VC investor bases European team at YES!Delft to support deep tech companies
AGAM and YES!Delft intend to operate in close cooperation, by opening up their networks and accelerate future industry leaders. AGAM focuses on early growth (pre Series A) investments in order to help businesses expand internationally. This according to both parties is an underserved segment of the ecosystem. Young companies need significant operational and strategic support in addition to financial investment, that both AGAM and YES!Delft can provide.
“YES!Delft is very pleased to enter into a partnership with AGAM”, says Evert Jaap Lugt, managing director of YES!Delft.
We believe that cooperating with AGAM, thereby sharing best practices with respect to programming, and using their financial and intellectual resources as tech investor, as well as their strong connections in Asia will be very beneficial for our portfolio companies.
“We are very excited about this partnership with YES!Delft to help catalyze and invest in the growth of the Netherlands deep technology ecosystem,” says Sameer Narula, Managing Partner of AGAM. “Our core focus is to position the Netherlands as the ‘launch-pad’ for companies into Asia, and as a ‘landing-pad’ for Asian companies into Europe. Continuing our successful strategy from Asia, we shall work closely with partners like InnovationQuarter, the Netherlands Enterprise Agency and YES!Delft, to help exceptional founders build successful global businesses.”
“InnovationQuarter is happy that the introduction between YES!Delft and AGAM is coming to fruition,” says Rinke Zonneveld, Managing Director of InnovationQuarter. “This collaboration will benefit the companies we work with, both from our investment and foreign investments activities. We look forward to assisting AGAM further on the development of their business in the Netherlands and are very pleased that Delft University of Technology introduced us to each other. We see AGAM as a valuable partner and an addition to our current ecosystem.”