ROM InWest
- Type
- Finance provider / Investor
- Location
- Haarlem, Netherlands
- Industries
- Food ingredients & products, Alternative proteins, Farm management & precision farming, Food waste tech
About ROM InWest
ROM InWest is the regional development company for North Holland, based in Haarlem. It supports ambitious startups, scale-ups, and SMEs that are working on innovations in the food transition, energy transition, digitalisation, life sciences & health, and the circular economy.
The organisation combines advisory support, ecosystem building, and financing. It helps entrepreneurs strengthen their business cases, become more investable, find external financiers, and, where appropriate, secure direct investment from ROM InWest itself. Its role is explicitly impact-driven: it focuses on companies whose solutions can contribute to both economic and social returns in the region.
Core Values
- Entrepreneurial and impact-driven: The entrepreneur is central, and support is designed to be professional, decisive, flexible, and focused on social impact.
- Connecting and curious: ROM InWest values collaboration, transparency, and continuous learning, and it works closely with regional companies, knowledge institutions, and public bodies.
- Inclusive: The organisation aims to support a society in which everyone can participate fully and also prefers to invest in inclusive companies and diverse teams.
Unique Aspects
- Regional development role in North Holland: ROM InWest is the official regional development company for North Holland, with a mandate to stimulate innovative entrepreneurship in the province.
- Public capital with clear impact criteria: It invests public money only when a company’s solution has both financial potential and demonstrable social value, with a strong focus on regional relevance.
- Broad transition focus: Its investment and support activities are concentrated on the food, energy, care, digital, and circular transitions, giving it a clear thematic scope.
- Networked support model: Beyond funding, ROM InWest actively links entrepreneurs to a wider network and works with partners inside and outside the region to help companies scale.
- Established in 2021: The organisation was founded in October 2021 and has since built a growing team of more than thirty professionals in Haarlem.