Innovation Industries, established in 2017, is a Dutch venture capital firm that invests in early-stage, high-tech, med-tech, and agri-foodtech companies. Based in Amsterdam, the firm manages multiple funds, including Innovation Industries Fund I, II, and III, with a focus on the Netherlands market. They provide capital up to EUR 25 million, typically taking minority stakes. Innovation Industries is known for its hands-on approach, actively supporting portfolio companies to strengthen their value proposition, accelerate time-to-market, and forge global strategic partnerships. The firm aims to be more than just a financial investor, acting as a partner to entrepreneurs and other stakeholders, helping to create and grow ventures.

Established in 2020, the European Innovation Council supports innovative startups and researchers with promising ideas, focusing on early-stage companies with positive environmental, social, or governance impacts. It co-invests alongside private investors.

InnovationQuarter is the regional development agency for South Holland province in the Netherlands. It funds innovative companies at seed, early stage, and growth levels across various sectors such as maritime, data science, biobased industries, aerospace, life sciences, energy, ICT, cybersecurity, and circular economy.

BOM invests in innovative start-ups and growth companies. BOM objectives include improved economic growth, increased employment, and solutions to social problems. They offer expertise, resources, and connections through their network to create and finance renewable energy projects.

Founded in 2015, FJ Labs is a New York-based venture capital firm focusing on stage-agnostic investments in marketplaces and consumer-facing startups. Their investment range varies from $50,000 to $5,000,000, typically at seed or series A stages.

Forbion is a venture capital firm based in Naarden, Netherlands, established in 2006. It specializes in early-stage investments within the life sciences and MedTech sectors, focusing on companies involved in drug development and addressing critical medical needs. The firm has a team of nine investment professionals and has built a strong track record since the late 1990s, with successful investments in various notable companies. Forbion manages assets exceeding €400 million across three active funds and co-manages BioGeneration Ventures, which targets academic spin-outs and seed investments in the Netherlands. The firm continues to play a significant role in advancing innovative healthcare solutions through its strategic investments.

Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland BV is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, established in 2018. The firm focuses on investing in small and medium-sized companies within the Province of Noord-Holland, primarily targeting sectors such as the circular economy, life sciences, health, sustainable mobility, high-tech systems, information technology, and energy. Innovatiefonds Noord-Holland offers convertible loans ranging from €0.05 million to €0.3 million per transaction, with an interest rate of 8% per annum and a maximum duration of 10 years. The firm aims to support innovative concepts and ideas from startups, contributing to the region's economic development.

Brightlands Venture Partners is an independent regional venture capital firm and fund manager based in Geleen, in the south of the Netherlands. It acts as an ecosystem investor, backing startups with links to Brightlands campuses. The firm manages multiple sector-focused funds, including Limburg Ventures, Chemelot Ventures and the Brightlands Agrifood Fund, to finance early- and growth-stage companies. Its investment focus spans chemistry, healthcare, regenerative medicine, agri-food, renewable chemistry and circularity, as well as biomedical materials, agritech, food and digital technologies. The firm seeks to support a diversified portfolio and collaborates with public sources to extend its reach, with a focus on ESG and impact-oriented investments.

Founded in 2014, Volta Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Ghent and Amsterdam. It focuses on seed and early-stage investments in internet and software companies across the Benelux region. The firm actively supports founders by providing market insights, hiring assistance, strategic guidance, and follow-on financing.

Inkef Capital is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology and healthcare companies in Europe. Founded in 2010, it positions itself as a patient, long-term investor capable of supporting portfolio companies through multiple funding rounds, with a focus on technology, healthcare and biotech sectors and growth toward international markets.

UNIIQ is an investment fund based in The Hague, Netherlands, with a focus on the proof-of-concept phase. Established in 2016, it manages a fund of €22 million aimed at supporting entrepreneurs in South Holland in bringing their unique innovations to market. UNIIQ provides essential start-up capital to help bridge the most critical phase of transforming ideas into promising businesses. By collaborating closely with knowledge institutions and incubators, UNIIQ actively aids entrepreneurs in their strategic development. The investments made by UNIIQ are utilized for validating innovations and business concepts, with the ultimate goal of facilitating the transition to further financing. The fund emphasizes a straightforward process with favorable conditions for entrepreneurs, ensuring they can effectively move forward with their projects.

