Cottonwood Technology Fund

Meet?Cottonwood Technology Fund?at these upcoming events (below our latest event calendar, more to follow!) Wed 15 Jan 2025:?MXT Conference (Groningen) Wed 12 Feb 2025:?State of Dutch Tech?Techleap (Den Haag) Wed 19 - Thu 20 Feb 2025:?Tech Tour Photonics 2025??(Brussel) Tue 4 March 2025:?Tech Tour?Growth Europe (Paris) Mon 10 – Fri 14 Mar 2025: Venture Day and?CERAWeek?(Houston) Wed 12 –??Fri 14??March 2025:?Hello Tomorrow?(Paris) Tue 18 - 20 Thu Mar 2025:?GCVI?(MONTEREY, CA) Wed 26 March 2025: OCCIDENT Pitch event (Munich) Wed 26 – Fri 28 March 2025:?National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) Renewable Energy Laboratory?NREL Industry Growth Forum (Denver, Colorado) Wed 02 Apr - Thu 3 Apr 2025:?Invest Southwest?Tempe, AZ? (Mountain America Stadium) Wed 02 Apr – Fri 04 Apr 2025:?0100 Ventures Conferences?Zero One Hundred Conferences?(Amsterdam) Wed??23- Thu 24 April 2025:?Tech Tour?Circular (Gent Belgium) Tue 06 May – Thu 08 May 2025:?SENSOR+TEST?(Nurnberg) Tue 13 – Thu 15 May 2025:?EIT RawMaterials?Summit (Brussels) Tue 13 – Thu 15 May 2025:?Deep Tech Momentum?(Berlin) Mon 19 May – Wed 21 May 2025:?HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds?Days (Berlin) Wed 21 & Thu 22 May 2025:?Upstream Festival?( Zuid Holland) Tue 27 & Wed 28 May: Mashup (Malmo) Mon 2 Jun – Fri 6 Jun 2025:?SuperReturn?event (Berlin) Fri 19 June - Sat 20 June 2025:?TNW Conference?(Amsterdam) Sat 11 Oct 2025: LP Day?Cottonwood Technology Fund?(Military Boekelo) Mon 13 Oct – Wed 15 Oct 2025:?HTVD | HIGHTECH VENTURE DAYS,?HTSB HighTech Startbahn (Dresden) Wed 18 Nov 2025:?Slush?Investors Event (Helsinki) Thu 19 – Fri 20 Nov 2025:?Slush?2025 (Helsinki) Thu 11 Dec 2025:?Ultimate Demo Day?(München) #venturecapital?#investors?#startups?#technology?#deeptech?#innovation?#science?#fundraising?#hardware Alain le Loux David Blivin Lee Rand Patrick Claessen Ytsen van der Meer Sabine Bijker Daan Boekhoudt

Our cleantech portfolio company Infinitum named to Fast Company’s Annual List of the World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2025. Infinitum, creator of the sustainable air-core motor, today announced it has been named to?Fast Company’s prestigious list of the?World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2025, ranking No. 19 overall and No. 1 in the energy category. This year’s list spotlights more than 600 organizations that are setting new standards across 58 sectors of the economy. Infinitum has created a new paradigm for an electric motor that can power the world with less energy and fewer carbon emissions, while promoting repairability and circularity. The company recently doubled its motor deployments for?cooling equipment inside some of the largest AI data centers?— where they consistently reduce energy by upwards of 20%. https://lnkd.in/e2CKe9NM

?? A closed beta for OrangeQS Juice is revealed today at the #APS Global Physics Summit 2025. ?? Join Marlo Kürner, Garrelt Alberts and Thorsten Last for the first public demo of OrangeQS Juice at booth nr 768 at 12pm (noon)! ??OrangeQS Juice is a state-of-the-art ?????????????????? ???????????? ???? ?????????????? ?????????????? ??????????????. It supports quantum computing research and qubit development. ?? OrangeQS Juice will be open-sourced and available for the community by the end of 2025. A closed beta starts with the Advanced Quantum Testbed (AQT) at Berkeley Lab, Chalmers Next Labs, the DiCarlo Lab at QuTech and other leading institutes. ? Learn more about the vision, roll-out and community updates on https://orangeqsjuice.org/ #quantum #quantumchips #testing?#diagnostics #quantumresearch #SCQT?#GRACE #TWPATools #Quantify??#orangeqsrack #OrangeQSFLEX Cottonwood Technology Fund | QDNL Participations | InnovationQuarter | TNO | Techleap

“In the Netherlands, they say no farmers, no food, but probably we should add now no early-stage VCs, no economy.” Cottonwood Technology Fund’s Alain le Loux on Fund IV, why €80M is the right size for their fund, and how they are the only ones willing to invest in deep tech startups.?Read here: https://lnkd.in/gtPVQz2H #SiliconCanals #News #Interview #Partner

????????????????????????????????????????????????our portfolio company?Sencure. They have secured an additional €3.9 million in the Series B2 funding round, bringing them a total B round of €7.9 million. ???More details are here:?https://bit.ly/3FiKZGW

