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Cottonwood Technology Fund leads €3 million investment in plasmotion to scale next-generation plasma surface finishing technology
Cottonwood Technology Fund leads €3 million investment in plasmotion to scale next-generation plasma surface finishing technology Chemnitz, Germany, 29 September 2026: plasmotion, a German deeptech company that develops and builds industrial machines and proprietary...
Q*Bird secures €2.5M grant and €5M equity from EIC Accelerator to scale Europe’s quantum secure networks
Congrats to our fast-growing Quantum Key Distribution cybersecurity company Q*Bird on unlocking a €2.5M grant and €5M equity from the EIC Accelerator to scale Europe's quantum secure networks! Spin-out of TU Delft - Delft Enterprises B.V. and seed funded by Cottonwood...
Keiron Printing Technologies has secured €10 million
Keiron Printing Technologies has secured €10 million Our portfolio company, Keiron Printing Technologies, has secured a total of €10 million in seed funding following a new €2.3M top-up. The round was led by Cottonwood Technology Fund, DeepTechXL, with participation...
Cottonwood Technology Fund Named One of the World’s Top-10 Best-Performing Venture Capital Funds
Cottonwood Technology Fund Named One of the World's Top-10 Best-Performing Venture Capital Funds It’s not every day that a smaller, science-driven VC fund from the Netherlands 🇳🇱 is listed among the global elite. We’re honored to share that Cottonwood Technology Fund...
Book Launch David Blivin – CROSSING THE CACTUS
Book Launch Dave Blivin Crossing the Cactus (Forbes Books) Cottonwood Technology Fund is very proud to announce that the founder of Cottonwood, Dave Blivin, wrote a book about tech commercialization outside Silicon Valley. In Crossing the Cactus, veteran venture...
Cottonwood Technology Fund’s first investment from our new Fund IV
We are proud to announce Cottonwood Technology Fund's first investment from our new Fund IV: inPhocal. A real deep tech impact investment. This Dutch deep tech startup has developed a revolutionary laser-based marking technology that eliminates ink and enables...
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VACANCY INTERNSHIP - COTTONWOOD TECHNOLOGY FUND Who we are Cottonwood Technology Fund is a venture capital fund with offices in the Netherlands and the USA. We invest in seed and early-stage deeptech startups based in Northwest Europe and Southwest USA. We have a...
Orange Quantum Systems Raises €12M Seed Round to Accelerate Quantum Moore’s Law
🚀 Orange Quantum Systems Raises €12M Seed Round to Accelerate Quantum Moore’s Law Cottonwood Technology Fund is proud to announce our participation in the €12 million seed round of our portfolio company Orange Quantum Systems (OrangeQS), the Dutch startup setting new...
mPower Technology, Inc. has raised $21 million in a Series B round
mPower Technology, Inc. has raised $21 million in a Series B round to scale production of its DragonSCALES solar modules, targeting both national security and commercial markets. The company, a spinout from Sandia National Laboratories, developed...
Keiron Technologies has created a high-precision laser soldering technology that replaces three traditional PCB manufacturing machines.
Keiron Technologies, a startup from Eindhoven, has developed a breakthrough laser-based soldering technology that applies solder paste to printed circuit boards (PCBs) with extreme precision, replacing the need for three conventional machines. This innovation,...
Sencure Secures €7.9M Investment to Revolutionize Wearable Health Tech
𝗔𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 our portfolio company Sencure. They have secured an additional €3.9 million in the Series B2 funding round, bringing them a total B round of €7.9 million. 🔗 More details are here: https://bit.ly/3FiKZGW ...
COTTONWOOD TECHNOLOGY FUND ANNOUNCES A FIRST CLOSE ON ITS FOURTH FUND
COTTONWOOD TECHNOLOGY FUND ANNOUNCES A FIRST CLOSE ON ITS FOURTH FUND March 5, 2025. Enschede The Netherlands. Cottonwood Technology Fund announces a first close on its fourth investment fund, Cottonwood Technology Fund IV. Fund IV continues Cottonwood’s commitment to...
COTTONWOOD TECHNOLOGY FUND KONDIGT FIRST CLOSE VAN HAAR VIERDE FONDS AAN
COTTONWOOD TECHNOLOGY FUND KONDIGT FIRST CLOSE VAN HAAR VIERDE FONDS AAN 5 maart 2025. Enschede, Nederland. Cottonwood Technology Fund kondigt de eerste sluiting aan van haar vierde investeringsfonds, Cottonwood Technology Fund IV. Fund IV zet Cottonwood’s toewijding...
