# ROM InWest

> ROM InWest is a VC fund in Haarlem backing Software and Information Technology. See 22 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Haarlem, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 22
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 27%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://rominwest.nl/

ROM InWest is an entrepreneur to strengthens the regional and circular economy.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 14% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 14% |
| Solar | 2 | 9% |
| Shipping | 2 | 9% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 7 | 32% |
| Seed | 6 | 27% |
| Funding Round | 6 | 27% |
| Series A | 2 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 17 | 77% |
| Belgium | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Droppie | Droppie is a recycling company that makes recycling easy and more accessible for consumers. The app is designed to help consumers recycle more effectively by offering small rewards for their recycled materials. | $4.8M | Seed | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| Healthplus.ai | Heathplus.ai re-uses electronic health record data to predict complications after surgery. This enables health care professionals to be more proactive in their delivery of surgical care. It reduces the impact of complications, improves outcomes and reduces cost. | $2.7M |  | Nov 27, 2025 |  |
| Solarix | Solarix creates and provides colorful solar panels for facades. It contributes to the development of smart cities where buildings generate more energy than they consume. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 01, 2025 |  |
| DOPS Recycling Technologies | DOPS Recycling Technologies is developing a circular technology for converting complex waste flows into raw materials for new products. | $5.4M | Seed | Mar 27, 2025 |  |
| Econowind | Econowind is fully dedicated to wind-assisted ship propulsion. | $1M |  | Feb 18, 2025 |  |
| Agurotech | Agurotech develops soil sensing technology. They offer products that include robust and highly reliable sensing technology, tailored irrigation recommendations, and continuous improvement of the irrigation process. | $2.3M |  | Jan 28, 2025 |  |
| BIYU | BIYU offers rental equipment services for gardening, party, cleaning, and the kitchen. | $978.3K | Seed | Nov 01, 2024 |  |
| Confocal.nl | Confocal.nl is aiming to innovate the microscopy industry with their plug-and-play feature confocal microscopes including the re-scan invention (Re-scan Confocal Microscope). Their new RCM-microscope has an improved resolution and strongly improved sensitivity as compared to most confocal microscopes. It will be available as a highly affordable,customised device, which is ideal for labs with specific interests, or as an upgrade for existing wide-field fluorescence microscopes. Their goal is an open-architecture system that can be customised at need, and is platform- and software independent. | $5.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 17, 2024 |  |
| Alleo | Alleois a HR tech firm offers reward and engage employees by letting them choose their own benefits. | $5.3M | Series A | Apr 22, 2024 |  |
| Kepler Vision Technologies | Our customers are elder care centers. They face two problems: Hiring or retaining staff is difficult if not impossible, while at the same time the demand for care increases 6% year over year. To help out, Kepler developed the "Kepler Night Nurse" application. It employs deep learning and computer vision assisting caregivers to look afterthe well-being of their clients, at night. The advantages are a dramatic reduction in false alarms and much less reporting work for the caregivers. This way, the work pressure on individual caregivers is strongly reduced. Caregivers can finally focus in providing care. Kepler is a spin-off company from the University of Amsterdam. | $1.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 11, 2024 |  |

10 of 22 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DFF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DOEN Participaties](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/doen-foundation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DFF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dutchfoundersfund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elevating Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevating-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Invest International](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invest-international) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [EIT InnoEnergy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kic-innoenergy) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does ROM InWest invest in?

ROM InWest invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 22 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 ROM InWest last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for ROM InWest closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 22 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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