Webinar: Circular Venture Building

The live broadcast of the Webinar: Circular Venture Building at the heart of the circular transition took place on February 7, 2023. You can watch the entire broadcast here.

Startups and scaleups play an important role in the circular transition, but building a circular venture in a linear world comes with many challenges.

Invest-NL worked with Arjan Rensma and Anieke Wierenga to investigate the current state of circular venture building: methodologies, acceleration programs and other support structures. Their finding is that most of the current venture development practice does not deliver what circular ventures need, and in many cases even work against circular principles. So, the question is: Which support enables circular ventures to flourish?

On the 7^th of February, during the week of the Circular Economy, Invest-NL will share the outcomes of the research and host an interactive panel discussion on the opportunities and challenges for Circular Venture Building. We are happy that the following three key players will share their perspective:

• Lindy Hensen (Director and Founder, Tekkoo)
• Marieke Spijkerboer (Director Circular Economy, Ministry of Infrastructure & Water management)
• Rinke Zonneveld (CEO, Invest-NL)