PortXL News

PortXL, the world's first maritime start-up accelerator, is proud to announce its 2025 cohort, marking a significant milestone as the organisation celebrates 10 years of fostering innovation and driving technological advancements in the maritime industry. Since its inception in 2015, PortXL has been at the forefront of connecting start-ups and scale-ups with industry-renowned corporations, investors, and mentors, creating an ecosystem for growth and collaboration. PortXL’s acceleration...

Dutch maritime start-up accelerator - PortXL presented its 2024 cohort at the RDM, the Rotterdam space for innovative companies, technology education, high-quality test facilities and field labs.  Ten start-ups and scale-ups presented themselves and were connected to partners, mentors and members of the Rotterdam and Dutch innovation ecosystem, that will assist them in the coming months. PortXL’ s partners and stakeholders Mitja Caboni, Acceleration Manager at PortXL introduced the...

The PortXL community gathered at the RDM Innovation Dock to celebrate the achievements of the 2022 cohort. The solutions of the 13 start-up companies vary from flywheel designs originally meant for space operations to offshore wind turbine floaters that double as hydrogen storage. The goal of the PortXL acceleration programme is to build collaborations between corporates and start- and scale-ups to accelerate innovation. More than 10 collaborations were signed to continue working with these inn...