COTTONWOOD TECHNOLOGY FUND ANNOUNCES A FIRST CLOSE ON ITS FOURTH FUND
COTTONWOOD TECHNOLOGY FUND ANNOUNCES A FIRST CLOSE ON ITS FOURTH FUND March 5, 2025. Santa Fe/Denver USA; Enschede The Netherlands. Cottonwood Technology Fund announces a first close on its fourth investment fund, Cottonwood Technology Fund IV. Fund IV continues...
Cottonwood Technology Fund invested in Keiron Printing Technologies
Cottonwood Technology Fund invested in Keiron Printing Technologies Cottonwood Technology Fund recently invested € 1.5 Million in Keiron Printing Technologies. The investment is an extension of the seed round by DeeptechXL and TNO. Founded in 2019 as a spin-off from...
Cottonwood’s portfolio company Orange Quantum Systems developed the first industrial quantum chip testing device
Cottonwood's portfolio company Orange Quantum Systems developed the first industrial quantum chip testing device. The OrangeQS MAX is an important product for the quantum industry. Quantum chip producers need to perform cryogenic testing on every single chip, so...
Green Theme Technologies, Inc. Closes $6 Million Series C Funding Round
Green Theme Technologies Inc. a leader in sustainable textile and materials science, is pleased to announce the successful closing of a $6 million Series C funding round. This funding will accelerate GTT’s mission to transform the textile industry with its EMPEL®...
Ytsen van der Meer joins Cottonwood Technology Fund
Cottonwood Technology Fund is excited to announce that Ytsen van der Meer is joining the team as a Principal. Ytsen is joining the team after investing on behalf of regional development fund NV NOM for 6,5 years, where he held a position as a senior investment manager...
Infinitum Secures $35 Million Series E
We’re thrilled to share that our portfolio company Infinitum has extended its Series E with $35 Million in funding from @Marunouchi Innovation Partners and Rice Investment Group. This brings the Series E grand total to $ 220 Million! The additional funds will be used...
Subsidy Reyedar
Cottonwood's portfolio company Reyedar, UMCG, and Koninklijke Visio are awarded €800.000 for a collaborative project to establish a stepped-care model for the screening and rehabilitation of eye and brain diseases using eye-tracking and artificial intelligence! 👁 🧠...
Cottonwood Technology Fund invests in cybersecurity startup Q*Bird
Cottonwood Technology Fund invests in cybersecurity startup Q*Bird Cyber security startup Q*Bird has raised a € 2.5 million round to accelerate its growth in the existing data communication market and the emerging quantum security market. The funding was jointly led...
Cottonwood Technology Fund is pleased to announce Lee Rand as a Partner
Cottonwood Technology Fund is pleased to announce Lee Rand as a Partner (location 🇺🇸 ). Cottonwood and Lee have worked together for years supporting companies in the portfolio of both Cottonwood and Sun Mountain Capital. Cottonwood and Sun Mountain have made 9 joint...
Cargo Fires Initiative to Test SmartNanotubes Cutting-Edge E-Nose Technology for Early Fire Detection in Cargo Vessels.
Cargo Fires Initiative to Test SmartNanotubes Cutting-Edge E-Nose Technology for Early Fire Detection in Cargo Vessels. SmartNanotubes is very proud to announce that Safetytech Accelerator, in collaboration with Anchor Partners COSCO SHIPPING Lines, EVERGREEN...
EMPEL® by Green Theme Technologies delivers unmatched textile performance & sustainability for Japanese market
Green Theme Technologies (GTT), creators of the PFAS-free and water-free EMPEL® textile finishing platform, now delivers advanced performance and a long term sustainability solution to the Japanese market. EMPEL® is an unmatched solution for textile mills looking to...
Circular Genomics raised a $ 8.3M A-round
Circular Genomics is proud to announce the successful $8.3 Million Series A funding round, a pivotal step in advancing precision medicine for mental health. Our portfolio company Circular Genomics raised a $ 8.3M A-round. The round is led by Mountain Group Partners....
BayoTech has completed its first hydrogen hub in the United States
BayoTech Hydrogen is making strides in clean energy with the opening of its first hydrogen hub in Wentzville, Missouri Our cleantech portfolio company BayoTech Hydrogen is making strides in clean energy with the opening of its first hydrogen hub in Wentzville,...
Flexiramics is excited to announce it has raised an additional €4.5m in its latest investment round
Flexiramics is excited to announce it has raised an additional €4.5m in its latest investment round from a mix of existing and new shareholders, including Cottonwood Technology Fund, DEMCON Investment, 819 Capital Partners and Oost NL. Flexiramics’ unique technology...





















