On November 19 VentureLab Twente formally welcomed its 100th participant during a special celebration session in The Corridor (Enschede). ventureLab offers business development support for high-tech startups and is a growth accelerator for existing companies. Since February 2009 5 groups of knowledge intensive entrepreneurs have started the programme. The 100th participant is Marloes Tuk, co-founder and commercial director of Cable Protection Nederland BV. The company sells innovative sea cable and pipe protectors and was already nominated for two important prizes.

During a celebration event in The Corridor mr Rinke Zonneveld, Director Entrepreneurship Department, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation awarded Marloes a voucher to be used for making a promotionvideo for Cable Protection Nederland BV (CP/NL). In his speech he pointed at the important roles of startup companies, as boosters of knowledge valorization and job creation, and of regional initiatives to support knowledge intensive entrepreneurs.

VentureLab Twente is a business development support programme for high-tech high-growth companies, especially focusing on business acceleration, to stimulate sustainable job creation. VentureLab Twente helps CP/NL to select a business model to successfully market innovative sea cable protectors. CP/NL was nominated as one of twenty innovative candidates for the LiveWIRE Award 2010 and as one of seven fast growing businesses for the Young Technology Award 2010. Marloes Tuk started CP/NL in September 2009.