As I responded earlier, I did look up that email that you mentioned, and subsequent emails, just to remind myself. It was a while ago, and I was unfortunately experiencing an episode of long COVID, which had me not at work for part of that time period. However, what I do recall is that the Verschuren Centre had actually asked SDTC to not support them in finding funding after receiving news that their project with SDTC was not going to be moving forward.
On November 25th, 2024. See this statement in context.