# Nard Sintenie

> Nard Sintenie is a Series C investor at Innovation Industries backing Manufacturing. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Innovation Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/innovation-industries)
- Location: Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 44%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nard-sintenie-863aab/

Nard Sintenie is a Series C investor at Innovation Industries in Eindhoven focused on Manufacturing and Semiconductor. Nard (1970) gained in-depth business management experience in the international high-tech industry. He fulfilled several executive management positions at Philips, NXP and other (international) corporations in the Netherlands, USA and Asia.In all these roles, Nard led the establishment and growth of a high-tech business in an emerging market,sometimes preceded by a turn-around. During these years, Nard was frequently involved in major ‘merger & acquisition’ activities, which triggered his interest in venture capital.In 2008, Nard combined that interest with his international business management experience and co-founded the Twente Technology Fund (TTF). Next to his role at TTF, he headed several turn-around processes at technology companies as interim manager. Nard holds board positions at several high-tech companies.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 17% |
| Semiconductor | 3 | 17% |
| Battery | 2 | 11% |
| Laser | 1 | 6% |
| Energy | 1 | 6% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 4 | 22% |
| Series A | 3 | 17% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 17% |
| Series B | 2 | 11% |
| Debt Financing | 2 | 11% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nearfield Instruments | Nearfield Instruments develops and markets High-Throughput Scanning Probe Metrology systems for advanced integrated circuits manufacturing process control. | $380M | Series D | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| Eyeo | Eyeo is fundamentally redefining image sensing by eliminating decades-old limitations, Capturing all incoming light and drastically improving resolution. | $47M | Series A | May 11, 2026 |  |
| Alquion | Battolyser Systems aims to stimulate the development, production, and commercialization of battolyser technology and is looking for skilled and highly motivated people to join the team. The Company was founded in 2018 by dr. prof Fokko Mulder (Technical University of Delft) together with Kees Koolen (former CEO of Booking.com and former COO ofUber) and is led by CEO Mattijs Slee (previously Shell Hydrogen). The company has a unique patented technology that has the lowest production cost for green hydrogen in the market and does not require scarce materials. | $33.2M | Series A | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| Nearfield Instruments | Nearfield Instruments develops and markets High-Throughput Scanning Probe Metrology systems for advanced integrated circuits manufacturing process control. | $147.2M | Series C | Jul 18, 2024 |  |
| SMART-Photonics | SMART Photonics offers a versatile production and development portfolio. First of all, easy access via Multi-Project Wafer runs enables low-cost and fast prototyping for photonic integrated circuits. Secondly we offer engineering of the process to create the customer product with customer specifications. Production development services are offeredfor volume production of customer products. | $43.9M | Debt Financing | Jul 12, 2023 |  |
| Nearfield Instruments | Nearfield Instruments develops and markets High-Throughput Scanning Probe Metrology systems for advanced integrated circuits manufacturing process control. | $11M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 22, 2023 |  |
| Arycs Technologies | EFFECT Photonics produces components for fibre optic networks based on photonic chip technology, originally developed at Eindhoven University of Technology. The unique chip technology from EFFECT Photonics delivers high communication speeds for low costs and low energy consumption. EFFECT Photonics products are used to connect mobile networktransmitters to the rest of the Internet and to connect data centres. With the technology of EFFECT Photonics, the capacity of existing fibre optic networks can be increased without having to install additional cables. EFFECT Photonics has offices in Eindhoven Netherlands, Great Britain and Taiwan and an international network of sales partners. | $40M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 03, 2023 |  |
| PHIX | PHIX is a packaging foundry that supplies the photonics industry with assembly and packaging services. | $1.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 27, 2022 |  |
| PHIX | PHIX is a packaging foundry that supplies the photonics industry with assembly and packaging services. | $1.5M | Debt Financing | Jul 27, 2022 |  |
| LionVolt | LionVolt is a battery startup company that claims to develop the most efficient solid state lithium-ion battery. | $4.5M | Seed | Nov 18, 2021 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Invest-NL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invest-nl) — VC Fund, 11 deals together
- [BOM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brabantse-ontwikkelings-maatschappij-bom) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [ING Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ing-group) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [KPN Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kpn-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [M&G Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/m-g-investments-2f25) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [OostNL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oostnl) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Innovation Industries

VC Fund · Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Innovation Industries is a venture capital firm that invests in hightech, medtech and agri-foodtech companies in The NetherlandsInnovation Industries maintains a hands-on management style, sharing its experience, knowledge and connections with the entrepreneurs. Portfolio companies are actively supported in order to strengthen the valueproposition, improve the time-to- market, identify and realize global strategic partnerships and avoid the typical start-up pitfalls. Innovation Industries sees itself as a partner of the entrepreneurs and the other parties involved; a creator of ventures, rather than merely a financial investor.Innovation Industries focuses primarily on start-ups but will also be able to invest into scale-ups. With this relatively broad spectrum of funding capabilities, emerging breakthroughs in research and technology can be sustained by sufficient venture capital to optimize their chances of success and ultimately provide returns to the Fund’s investors. Once these companies are established with seed funding, the Fund will be able to continue financing the advancement of these businesses and technologies.

5 contacts available at Innovation Industries.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Sonnenberg | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-sonnenberg |
| Harm de Vries | Co-founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harm-de-vries |
| Nard Sintenie | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nard-sintenie |
| Tom Schwarz | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-schwarz |
| Tom van Vuren | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-van-vuren-vuren |

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## FAQ

### What does Nard Sintenie invest in?

Nard Sintenie invests primarily in Manufacturing, Semiconductor and Battery startups, most often at Series C and Series A stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nard Sintenie last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nard Sintenie closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 18 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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