New report values Amsterdam's Deep Tech ecosystem at $8.8 billion
The Amsterdam deep tech ecosystem is now valued at $8.8 billion, more than doubling in five years. The report, released by Amsterdam Trade & Invest and StartupAmsterdam in collaboration with Dealroom, reveals that what's driving growth isn't a single sector, but three interconnected pillars:
- Future of Compute (anchored in AI infrastructure and quantum algorithms)
- Future of Life Sciences (built on decades of biotech and medtech expertise)
- Future of Sustainable Systems (where green chemistry and advanced materials are gaining serious momentum).
Together, they represent a breadth of capability that few European cities currently match.
"From the invention of Python to pioneering work in quantum algorithms, to a growing community of more than 120 deep tech companies, Amsterdam has quietly built capabilities that compete on a global stage. This is the first time we have mapped that ecosystem — and what it shows is that our key competences, taken together, unlock something more than the sum of their parts."
İlknur Dönmez, Director Economic Affairs and Culture at City of Amsterdam
From lab to market: research, capital, and regional scale
Much of this strength traces back to the city's research institutions. The five Amsterdam-based organisations (UvA, Amsterdam UMC, VU Amsterdam, NKI, and AMS Institute) account for 27% of total ecosystem value, a clear signal that Amsterdam’s pipeline from lab to market is working.
Capital tells a similar story. Early-stage funding is predominantly Dutch, but as companies scale, international investors follow: nearly 80% of breakout-stage rounds come from abroad.
Amsterdam doesn't operate in isolation either. The wider Randstad region clusters more than 370 VC-backed deep tech startups across four complementary hubs (Utrecht, Leiden, Rotterdam – Delft), and alongside Eindhoven to the south, the region has the foundations to form a tightly connected Tech Corridor. The opportunity, and the challenge, is to turn that geographic density into genuine collaboration: shared research infrastructure, aligned investor networks, and a concerted push to help the best companies scale.
Explore the full landscape of Amsterdam's deep tech companies, research institutions, and investment flows in the interactive ecosystem map here.