The Hague-based UNIIQ, an investment fund focused on the proof-of-concept phase, announced at the annual event of InnovationQuarter that it is investing a total of €1.4M in four startups.
With this strategic injection, UNIIQ is giving both the young companies and the regional innovation ecosystem a boost.
These startups include:
LYLA
HQ: Delft
Founded in 2025, LYLA is working on digital quality control of radioactive cancer medication. To date, these controls have been performed analogously. This method will make it possible in the future to apply cancer medication more targeted, efficiently, and safely.
Fund utilisation: The company will use funds to expand its team and bring its first product to market. And it doesn’t stop there.
Co-founder Ernst van der Wal says, “Given their experience and network, we believe UNIIQ can help us grow and scale further.”
GenLumina
HQ: Leiden
Founded in 2024, GenLumina is committed to improving care for cancer patients. They are developing a substance that is activated by light and destroys cancer cells without damaging healthy tissue.
Fund utilisation: With the seed capital, GenLumina wants to set up an experimental lab and recruit strategic partners.
Co-founder Donny de Bruin says, “The input from UNIIQ has helped us enormously with our positioning. We have already raised more than € 1 million in financing.”
Secuped
HQ: Leiden
Founded in 2023, Secuped has been working on home monitoring equipment that measures inflammatory responses in the feet of diabetes patients. The technology enables users and healthcare professionals to intervene in time in diabetic foot ulcers.
Fund utilisation: The fund will help Secuped to develop and evaluate a prototype.
Founder & CEO Martijn van de Giessen says, “The investment process with UNIIQ has already led to new insights, valuable contacts, and unforeseen opportunities for funding.”
QHarbor
HQ: Delft
Founded in 2024, QHarbor helps physics research institutions work faster, smarter, and more safely with their experimental data. For example, in experiments with quantum computers.
Fund utilisation: The startup has now completed two pilots and is ready for the next step.
Co-founder Stephan Philips says, “With the seed capital from UNIIQ, we can bring our technology to the market and further develop our platform into the standard for data storage in physics research.”
In addition to investing capital, UNIIQ offers strategic support in the areas of positioning, follow-up financing, and collaborations with both companies and knowledge institutions at home and abroad.
UNIIQ: Focused on “proof-of-concept”
UNIIQ is a €50M investment fund focused on the “proof-of-concept” phase. UNIIQ assists entrepreneurs in South Holland in bringing their innovative ideas to market more quickly.
The fund is managed by a team of investment specialists, including Innovation Quarter, Leiden University, Erasmus MC, and TU Delft.
Since 2021, the company has committed resources to Early Phase Financing (VFF), and an application for VFF is made using its proven investment methodology.
“These four startups show how science, courage, and entrepreneurship come together in South Holland. With our investment, we not only want to accelerate technology, but especially the impact these companies can make on health and deeptech/data innovation,” says Jasper Geselschap, Fund Manager UNIIQ.