Graduate Entrepreneur is a venture capital investment firm established in 2021 and headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The firm is dedicated to stimulating the start-up ecosystem in Delft and Rotterdam by investing in founders of innovative ventures at the pre-seed and seed stages. With a focus on supporting promising companies, Graduate Entrepreneur leverages an extensive network of successful entrepreneurs and a diverse array of supporters to assist entrepreneurs at various stages of their journey. Through this commitment, the firm aims to foster the growth and development of new businesses in the region.

Thuja Capital is a Netherlands-based venture capital firm that backs early-stage health care and biotech companies. Founded in 2006 and based in Utrecht, the firm focuses on medical devices, diagnostics, therapeutics, digital health, nutraceuticals, and related platform technologies. It typically provides seed and start-up financing as well as bridge and early equity or debt investments, and aims to act as lead or co-investor while taking a supervisory board seat in portfolio companies. The geographic focus spans the Benelux region and Western Europe. The firm supports companies developing bio pharmaceuticals, novel formulations, and technologies across life sciences to address diagnosis, treatment, care, or prevention.

Established in 2022, Positron Ventures is a Dutch venture capital firm headquartered in Amsterdam. It focuses on investing in life science and technology startups with the potential to drive significant advancements in environmental sustainability or health.

Prime Ventures, established in 1999, is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, with additional offices in the UK. It specializes in growth capital and seed to pre-IPO investments, focusing on Series A and B rounds, with a typical initial investment of €5-15 million. The firm concentrates on technology and related industries, such as software, consumer internet, e-commerce, and digital media, primarily in Europe, particularly the Benelux countries, the UK, and the Nordic region. Prime Ventures aims to be the lead investor, taking a minority stake and board position, and can co-invest. It manages over €700 million in committed capital, leveraging its capital, experience, and network to actively guide portfolio companies towards global leadership.

FORWARD.one is a venture capital firm headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 2017. It invests in European technology companies, with a focus on hardware innovations and the scaling of ambitious founders. The firm draws on a team that includes financial professionals, engineers, startup entrepreneurs and scientists to support portfolio companies through early and growth stages. By helping teams commercialize breakthroughs and navigate complex challenges, FORWARD.one aims to deliver solid returns for its limited partners.

PDENH is an investment management firm based in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, that focuses on venture capital and private equity investments. Founded in 2014, the firm aims to identify and support innovative companies and projects, providing the necessary capital and expertise to foster growth and development in various sectors.

Rubio Impact Ventures is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm focused on impact-driven investments in the Netherlands. Founded in 2014, it targets early and growth-stage opportunities across sectors including healthcare, information technology, artificial intelligence, energy, financial services, education technology, food technology, climate technology, agriculture technology, and both consumer and business-to-business models. The firm typically makes equity investments between €0.5 million and €8 million and emphasizes ventures that deliver measurable social and environmental benefits, such as improvements in nutrition, education and employment opportunities, and sustainable development within Dutch markets.

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. The firm focuses on growth-stage software, internet, and data services, with emphasis on fintech, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and machine learning, DevOps, and healthcare. Based in New York City with offices in London, Tel Aviv, and Palo Alto, Insight Partners has backed more than 750 companies worldwide and has more than 55 portfolio companies that have achieved an IPO. As of 2022, the firm reports over $75 billion in assets under management. It seeks to fund and work closely with visionary executives, providing practical, hands-on software expertise to support growth from initial investment through to IPO.

Gimv is a European investment company focused on private equity and venture capital. Founded in 1980 and headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, it operates across Belgium, France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Gimv targets investments in a diversified range of sectors, including business-to-business services, financial services, healthcare, information technology, telecommunications, manufacturing, life sciences, and other technology-enabled sectors, with a focus on European opportunities. The firm emphasizes building long-term equity partnerships to support growth and value creation in portfolio companies.

