# TNO Ventures

> TNO Ventures is a VC fund backing Manufacturing, Semiconductor and Computer. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://ventures.tno.nl/

TNO Ventures is a VC fund focused on Manufacturing and Semiconductor. TNO Ventures provides startups and scale-ups with access to experience and cutting-edge technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 57% |
| Semiconductor | 2 | 29% |
| Computer | 1 | 14% |
| Hardware | 1 | 14% |
| Printing | 1 | 14% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 43% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series D | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 5 | 71% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Keiron | Keiron provides fully digital, contactless printing technology that replaces traditional stencil and jet printing technologies. | $23.6M | Series A | Jul 21, 2026 |  |
| 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 |  |
| AnGard Microwave | AnGard Microwave develops high power microwave counter-robotic systems and directed energy solutions. |  | Seed | Jan 21, 2026 |  |
| equal1 | Equal1 is accelerating the introduction of useful, cost-effective quantum computers within a three-year time horizon. The company has developed a disruptive, scalable and cost-effective quantum computing technology, based on a commercially available silicon semiconductor process. Our solution uses nanometer-scale quantum dots to form qubits on astandard silicon CMOS process. Along with silicon qubits, we have integrated all functions required for a quantum processing unit (QPU) – the brain of the quantum computer – which operates at 3 kelvin with over 10 million transistors. This is the first integrated quantum processing unit of its kind. | $60M |  | Jan 15, 2026 |  |
| Touchwaves | Touchwaves is a tno spin-off developing next-generation wearables that bridge human performance and cutting-edge technology. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Jan 13, 2026 |  |
| Aiosyn | Aiosyn uses artificial intelligence to develop pathology algorithms to improve the precision of diagnostics in cancer and chronic kidney diseases. The company uses a modular SaaS model to integrate its algorithms with existing pathology workflows. At the same time it leverages its algorithms and AI capabilities to improve the efficiency of cancerand CKD drug development studies for biopharma. | $2.8M | Seed | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Keiron | Keiron provides fully digital, contactless printing technology that replaces traditional stencil and jet printing technologies. | $2.7M | Seed | Aug 22, 2025 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cottonwood Technology Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cottonwood-technology-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DeepTechXL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deeptechxl) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Invest-NL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invest-nl) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Atlantic Bridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantic-bridge) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ATUM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atum-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Brabant Startup Fonds BV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brabant-startup-fonds-bv) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does TNO Ventures invest in?

TNO Ventures invests primarily in Manufacturing, Semiconductor and Computer startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 TNO Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for TNO Ventures closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 7 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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