Firms

ROM Utrecht Region

ROM Utrecht Region is a Dutch regional development and investment organisation established in 2020, operating as ROM Regio Utrecht B.V. It supports innovative companies in Utrecht province and the Gooi and Vechtstreek through venture financing, business development and international expansion. Its investment themes cover life sciences and healthcare, sustainable industry and the built environment, and digital technologies including AI, cybersecurity and immersive technology. It provides early-stage and growth financing through separate funds, typically alongside private investors, and also commits capital to specialist venture funds. Beyond financing, its staff connect entrepreneurs with researchers, public partners and international markets, support innovation programmes and help portfolio companies grow. ROM also manages the Dotslash Utrecht Fund launched in July 2026.

Founded: 2020
Type: Venture capital

Funds2

Dotslash Utrecht Fund2026-07-082026-07-08€5M
Growth-capital fund launched by BORON, ROM Utrecht Region and Rabobank on July 8, 2026, making €5 million available for startups and scaleups from the Dotslash community, companies locating there and UtrechtInc graduates. ROM executes fund management. The fund focuses on health, sustainability and digitalisation and invests through equity or convertible loans; the published €150,000–€500,000 ticket range is not an individual investment.
Startup Innovatie Fonds B.V.——
Established early-stage financing vehicle managed by ROM Utrecht Region for innovative companies in Utrecht province and the Gooi and Vechtstreek. It finances product validation and development alongside private investors. The manager’s annual report identifies this separately incorporated fund as a wholly owned subsidiary. Published loan and equity ticket ranges describe the programme; no new fundraising amount or close date is claimed.

Team

Operations and support

Adinda WoelderinkInvestmentmanager Life Sciences & Health

Afke HagenBusiness Intelligence Adviseur

Andrew BakosBusiness Intelligence Adviseur

André LoogmanSupervisory Board member; Audit Committee chair (2025 annual report; subsequent status unverified)

Anna ElferinkAdviseur Invest Earth Valley

Anne de VriesInternational Business Advisor

Arjan van den BornAlgemeen Directeur

Bart BogaardBusiness Analist Investeren

Bart GeersBusiness Developer Earth Valley

Bart HaaksmanBusiness Developer LSH

Bas AkkersTrade Adviseur Earth Valley

Bas de BruijnInvestmentmanager New Digital Society

Berend CasperBusiness Advisor Trade & Invest New Digital Society

Boris van ’t LandAdviseur Gemeenten

Caroline EekhartHubregisseur

Catherine Peters SengersBestuurssecretaris

Cecile HabetsHR Manager

Chris VearyAI Strateeg

Daan KrekelsVenture Developer

Diana MonissenChair of Supervisory Board; Remuneration Committee member (2025 annual report; subsequent status unverified)

Diana SpijkermanTeam member — Innovation (exact job title unpublished)

Dimitry de VinkEventmanager

Edgard CreemersManager Investeren

Ellen MichelsMarketing & Communicatie adviseur

Ellen PeperSupervisory Board member; Remuneration Committee chair (2025 annual report; subsequent status unverified)

Esther SchaafsmaAdviseur Invest New Digital Society

Evelijn HillebrandBusiness Developer Utrecht Circulair

Frederique ZonnevylleBusiness Developer Innoveren

Hanna GroenStrategisch Adviseur

Hugo VisserBusiness Controller

Irene van de PollInvestmentmanager Life Sciences & Health

Isa VelraedsAnalist

Isabella MagnantiBusiness Intelligence

Jaap BreugemAdviseur Trade & Invest New Digital Society

Jan BoerProjectondersteuner

Jeffrey WilliamsInvestmentmanager New Digital Society

Joep SmalsInvestment Analyst

Joey HorstBusiness Intelligence Lead

Joost van LeurInvestmentmanager

Joyce HoutermanInvestmentmanager Earth Valley

Juliette KuikenBusiness Developer Earth Valley

Juri van DolderenInvestmentmanager Earth Valley

Kjell WeijtsBusiness Intelligence

Lennert MiddelkoopFormer Supervisory Board member; former Audit Committee member

Leo van LoonManager Finance

Linda van de VenInvestmentmanager New Digital Society

Louise SavelkoulBusiness Developer Earth Valley

Maartje DrontmannAdviseur Subsidies

Marc KalfStartup Utrecht Region Lead; Works Council chair (signed June 2026; subsequent status unverified)

Marcel JoachimsthalSupervisory Board member; Vice-chair (2025 annual report; subsequent status unverified)

