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This week, Catalyze Group announced the launch of Grantific, a new strategic venture co-founded with Brainial, an AI-nat...
02/04/2026

This week, Catalyze Group announced the launch of Grantific, a new strategic venture co-founded with Brainial, an AI-native tender platform company.

Grantific is a collaborative platform created to bring expert-backed, AI-powered support throughout the grant process, transforming how organisations access funding.

This is a bold step for Catalyze Group. As innovation work digitises, Grantific extends how we are able to support innovators with our deep grant-domain expertise, alongside our consulting work.

Grantific is built on a unique combination: Catalyze’s 20+ years of experience in European funding and track record of securing €2 billion+ in funding, paired with Brainial’s AI-native automation platform, already trusted by 150+ multinational corporations and proven since 2019 across 70,000+ complex tenders. The result is a new benchmark for controlled, high-quality grant workflows, with Catalyze consultancy expertise available through the platform on-demand.

“Grantific is a major strategic step for Catalyze Group,” says Marlene Végh, Ph.D., CEO of Catalyze, “As innovation work digitises, we continue to lead by combining deep consulting expertise with technology. We are launching Grantific as an expert-led platform designed to scale how innovators secure funding. It strengthens our role as a long-term partner in innovation, extending our impact beyond consultancy while maintaining the quality standards our clients rely on.”

🔗 Read the full announcement: https://www.catalyze-group.com/catalyze-group-and-brainial-launch-new-strategic-venture-grantific-an-expert-backed-ai-powered-grant-writing-platform/

Pictured: Fedor Klinkenberg (CEO Brainial), Theodoor Rutgers (CEO Grantific), Marlene Végh, Ph.D. (CEO Catalyze Group)

🔬 HoloMorPh is developing a light-driven manufacturing platform for ready-to-use flat optics, for AR and beyondLed by Un...
31/03/2026

🔬 HoloMorPh is developing a light-driven manufacturing platform for ready-to-use flat optics, for AR and beyond

Led by Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II (UniNa) / University of Naples Federico II, HoloMorPh was awarded >€3M in the 2025 EIC Pathfinder Open to develop an end-to-end production platform for ready-to-use diffractive optical elements – one of the most common forms of flat optics.

Flat optics are planar photonic components that shape light using micro- and nanoscale surface structures. They can reduce the size, weight and complexity of future optical systems, but manufacturing remains a key barrier to adoption.

Beginning April 2026, HoloMorPh will combine tailor-made light-sensitive materials with meta-optics enhanced holography to enable a process where light itself becomes the manufacturing tool, supported by real-time all-optical metrology, AI and cloud-based software to refine surfaces as they are created.

The consortium aims to advance the technology from TRL 2 to TRL 4, validating the manufacturing platform and lithographic framework by fabricating ready-to-use diffractive optical elements and a photonic device prototype for augmented reality.

“The EIC Pathfinder funding provides not only the resources to implement our ideas, but also a clear framework and a shared roadmap that guides us toward achieving our ambitious goal,” says Professor Stefano Luigi Oscurato of UNINA, HoloMorPh Project Coordinator.

Completing the project consortium are Tampere University (FI), INESC Microssistemas e Nanotecnologias (PT), Universidad de Granada (ES), LusoVU (PT), HOLOEYE Photonics AG (DE), and eLoop (IT).

We are proud to have supported the successful submission, which was awarded in the most competitive EIC Pathfinder round ever with a 2.1% overall success rate.

🔗 Read the full interview: https://www.catalyze-group.com/case/eic-pathfinder-unina-led-holomorph-project-to-develop-next-generation-flat-optics-fabrication-platform/

🛬 🇵🇹 We’re heading to Lisbon for BIO-Europe Spring (23–25 March) Are you also attending? Vlad Grecu and Yoelle Schell w...
17/03/2026

🛬 🇵🇹 We’re heading to Lisbon for BIO-Europe Spring (23–25 March)

Are you also attending? Vlad Grecu and Yoelle Schell will be present and available to connect with innovators from across the life sciences ecosystem.

Let’s meet. If you’d like to discuss your business strategy, partnering, or funding opportunities, just message Vlad or Yoelle directly, or book a slot via partneringONE.

Yoelle shared, "BIO-Europe Spring is always a great moment to align on priorities and explore new collaborations. If you’re there, we’d love to catch up."

17/03/2026

💡 Are you building a brilliant innovation but unsure about the next steps?

In this short video, Patricia J.W.A.M. Celie, Principal Consultant, shares the most common pitfalls for early-stage innovators. More importantly, she explains how to avoid getting stuck when transitioning from strong technology to real-world impact.

If you recognise any of this and want support from an expert to sharpen your strategy, validate your market, or get investment-ready, reach out to our team.

