Jurgen Eck
Senior Investment Manager
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- Full Name
- Jurgen Eck
- Firm
- Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM)
- Firm Type
- Public regional development organization / venture investor
- Investment Stage
- Startup and scale-up financing, including seed and Series A readiness
- Check Size
- €200,000 to €5 million
- Target Company Profile
- Scalable startups and scale-ups with growth potential, a strong link to Brabant, and technology that addresses major societal challenges
- Sector Focus
- Key Technologies; Deeptech; AI-Tech; Climate Tech; decentralized energy; plant-based/circular economy; Medtech; Lifesciences; Healthtech
- Geographic Focus
- Brabant / North Brabant, Netherlands, with international growth support
- Location
- Tilburg, Netherlands
Background
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BOM, the Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij, is a public implementation organization founded in 1983 by the Province of North Brabant and the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs, which remain its shareholders. BOM says it supports entrepreneurs with capital, expertise, and a global network, combining ecosystem development, investing, and internationalization.
BOM describes itself as one of the most active startup investors in the Netherlands, investing with its own funds and alongside more than 150 co-investors. Its investment activity is aimed at scalable startups and scale-ups with a strong Brabant link, using patient public capital, sector expertise, and venture development programs.
Investment Thesis & Focus
- BOM invests in “schaalbare start- en scale-ups met groeipotentie en een sterke link met Brabant” — scalable startups and scale-ups with growth potential and a strong link to Brabant.
- Check sizes are €200,000 to €5 million; BOM states that it takes minority positions only, with ownership never above 49%.
- BOM’s stated investment horizon is 3 to 7 years, and it targets market-conform returns.
- Key Technologies focus: deeptech and AI-Tech, including fundamental hardware, low-level software, AI infrastructure and application-layer products, and scalable, defensible product companies.
- Climate Tech focus: decentralized and renewable energy, plant-based solutions, circular-economy models, CO2 reduction, and energy-transition ventures.
- Medtech & Life Sciences focus: medical devices, diagnostics, therapies, and healthtech products that make care more accessible.
- BOM emphasizes patient capital plus active support: venture development programs, hands-on guidance, market validation, product development, partner mobilization, and access to co-investors.
Notable Investments
- BBLeap — Precision-spraying agriculture technology company; raised a €5 million round in March 2026 with BOM as an existing early investor.
- Konekti — AI/process-intelligence startup automating data transformation for digital twins; raised a €1.2 million seed round in October 2025 with BOM participation.
- ShanX Medtech — Eindhoven medtech startup developing faster antibiotic diagnostics; raised a €15 million seed round with BOM among investors.
- SandGrain — Deeptech IoT-security company; raised a €13.5 million Series A with BOM participation.
- Relement — Green-chemistry company producing non-fossil chemicals for coatings; raised €5.4 million with BOM among investors.
- Acerta Pharma — Oncology and autoimmune-disease drug developer listed in BOM’s portfolio.
- Carbyon — Direct-air-capture equipment company listed in BOM’s portfolio.
- Salvia BioElectronics — Neuromodulation therapy company listed in BOM’s portfolio.
- Protix — Sustainable insect-ingredient producer listed in BOM’s portfolio.
- FononTech — Microelectronics manufacturing technology company listed in BOM’s portfolio.
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