Eindhoven, Netherlands – May 2025 — Dutch deep-tech startup FononTech, a spin-off from TNO’s Holst Centre, has secured €8.5 million in seed funding to scale its proprietary Impulse Printing™ technology — a breakthrough process for 3D interconnects in semiconductor and display manufacturing. The round was led by Sake Bosch (founder of Prime Ventures) and included participation from Innovation Industries, Brabant Development Agency (BOM), TNO, SHIFT Invest, and EIC Accelerator grant funding. The new funding brings FononTech’s total capital raised to approximately €11 million, following a €2.3M round in 2023. 📌 Funding Summary Company: FononTech (Eindhoven, Netherlands) Round: €8.5M Seed (May 2025) Focus: Dry nano-printing for semiconductor and display interconnects Total Raised: ~€11M Lead Investor: Sake Bosch (Prime Ventures) 🚀 Technology: Impulse Printing™ for...

“30-40% of a company’s IT infrastructure isn’t even known by security teams”. Therefore, startups have appeared that simulate broad-based cyber-attacks. One such startup is Netherlands & UK-based Hadrian, which offers a SaaS platform for large-scale “pen testing”: scanning companies entire IT infrastructure (from outside-in), with its AI models mimicking a hackers creativity, to identify & remedy digital threats & attack vectors (also known as “attack surface management” or “cyber risk mapping”). As such, Hadrian competes in the US with Randori (acq. by IBM), RiskIQ (acq. by Microsoft), Palo Alto Networks (with their Cortex product) & CyCognito (<€150m) & in Europe with likes of Egerie (FR) (<€30m). Hadrian currently employees 60 people & the new funds...