?? Deep tech breakthroughs don’t just happen—they need investors willing to bet on game-changing ideas from the start. Cottonwood Technology Fund is doubling down on its mission to back the world’s most disruptive hard tech startups with the first close of its fourth investment fund. 1?? Expanding Hard Tech Investments – Cottonwood Technology Fund announces the first close of its fourth investment fund, Cottonwood Technology Fund IV, continuing its commitment to early-stage, disruptive hard tech startups. 2?? €80M Target Fund – Following the success of its previous funds, Fund IV aims to back deep tech, IP-driven B2B ventures setting new industry standards. 3?? Strategic Global Focus – Cottonwood continues investing in innovation-driven regions with limited early-stage deep tech capital, specifically in the Southwest United States and Northwest Europe, both known for their strong hard tech ecosystems. 4?? Backing Cutting-Edge Tech – The fund’s previous investments include photonics, semicon, quantum, advanced materials, medical technology, clean energy, advanced manufacturing, and more. 5?? Bridging Two Continents – With over a decade of presence in the Netherlands, Cottonwood facilitates technology transfer between the U.S. and Europe, accelerating cross-border innovation and growth. 6?? Powerful Investor Backing – The first close, backed by Caterpillar Inc. Ventures, NV NOM, Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO), The Merrion Oil & Gas Family, 20+ entrepreneurs & family offices, underscores the growing demand for deep-tech investment with long-term impact. ?? Why It Matters? As traditional VC funding flows towards software, Cottonwood stands out by filling the hard tech funding gap, driving economic impact and a sustainable future. ?? Want to learn more? Get in touch to explore how we support deep tech innovation.

Our portfolio company Flexiramics developed flexible ceramics. A new novel material with no competition; they are the only company in the world that can produce this unique material. In summary: ? Innovative Material: A flexible ceramic microfiber non-woven material that combines ceramic durability with non-woven flexibility. ? Dual Functionality: Can serve as standalone filtration media or as performance-enhancing layers in multi-layer filtration systems. ? High Porosity & Thin Profile: Features a highly porous structure (>90%) and ultrathin profile (130 microns) for efficient filtration with minimal pressure drop. ? Enhanced Filtration Efficiency: Narrow pore size distribution allows for superior fine particulate capture, suitable for specialized filtration applications. ? High Thermal & Chemical Stability: Operates reliably at temperatures up to 800°C and resists harsh chemicals, ideal for extreme environments. ? Flexible & Processable: Can be shaped into pleatable and complex forms, making it useful for compact, low-pressure filtration systems. ? Customizable Surface Properties: Can be modified with sizing agents or catalytic coatings for optimized filtration and catalytic action in industrial applications. ? Versatile Industrial Applications: Well-suited for hot gas filtration, mist filtration, aggressive gas separation, and high-temperature process filtration.

Cottonwood Technology Fund is pleased to announce its new investment in Keiron Printing Technologies. Cottonwood Technology Fund recently invested € 1.5 Million in?Keiron. The investment is an extension of DeepTechXL and TNO's seed round. Keiron, founded in 2019 as a spin-off from TNO Holst Centre, where the project began in 2012, is backed by strategic partnerships with industry leaders such as ASML, TNO, Holst Centre, and VDL TPB Electronics. ? Keiron is revolutionizing the Surface Mount Technology (SMT) industry with its groundbreaking Laser-Induced Forward Transfer (LIFT) technology. It delivers a fully digital, contactless printing solution that eliminates the limitations and compromises of traditional stencil and jet printing. By combining precision, efficiency, and flexibility, Keiron sets a new electronics manufacturing standard.

?????????? ???????? ?????? ???????????????? ???? ??????????????! 1?? Our high-performance, low-power AFE, ADC, and DSP position us to make a significant impact in the medical device industry. 2?? We connected with new potential leads interested in the technology and strengthened relationships with existing customers and partners. 3?? The rise of EEG in consumer applications such as in-ear devices, sleep trackers, and mental health tools presents an exciting opportunity. 4?? As we explore innovations such as textile-integrated electrodes for ECG and EMG, we are more inspired than ever about the future of wearables. We look forward to meeting you at the next event! #Sencure #CES #HollandPavilion #NLatCES #ChipTechnology #Microchip #WearableTechnology #ChipIntegration #Wearables #RemoteMonitoring #EEG #ECG #EMG Consumer Technology Association | CES | ChipTech Twente | MedTech Twente | Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in the USA | Netherlands | Netherlands Point of Entry | Netherlands Foreign Investment Agency | Kennispark Twente

Cottonwood Technology Fund''s portfolio company Infinitum developed a heavy-duty PCB-stator motor which is ‘up to 25% more efficient’. In total the company raised almost $400 Million in capital. Infinitum claims that its new heavy-duty air-core motors are up to 25% more efficient than conventional motor and drives Infinitum , the US manufacturer of air-core electric motors, has unveiled a heavy-duty motor with a built in variable-speed drive (VSD) for demanding HVAC fan and pump applications, which it claims is up to 25% more efficient, as well as being 50% lighter and 60% shorter, than conventional motor-and-drive combinations. Other claimed benefits of the new motors are that: ?? Customers can specify a motor to meet an application’s precise power and speed requirements, thus reducing the power needed per motor, and freeing up a site’s electrical infrastructure for other uses. ?? The motors support a choice of communications protocols, including Modbus RTU, BACnet MSTP and analogue. ?? Built-in electronics and control software allow users to configure and fine-tune the motor’s operational parameters, while monitoring its performance, carbon emissions, energy consumption, heat and vibration. ?? The motors’ modular design makes repairs quick and simple. ?? A compact form factor optimises space, reduces the need for wiring, and facilitates direct mounting to pump applications, increasing efficiencies by 10-15%, according to Infinitum.