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NOM Foreign Direct Investment Flevoland Development Agency (OMFL) East Netherlands Development Agency (Oost NL) Invest Utrecht Brabant Development Agency (BOM) Limburg Development and Investment Company (LIOF) Development Agency Noord-Holland Noord (NHN) InnovationQuarter amsterdam inbusiness (aib) Rotterdam Partners Invest in Zeeland APELDOORN MAASTRICHT TILBURG UTRECHT LELYSTAD ROTTERDAM MIDDELBURG ALKMAAR AMSTERDAM DEN HAAG GRONINGEN Regional development organisations Local business support Business investments in the Netherlands receive local support from regional development organisations (ROMs). The country has a number of ROMs in several provinces, which provide a comprehensive range of services including arranging venture capital, supporting foreign companies upon their establishment in the Netherlands, coordinating collaboration between companies and knowledge institutes and occasionally becoming shareholders in regional companies. ROMs invested a total of 89 million euros across 140 companies in 2017. They focus primarily on fast-growing innovative businesses and they not only help entrepreneurs with their operations but also encourage them to locate in their region. 72