Meet our scaleups

Hortus Lab

In the heart of the Flora Campus: Hortus Lab will be created as a meeting place for entrepreneurs, students and business partners. It is designed as a group of three buildings: a central building with an auditorium, meeting rooms and hospitality facilities. In the two adjoining buildings, Hortus Lab focuses on housing scaleups and footholds of universities and universities of applied sciences with a strong focus on Food & Agritech.

A scaleup is a company that has already proven the success of its product or service and is now growing, or aiming to grow, rapidly in terms of revenue, staff and or market share. The key difference compared to a startup is that a scaleup focuses on further expansion and development.

Hortus Lab is for scaleups

that focus on the following areas

High tech in horticulture

The development of innovative technologies to grow food and plants more efficiently, sustainably and intelligently. This can be achieved by effectively combining AI, robotics, sensors, data analysis and climate control.

Data and robotisation

The use of data and robotic automation to make processes smarter, faster and more efficient, supporting further sustainability and enabling systems to become self learning.

Plant health

Plant health refers to the condition of a plant in which it can grow and develop optimally, while also being resilient to diseases, pests and abiotic stress.

Health and food technology

Plant science and nutritional science are combined to deliver innovative solutions that contribute to a healthier society and more sustainable food production.

Plant-based compounds

Plant-based compounds, or plant derived constituents, are chemical substances that occur naturally in plants. They fulfil a wide range of functions within the plant itself but can also have effects on animals and humans.

Meet our scaleups

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Hortus Lab accelerates scaleups

What can we offer you?

Professional facilities to accelerate growth

Establish your company in the beating heart of the Flora Campus. Surrounded by like minded businesses, knowledge and opportunities are literally on your doorstep. Hortus Lab offers a unique and transparent all inclusive model. The rental of office space includes all services, such as access to shared meeting rooms, internet, cleaning and coffee.

Access to the Flora Campus network

Through Hortus Lab, you gain access to our extensive network of potential collaboration partners, other scaleups, investors, stakeholders and students at the Flora Campus.

Coaching and one on one guidance

Every scale-up at Hortus Lab has the opportunity to work with a dedicated business coach from the Hortus Lab network. This coach is an experienced entrepreneur and/or advisor who provides practical, hands-on support across a wide range of topics. The coach helps you think strategically and pragmatically, so you don’t have to reinvent the wheel. You receive tailor-made advice on topics such as financing, market approach, international expansion, HR challenges, and product development, among others. Each scale-up is offered a quarterly coaching session.