Category: Leiden

In Ovo founders Wouter and Wil

Millions invested in Leiden method of determining sex of chicks before hatching

Wil

Discovering whether a chick is male or female while it is still in the egg. Leiden biotech company In Ovo, a spin-off of Leiden University, has been given an investment of several million euros to further develop its unique test method. The founders – both Leiden alumni – Wouter Bruins and Wil Stutterheim are now set to market their successful prototype.

The major part of the investment of several millions of euros comes from Evonik, originally a German chemicals company, and the venture capital company Visvires New Protein. Rabobank Leiden-Katwijk has also contributed what is known as a Subordinated Innovation Investment. Leiden University, which has been closely involved with the company from its outset, is also investing in In Ovo’s further development. The company is a spin off of the Leiden Institute of Biology and now works closely with the Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research (LACDR). Read More

28 March 2018: Event Protecting Your Business

Protecting Your Business – Evenement over intellectueel eigendom

Wil

Event on intellectual properties & in-depth follow-up workshops on patents

28 March 2018: Event Protecting Your Business
28 March 2018: Event Protecting Your Business

Building a company costs both time and energy. When you have established something you can be proud of, it’s important to protect what is rightfully yours. Intellectual property rights are like any other property right: they allow creators, or owners, of patents, trademarks or copyrighted works to benefit from their own work or investment in a creation. On the 28th of March, Gulliver, V.O. Patents & Trademarks, HUBspot, Rabobank, OV BSP, Gemeente Leiden, RVO, InnovationQuarter and HollandBIO give you the opportunity to learn everything you need to know to successfully protect your business. Read More

One step closer to preventing mass death of roosters

Wil

The Dutch biotech start-up In Ovo is the first company to develop a large-scale solution for determining the sex of a chick while it is still in the egg. This fast and cheap technique can be applied mechanically at hatcheries, which was not possible before.

In Ovo’s innovation brings us one step closer to preventing the mass death of day-old male chicks. There are other techniques for determining the sex of a chick before it has hatched, such as measuring the level of estrogen in the egg. But this method takes four hours and it is very expensive, which makes it unsuitable for use in hatcheries. In Ovo’s technology now makes this possible. Read More

Leidsche Leukert

Wil

“Geboren Zeeuw Wil M. Stutterheim (30+) had eigenlijk een meisje moeten zijn, maar het enige wat we daar lange tijd van gemerkt hebben, was zijn lange haar. Wie kent hem niet uit die tijd achter de bar van De Hut? Nu mag hij zich alleen nog af en toe uitleven als Barry Badpak. In het dagelijks leven kennen we hem nu als een vriendelijke intellectueel met verschillende bedrijfjes. Zelf noemt hij zich graag ‘Eggspert‘. Zijn Leidse hoogtepunt van 2013? De nacht van 2 oktober natuurlijk!”

Deze week (28 november 2013) ben ik de Leidsche Leukert!