Amsterdam Academic Ventures

Amsterdam Innovations, Global Impact

Amsterdam Academic Ventures (AAV) builds, supports and funds companies that are based on science from Amsterdam’s knowledge institutes. Our ventures help bridge the gap between academia and society, ensuring that groundbreaking innovations create meaningful impact.

Our portfolio

Meet our most recent ventures

Flowsure

Automating urine output monitoring for hospitalized patients.

OpticsFoundry

Revolutionizing optical circuit manufacturing by offering robotically assembled and modular optical circuit boards that are easy to design, order, and deploy.

InspectT

Enabling standard spectrometers to simultaneously measure both chemical composition and particle size by integrating patented, cost-effective Optical-DOSY flow cells.

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October 13, 2025

In the mediaInvestmentNew venture

‘Invest International’ invests in Plantics to accelerate international scale up

October 7, 2025

In the mediaNew venture

InspectT receives convertible loan from Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland

September 26, 2025

In the mediaNew venture

AviSia Therapeutics receives convertible loan from Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland

About AAV

About Amsterdam Academic Venture

Amsterdam Academic Ventures (AAV) is dedicated to transforming groundbreaking academic research from Amsterdam-based knowledge institutes into successful ventures. AAV builds, supports and invests in spin-offs from the following institutes:

Amsterdam University Medical Center (Amsterdam UMC)

Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (AUAS)

University of Amsterdam (UvA)

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