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭. Thank you to Arjan Goudsblom for spearheading this impactful programme, the Team Captains, trainers, speakers, jury members, universities, and ecosystem partners. Six years in - and the next generation of Dutch deeptech is in good hands. 🧡