Rabobank has joined PortXL as Innovation Partner. The Dutch cooperative bank brings sector knowledge, a broad client network and financing expertise to the startups and scale-ups in PortXL’s network. These companies work on the energy, circularity, digitalisation and resilience transitions in the port of Rotterdam region.
Those transitions need startups and scale-ups that can grow beyond the pilot stage, and that is where it often gets hard. A startup with a working product for the port still has a long way to go. The technology has to prove itself at scale, regulation often lags behind, and finding a first commercial customer can be difficult. Rabobank joins PortXL to help companies through that phase and to strengthen the startup and scale-up ecosystem in the port region.
We support PortXL because we believe its setup leads to more impact and faster development of scalable solutions. As a cooperative bank, we can play a pivotal role by providing development grants, while also offering sector knowledge, network and financial solutions.
Wouter Kelderman Business Development Manager at Rabobank
Through the partnership, PortXL startups gain access to Rabobank’s sector expertise, its network of corporate, public and knowledge partners, and financing options that help innovation scale.
“Rabobank strengthens what makes our network work: bringing the right parties together around real challenges in and around the port,” says Koen Vogel, Director of PortXL. “Our startups get more than an introduction. They get a partner who understands what it takes to scale.”
Startups and scale-ups building port or maritime technology that are ready to scale can get in touch with PortXL via the contact page.
