“This bundling creates one powerful public investor with better access to capital,” says Rinke Zonneveld, CEO of Invest-NL. “By using public capital smarter, we create more room for innovation, international growth and social impact.”
Invest-NL now focuses primarily on domestic investments in sectors such as the energy transition, circular economy and digitization. Invest International supports entrepreneurs in international expansion and invests in sustainable projects in emerging markets.
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What budget the new organization receives is not yet known. The cabinet does, however, put 250 million euros forward from later Invest-NL budgets to prevent Invest International from stopping. The money for export aid is almost on, it turned out last month when the annual report was published.
Capital market
In addition, we work for access to the capital market in combination with a state guarantee. In this way the organization can grow independently. The government is also looking at what financial possibilities Invest International and Invest-NL need to meet the future financing requirements. The cabinet will announce more about this this fall.
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The new institution must be fully operational from 2028. From 2026 it will already be collaboration where possible. With integration, the Netherlands follows the example of countries such as Germany and France, which have had strong public investors for some time. The merger meets a broad call from politics and business for one central public player who is able to make strategic investments, at home and abroad.