👋 A warm welcome to our newest Catalyzers! Last week we hosted an onboarding day where we introduced our newest colleagu...
04/03/2026

👋 A warm welcome to our newest Catalyzers!

Last week we hosted an onboarding day where we introduced our newest colleagues joining us from diverse professional backgrounds and expertise. Pictured in our Amsterdam office are Mila Jevremov (Analyst Life Sciences & Health), Laura Serini (Associate Consultant LSH), and onboarding organisers Noa Mercelina and Keerthi Sri.

We also had colleagues joining today online from Spain, Portugal and India. Please join us in welcoming them all to the team!

Sara Bueno - Analyst LSH
Diogo Paramos de Carvalho - Senior Consultant LSH
Alberto Natali - Consultant LSH
Himani Porwal - Associate Consultant

👏 Thanks to our HR team for organising a smooth and inspiring onboarding day. Let’s make impact.

🩻 Clarity Sensors is advancing photon counting X-ray imaging with their new semiconductorsIn June 2025, Clarity Sensors ...
03/03/2026

🩻 Clarity Sensors is advancing photon counting X-ray imaging with their new semiconductors

In June 2025, Clarity Sensors (UK) launched their €2.5M EIC Transition project, PERFORM, to advance their ultra-low dose, high-resolution photon counting X-ray detector, PRISM-X.

Photon-counting CT scanners have been in clinics since 2021, but wider adoption is still constrained by supply and cost bottlenecks in medical-grade semiconductor materials. Clarity Sensors has developed a bulk single-crystal perovskite semiconductor with exceptional X-ray detection properties that is more scalable and cost-effective to produce.

Through PERFORM, they will build a prototype detector module and validate it against the state of the art, demonstrating improved performance and imaging capabilities, and potentially a lower radiation dose.

“We can really accelerate and drive our technology forward with this EIC Transition grant. This is transformative for us as an early-stage company,” says Hayden Salway, Co-Founder & CEO.

We are proud to have supported Clarity Sensors towards their successful submission.

🔗 Read our interview with Hayden Salway and Malcolm Stewart, Commercial Lead: https://www.catalyze-group.com/case/clarity-sensors-eic-transition-award-for-photon-counting-x-ray-detection-technology/

1️⃣ 5️⃣ 🎉 Last week we celebrated Patricia J.W.A.M. Celie's 15 year anniversary at Catalyze! Patricia has made a huge im...
17/02/2026

1️⃣ 5️⃣ 🎉 Last week we celebrated Patricia J.W.A.M. Celie's 15 year anniversary at Catalyze!

Patricia has made a huge impact for so many of our clients throughout her career. Over the years, she has gone from writing (and winning) a wide range of Dutch and European grants, to playing a key role in the development our business and strategic consulting services, to now serving as Principal Consultant and our representative to the EIC. We are proud to have you with us Patricia!

Patricia shared:
"I started at Catalyze on a Monday, and by Tuesday afternoon I was already sitting at the kitchen table of a highly respected professor who had the ambition to develop a drug for a disease for which no treatment existed. Today, that drug candidate is in late-stage clinical testing on the path toward approval.

In those early days, Catalyze was a young company too. We worked from a small, homely office in Bussum (NL), alongside just a few consultants and founders, Theodoor & Jalal. Fast forward to today, and we’re an established market leader – ranked among top consultancy firms and recognised as a Great Place to Work.

I’m grateful for the great colleagues, past and present, and I want to thank all the fantastic people I’ve worked with across different companies and in academia. I really value seeing projects, companies, and great innovations evolve into real-life products, on the shelves and in the clinic. I’m looking forward to what the future will bring, and to continuing to support teams with business strategy and attracting finance. Let’s make impact!"

10/02/2026

🎉 Our clients were awarded €17.5M grant funding under Horizon Europe Cluster 6!

In January we received the exciting news that two of our Horizon Europe submissions to September 2025 calls were awarded. Both projects secured funding under Horizon Europe Cluster 6: Food, Bioeconomy, Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment.

Principal Consultant and Horizon expert, Helen Pothuizen, PhD, shared:
"We are proud to have supported these impactful projects towards securing €17.5 million grant funding under the biodiversity and circular bioeconomy calls, HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-BIODIV-03 and HORIZON-CL6-2025-01-CIRCBIO-09. Big thanks to our clients for the trust and to the team at Catalyze for your dedication, teamwork, and resilience towards this success!"

Congratulations to our clients and team for bringing these projects to life!

🇧🇪 🤝 SMARTSHAPE-project enters its final year! Last week, the SMARTSHAPE consortium gathered in Brussels for a combined ...
04/02/2026

🇧🇪 🤝 SMARTSHAPE-project enters its final year!

