Founder and CEO of Nearfield Instruments, Hamed Sadeghian, about scaling up in a highly capital intensive industry.

In 2016, Hamed Sadeghian co-founded Nearfield Instruments together with Roland van Vliet as a spin out from TNO. Nearfield has since then become a leader in semiconductor metrology solutions, with offices in Eindhoven and Rotterdam, employing over a 100 people.

Hamed received his PhD cum laude in 2010 from Delft University of Technology in nano-mechatronics systems design. He holds more than 60 patents, has authored over 100 papers and co-authored a number of books. Hamed also holds an MBA from Vlerick Business School in Leuven. 

In this episode, we'll cover the following topics:

• Scaling up in a highly capital intensive industry;
• Building a strong leadership team;
• Preparing the road to IPO;

Links mentioned:

• People: Hamed Sadeghian, Roland van Vliet, Roelof Veldhuizen, Gillian Soeteman 
• Companies: Nearfield Instruments, TNO, TU Delft,  Vlerick Business School, TSMC, Invest-NL 
• Publications: Publications Hamed Sadeghian
• Media: ASML's Architects 
• Other: Moore's Law