Oost NL

About Oost NL

Oost NL is the regional development agency for the eastern Netherlands. It invests public funds and provides business development support to startups, scale-ups, and established companies to accelerate innovation, industrial growth, and internationalization. Activities include co-investment and financing for technology and manufacturing ventures, energy-transition and circular-economy projects, and facilitating partnerships between companies, knowledge institutes, and government.

For the chemical industry, Oost NL supports initiatives that enhance sustainable production, circularity, and the decarbonization of industrial processes, helping promising technologies move from pilot to commercial deployment and strengthening the region’s industrial ecosystem.

Official website: oostnl.nl

Projects Oost NL is involved in chemXplore Alpha

chemXplore tracks active investment projects involving Oost NL, across sectors such as Basic Chemicals, Biobased & Circular, and Polymers.

Oost NL's role is mapped on each — as Investor / Financier.

RIFT Alpha One Iron Fuel Production Plant · Belgium
Investor / Financier
FEED / Pre-FID
2026-03
2026-07-06
~2029
Aurora Renewable Carbon Empyro Restart and Biorefinery Twente · The Netherlands
Investor / Financier
FID / Sanctioned
2026-07-23
2026-07-23
~2027
Aurora Renewable Carbon Empyro Bio-Oil Restart Hengelo · The Netherlands
Investor / Financier
FID / Sanctioned
2025-08-01
2026-07-23
~2026-08
2026