Last week, the SMARTSHAPE consortium gathered in Brussels for a combined consortium and review meeting, with the EU Project Officer and our external reviewer. The meeting marked an important moment of reflection and discussing the next steps of SMARTSHAPE's continuous blood pressure monitoring technology.

We are a proud partner in SMARTSHAPE delivering project management services, in addition to communication and dissemination.

Coralie Zurstrassen, Project Manager, commented:
"The SMARTSHAPE meeting in Brussels was a key milestone for the consortium. It was inspiring to see the very promising results coming together and to get a clear picture of what the future of blood pressure management could look like. We are now entering the final phase of the project, fully aligned and ready to move forward."

As SMARTSHAPE enters its final year under the Horizon Europe programme, the focus is shifting toward consolidating the preclinical results and taking the next steps to secure follow-up funding. Increasing the project's visibility and disseminating the results to the right stakeholders are crucial in this process.

Vera van de Donk, Science Communication Advisor, mentioned:
"In this final year, our communication and dissemination efforts will increasingly focus on targeting industry and potential investors. At the same time, continued engagement with the medical community remains a key priority. The SMARTSHAPE technology has many promising applications beyond uncontrolled chronic hypertension and post-stroke patients. Therefore, we are also gathering input from clinicians across different specialties to better understand additional use cases and needs in hypertension monitoring."

Want to learn more? Explore the patient profiles and how the SMARTSHAPE device could integrate in the clinical workflow: https://lnkd.in/exMCBapK

🥂Celebrating ~€3M ERC Consolidator grant success! Last week we had the pleasure of visiting Professor Katja van den Hurk...
28/01/2026

🥂Celebrating ~€3M ERC Consolidator grant success!

Last week we had the pleasure of visiting Professor Katja van den Hurk at Sanquin in Amsterdam. It was a great moment for Professor Van den Hurk and Mithila Burute, PhD, Lead Consultant on the project, to celebrate their year-long collaboration in the build-up to Professor Van den Hurk's prestigious ERC Consolidator award.

Professor Van den Hurk's project, DONOR-PROTECT, is truly one-of-a-kind, with the potential to positively impact blood-donors across the world. Together with the interdisciplinary project team, she aims to develop and validate the first-ever personalised donor health protection strategy that optimises safe blood and plasma donation while addressing donor variability.

👀Keep your eyes peeled for the full interview with Professor van den Hurk, coming soon!

Sanquin Research European Research Council (ERC)

🇪🇸 This week our Project Management colleagues, Donna van Dommelen and Stella Pielage travelled to Barcelona for the 2nd...
27/01/2026

🇪🇸 This week our Project Management colleagues, Donna van Dommelen and Stella Pielage travelled to Barcelona for the 2nd Annual YOUTHreach_EU consortium meeting.

Funded by Horizon Europe, YOUTHreach is an exciting EU-wide project tackling the growing challenges around youth mental health. We are providing project management and dissemination & communication services throughout the duration of the project.

Working across 9 countries and 14 research institutions, YOUTHreach is testing 3 existing promising youth-friendly interventions to evaluate if these solutions are cost-effective, safe and applicable to other populations. The project is led by Prof. Dr. Thérèse van Amelsvoort (Coordinator) and Dr. Sophie Leijdesdorff (Vice Coordinator) of Maastricht University.

Donna, Manager Project Management, shared:
“Looking back on a successful consortium meeting, it’s inspiring to see so many talented people coming together to work on a topic that feels more important than ever. It was also great to see the extensive participation from the youth advisory group during the meeting, who are providing valuable input to YOUTHreach. We are proud to be supporting a project that can make a real difference for young people’s mental health.”

🔗 Learn more about YOUTHreach: https://youth-reach.eu/

👏 We enjoyed a great working session with Sanquin.In collaboration with , Peter van den Berghe and Patricia J.W.A.M. Ce...
27/01/2026

👏 We enjoyed a great working session with Sanquin.

In collaboration with , Peter van den Berghe and Patricia J.W.A.M. Celie hosted a hands-on workshop for a group of Sanquin researchers, focused on turning great science into real-world value. The session provided practical insights into:

- Impact pathways: how research translates into outcomes and measurable value
- Exploitation essentials: key aspects to consider when moving towards application and a product
- Tools & skills for impact: ways to assess and strengthen impact, supporting progress towards valorisation

Many thanks to Sanquin and to all the attendees for participating in the workshop. It was a pleasure to explore how to accelerate impact together.

🩸Sanquin is the national blood bank and knowledge institute for blood services in the Netherlands, a non-profit organization responsible for collecting blood/plasma, developing life-saving products, conducting extensive research in transfusion medicine/immunology, and providing diagnostics. Sanquinnovate's role is to translate promising research ideas into concrete new products or services.

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