News item | 04-07-2025 | 15:15
Invest-NL and Invest International will integrate and thus become a larger and more effective financing institution. The Council of Ministers has decided on the proposal of Minister Heinen of Finance, Minister Karremans of Economic Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs and State Secretary Boerma of Foreign Trade. The process of integration is now being started. The aim is that organizations were integrated at the end of 2027.
The Netherlands has a number of major challenges in the field of the business and business climate. Invest-NL and Invest International are therefore bundled into a larger and more effective financing institution. This is essential for Dutch companies that want to grow and innovate both nationally and internationally. The bundling ensures a broad financing institution, which can finance larger investment rounds and can scale up faster at home and abroad. This is desirable given the challenges that the Dutch economy and the business community stand for. Together, more can be achieved for Dutch business than if both institutions remain on their own.
Entrepreneurs will soon be able to turn to one counter with different financing options. Invest International already needs additional financing in the short term to meet the high demand for financing. A part of the integration is therefore that part of the funds reserved for Invest-NL will be transferred to Invest International.
In the coming period, what the organizations will need for financing in the future. In addition, an exploration is started into the possibility of state guarantees, with which the organization could (partly) finance itself with money from the market. It is also being investigated how other investment instruments present in the Netherlands may fit into the new investment institution to be formed. In the autumn of 2025, the cabinet will further inform the House about these next steps.