Case studies

NXTGEN Hightech

NXTGEN Hightech is one of the flagship initiatives of the Dutch National Growth Fund, with €450 million in funding to accelerate the high-tech sector. With 330+ partners across 61 projects, the challenge: efficiently collecting and validating a mountain of data each year.

After a first year of juggling Excel files and email threads, the consortium quickly hit the limits of manual processes. That’s when NXTGEN turned to us for a smarter way forward.

Results with the Growth Portal

• Error-free reporting thanks to integrated review workflows.
• Instant insight into submission progress across the consortium.
• Automated aggregation across 61 projects — no manual effort needed.

Challenges

The NXTGEN Hightech program office is responsible for the accuracy of all consortium reports. This requires multiple control steps: the project leader must check all partner reports, and the program office must then check the project reports. These sequential steps lead to long turnaround times.

In addition, Excel reporting was error-prone due to the many options available to users. And files had to be emailed back and forth for review, which immediately created version control issues.

Our solution

By using the Growth Portal, project leaders and the program office now always have a clear overview of submission status, allowing them to start reviewing as soon as reports come in.

Bronscode also facilitated the transition from Excel by setting up an import process with extensive checks for errors and inconsistencies.

Toekomstbestendige Leefomgeving

Toekomstbestendige Leefomgeving (TBL) unites three consortia from the design, construction and technology sectors, driving emission-free, circular and climate-resilient innovations.

The TBL program office encountered many of the same challenges as NXTGEN. After sharing experiences with NXTGEN, TBL also switched to the Growth Portal. Together, we expanded the platform with new features tailored to TBL’s unique needs.

Results with the Growth Portal

• A unified workflow across all three consortia.
• One single source of truth for every project budget.
• Flexible reporting: multiple users contribute to the same report.

Challenges

With three independent consortia — Infrastructure, Buildings and Ecosystem — TBL had developed fragmented processes and separate budgets, complicating collaboration and version control. Reporting on deliverables also created extra communication overhead, since responsibilities were split between financial and technical teams.

Our solution

We extended the Growth Portal with dedicated deliverables reporting, role-based access rights, and a new “coordinator” role for consortium leads. Together with TBL, we tailored the platform to support all three consortia simultaneously, creating a single source of truth for the entire program.