Marius KonijnAnalist

Mathieu ZekveldBusiness Developer Earth Valley

Matthijs van den HerikBusiness Developer Life Sciences & Health

Mayke van DijkHR-adviseur

Mike VugtsBusiness controller

Mila SchuurmanCommunicatie Adviseur Projecten

Mirjam van 't VeldSupervisory Board member

Nino ZakiInternational Business Advisor

Ottolien DhertBusiness Developer New Digital Society

Paul KievitBusiness Developer LSH

Pauline RoosTeam member — Internationalisation (exact job title unpublished)

Rebiha LamaraManagement Assistent

Reinoud PlantingaProgrammamanager European Digital Innovation Hub Noordwest

Rianne OvereemManager Innoveren

Rick KwekkeboomBusiness Developer

Rob van BeekManager Marketing & Communicatie

Rob WijnkoopFinancial Controller

Ruben van der HorstAdviseur Trade Enterprise Europe Network

Ruud MeijvogelBusiness Developer Earth Valley

Sterre KoornneefMarketing & Communicatieadviseur DigiC

Steyn FredrikzeBusiness Developer Earth Valley

Sultan ÇetinBusiness Developer DigiC

Susan DiepstratenInvestmentmanager

Thijs van BemmelProgrammamanager DigiC

Thijs van den MunckhofInvesteringsmanager Life Sciences & Health

Tom WillebrandtsManager Internationaliseren

Veere LenderingCommunicatie Adviseur Earth Valley & LSH

Wouter FlickSubsidie expert

Yvonne van DijkOfficemanager

Co-investing

Ernij Next

Basetime$— · 2025-07-09

Value Creation Capital

Basetime$— · 2025-07-09

Investments

$—2025-07-09

Basetime

Value Creation Capital, ROM Utrecht Region, Ernij Next

team@apexlogos.ai19 hours ago
Governance follow-up adds six external supervisory identities: five named in the2025 annual report and newly appointed Mirjam van ’t Veld effective January1,2026. Own direct appointment announcement confirms Lennert Middelkoop’s departure; his role is Former, exact last day unknown. Forecast June2026 terms for Loogman and Ellen Peper are not actual departure or reappointment dates; their report roles remain qualified. Diana Monissen and Marcel Joachimsthal also retain report-date qualifications. Legal full names/display aliases are documented; the unproved alias candidate Willemijn Peper is not used. Marc Kalf’s signedJune2026 Works Council chair duty is combined with his current operating role. Current complete named external investment committee remains unrecovered. Issuer-confirmed ROM participation in Basetime round47341 has no disclosed ticket or leadership. Its explicit Startup Innovatie Fonds allocation has exact primary legal-vehicle proof and is preserved in fund sources/Note; no new raise or corpus invented. The parent, subsidiary fund and Dotslash legal GP remain distinct entities.
team@apexlogos.ai19 hours ago
Primary review October 8, 2026. The exact owned-domain manager ROM Utrecht Region is legally ROM Regio Utrecht B.V., KvK 78171717, established in 2020. All 73 current named own-directory staff are represented across investment, innovation, internationalisation, finance, HR, communications, business intelligence and support. Pauline Roos and Diana Spijkerman have published departments but no exact job titles; those roles remain qualified. Personal LinkedIn links come from actual own card hrefs, with query parameters stripped. All 73 names, creation IDs and personal LinkedIn paths were checked against fresh native records; no proven reuse or collision was found. The individual /board-member/ endpoints return homepage content despite HTTP 200, and establish neither biographies nor board appointments. Arjan van den Born is the own current director and signed the June 2026 annual report; the same report identifies sole director Jan Albert van den Born, appointed July 1, 2020. A future appointment term is not an actual end date. The latest annual report publishes five external supervisory board members, with some projected terms already elapsed; these governance roles require status qualifications and will be prepared separately after the manager receipt. An external investment committee is mentioned, but its complete current named roster was not recovered. Separate group subsidiaries and the fund GP are not aliases of the parent. Approximately €100 million current aggregate capital, approximately €18 million deployed in 2025, 52 active holdings and 96 supported rounds are dated activity metrics, not new fundraising. A reported future €26 million capital addition does not prove a new vehicle or exact completed close. Dotslash Utrecht Fund is an actual July 8, 2026 launch with €5 million expressly available; ROM executes management, while its legal GP remains distinct. BORON and Rabobank initiatives do not establish individual company tickets. Basetime financing was announced July 9, 2025 and expressly names ROM Startup Innovatie Fonds; amount, stage, ticket and leadership are unknown. The saved Basetime round is 47341; participation and any fund identity require a separate verified binding. The initial own portfolio queue contains 40 distinct published cards; further pagination and outbound identity research remain pending. A corporate byline alone does not prove employment. Deep Tech Scale-Up Fund is not automatically merged with VCC Deep Tech Fund without exact vehicle proof.