ENERGIIQ is a venture capital investment firm established in 2015 and located in The Hague, Netherlands. The company focuses on the commercialization of proven innovative energy technologies with a primary emphasis on reducing carbon dioxide emissions. ENERGIIQ targets investments in the energy transition sector, specifically within companies based in South Holland. Through its strategic investments, the firm aims to support the development and deployment of sustainable energy solutions that contribute to a more environmentally friendly future.

Founded in 2004, HenQ is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam. It invests €1M-€10M tickets in early-stage B2B software startups across Western Europe, focusing on unique businesses with atypical models or passionate founders.

VentureBuilders is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, specializing in seed, early-stage, and growth capital investments primarily in the artificial intelligence, internet, B2B, SaaS applications, and data science sectors. Established in 2012, the firm invests between €0.5 million and €1 million in its portfolio companies and provides hands-on support through a unique organizational structure that includes 25 operational experts. These experts offer extensive assistance in various areas such as digital marketing, data intelligence, business analytics, legal matters, design, public relations, sales, and recruiting. VentureBuilders is committed to not only funding startups but also helping them grow and secure additional investment from later-stage investors.

Cottonwood Capital Partners is a venture capital firm that backs early- and seed-stage startups in disruptive technology and related fields such as healthcare, information technology, nanotechnology, photonics, advanced materials, sensors, clean energy, robotics, life sciences, and enterprise software. The firm focuses on Southwest United States and Northern Europe, investing primarily in Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, and Utah, and in the Netherlands and parts of Northern Europe, including Mexico as part of its regional reach. Typical investments range from about $1 million to $3 million, and the firm often takes a board seat on portfolio companies. Founded in 2009, Cottonwood Capital Partners is based in Los Alamos, New Mexico, with additional offices in El Paso, Santa Fe, and Enschede, Netherlands.

SET Ventures is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm founded in 2007 that invests in European energy and renewable sector companies across early to growth stages. It backs digital technology-enabled solutions aimed at carbon-free energy systems, including energy generation, distribution and storage, energy efficiency, and smart energy applications in buildings, industry, mobility, and infrastructure. The firm targets investments in technology-enabled clean energy and sustainability initiatives, often with a focus on smart grid, energy storage, and EV/green building applications, and seeks to support portfolio companies with strategic guidance, including board participation. Typical check sizes range from approximately €0.5 million to €6 million per company over the life of participation. SET Ventures concentrates on Europe and prioritizes companies that combine software and hardware components to create scalable energy solutions.

Founded in 2014, Keen Venture Partners is a venture capital firm based in London with an additional office in Amsterdam. It specializes in investing in fast-growing European technology companies at the Series A and B stages, focusing on information technology, software services, digital models, and fintech sectors.

Founded in 2000, Gilde Healthcare Partners is a specialized investment firm focused on the healthcare sector. It manages multiple funds totaling over €800 million and invests in digital health, diagnostics, medical devices, therapeutics, and healthcare services across Europe and North America. The firm prefers to lead investments ranging from €1 million to €35 million, taking minority or majority stakes between 5% and 40%. It seeks to add value through active board participation and exits via IPOs, strategic sales, or private placements.

Healthy.Capital is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage health tech and digital healthcare services companies based primarily in the Netherlands. It provides growth capital and seed funding, typically ranging from €0.2 million to €2 million.

Future Food Fund, established in 2019 and based in Utrecht, Netherlands, is a venture capital firm specializing in early-stage investments. It focuses on companies within the food and agriculture tech sectors across Western Europe, aiming to support innovative businesses that transform the value chain in these industries. The fund, Future Food Fund II (2022 vintage), targets impact investments in the agriculture sector, aligning with article 9 SFDR.

Established in 2017, Imec.xpand is a Belgium-based venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage innovations within the domains of deep tech, health, and agtech. The company aims to foster nanoelectronics-based innovation globally.

