
Burgemeester Antoin Scholten
Venlo staat bekend als een stad van doeners. Ondernemend, samenwerkend en altijd…
In Venlo, we look beyond the end of our noses. The future beckons! Innovation is not a buzzword here, but the way we've been viewing life for centuries. From agrofood to logistics and from manufacturing to digitalization: in Venlo, we continuously turn new ideas into impact.



Our location – in the heart of Europe, connected by road, rail, water, and air – makes Venlo a natural hotspot for progress. Companies seek each other out, exchange knowledge, and strengthen one another. The result? A region brimming with innovative power, driven by entrepreneurs who are constantly on the move, working daily on smarter, faster, and more sustainable solutions.
Over the road, rail, and water
Venlo is known as a city of doers. Entrepreneurial, collaborative, and always focused on progress. We see that mentality reflected in how businesses, education, and government work together here: the so-called triple helix. What sometimes remains an abstract policy concept in other regions is primarily a daily practice in Venlo.

Burgemeester Antoin Scholten
Venlo staat bekend als een stad van doeners. Ondernemend, samenwerkend en altijd…

Petruschka Claassens
Petruschka Claassens on the further development of Venlo and how the so-called…

Jan Klerken
For entrepreneur Jan Klerken, ambassador at Scelta Mushrooms, the triple helix is…
Ondernemend Venlo Represents the interests of all entrepreneurs located in one of the 20 business parks in the municipality of Venlo. By embracing innovation, embedding sustainability, and promoting circularity, we are building a future-proof economy for our city and region together.
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Are you considering applying for a job in Venlo? Not a bad idea! Working in Venlo means: a choice of various sectors, a friendly work atmosphere, and plenty of opportunities to grow and develop professionally. We can think of 100 reasons! Since you probably have other things to do, we've listed the top 8 reasons for you.
8 reasons why working in Venlo is a smart move
The vision and mission of Sudryso is to provide consumers, who are increasingly conscious about their nutrition, with tasty, innovative, healthier, more sustainable, and affordable alternatives to traditional, unhealthy processed foods. With this, we aim to contribute to a positive change within the current food system.
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Smobya, a Hungarian biotech startup, is developing a sustainable alternative to plastic and animal leather. Their process involves upcycling food waste as a raw material for microbes, cultivating the cells through precision fermentation, converting the waste into nanocellulose sheets, and then processing these sheets for various applications.
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Entrepreneurial people who celebrate life, it's embedded in our DNA. Meet the people who together make Venlo.
Discover the DNA van Venlo