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May 21, 2019

Delft's RoboValley attracts machine startups

EJ Lugt, managing director of the YES!Delft incubator says entrepreneurial activity is increasing but founders need to be more ambitious.


Maija Palmer

6 min read

Photo by Michael Fousert on Unsplash

If you still associate Delft mainly with the famous blue tin-glazed pottery and with Antonie van Leeuwenhoek’s discovery of microbiology in 1670s, it is time for an update.

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EJ Lugt is a serial entrepreneur who sold his company Nimbuzz for €137m.
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