CapitalT, established in 2020 and headquartered in Amsterdam, is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies. It focuses on sectors such as education technology, climate technology, the future of work, and social technology. The firm typically invests between €0.25 million to €3 million in companies based in the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Germany, with a preference for software technology companies.

Founded in 2006, Endeit Capital is a European venture capital firm headquartered in Amsterdam. It provides mid to later-stage growth capital ranging from €7m to €15m to scale-ups across digital media & marketing tech, marketplaces, B2B/B2C commerce, and enterprise cloud services.

The Informal Investors Network B.V. (TIIN Capital) is a private equity and venture capital firm based in Naarden, Netherlands, established in 1999. The firm specializes in a range of investment stages, including seed, startup, growth capital, and management buy-outs, with a focus on sectors such as medical technology, information and communication technology, trade and services, and manufacturing. TIIN Capital primarily targets companies located in the Netherlands, typically investing between €0.2 million and €4 million, depending on the stage of the company. Early-stage investments usually range from €0.2 million to €1 million, while later-stage investments are generally between €0.5 million and €2.5 million, targeting companies with sales between €0.5 million and €15 million. TIIN Capital boasts the largest network of informal investors in the country and manages several funds, including the TIIN TechFund and TIIN Buy-Out & Growth Fund, which support the development and growth of innovative ventures. The firm typically exits investments within five years through IPOs or trade sales.

Founded in 2014, Ponooc is a Dutch venture capital firm specializing in sustainable energy and mobility ventures. It invests in start-ups to growth-stage companies across Europe, with equity investments ranging from €1 million to €10 million. The firm prefers to take a relevant stake and typically exits its investments after 4 to 7 years.

Prosus Ventures is a global venture capital firm founded in 2015. Based in Amsterdam, it invests in early-stage technology startups across sectors such as e-commerce, mobility, fintech, AI, and sustainability. The firm focuses on identifying high-potential companies with global ambitions and provides tailored support to help them become market leaders.

Founded in 2023, QDNL Participations is a €15 million early-stage investment fund based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It specializes in quantum technologies, focusing on companies that develop or use entanglement or superposition-based technology and related classical supply chain components.

Newion is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in B2B software companies across Benelux, Nordics, and Germany. Founded in 2000, the company aims to support entrepreneurs in building category-leading software businesses that generate sustainable impact and excellent returns for investors.

Founded in Amsterdam in 2018, No Such Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on technology and energy sectors. It invests $1 to $5 million in for-profit companies with proven teams or products ready to scale.

Axivate Capital is a private equity firm founded in 2012, based in Amsterdam. It specializes in early-stage investments, buy-outs, and growth capital for mature companies in digital media, e-commerce, leisure, telecom, travel, and hospitality sectors across Europe, with a focus on the Netherlands. The firm invests amounts ranging from €0.1 million to €5 million per participation, typically taking substantial minority or majority stakes.

Founded in Amsterdam in 2019, Borski Fund is a venture capital firm dedicated to bridging the investment diversity gap. It focuses on investing in gender-diverse teams with innovative propositions in sectors such as retail and healthtech.

Established in 2023 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Joanna Invests is a platform dedicated to empowering women investors and supporting female founders by facilitating funding opportunities.

SHIFT Invest is a Netherlands-based venture capital firm founded in 2009 and located in Amstelveen. It focuses on early-stage investments across sectors including agriculture and nutrients, food and health, biobased technologies, water and clean technologies, energy transition, sustainable mobility and logistics. The firm aims to deliver positive environmental impact alongside financial returns, leveraging a broad network and sector expertise to support entrepreneurs.

Established in 2019 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Achmea Innovation Fund is a corporate venture capital arm focused on investing in innovative companies with proven product-market fit. It primarily targets growth-stage startups operating in sectors such as Insurtech, healthcare, mobility, Fintech, digital health, SaaS, and clean technology across Europe and Israel.

Holland Capital, established in 1981, is a Dutch private equity firm headquartered in Amsterdam. It specializes in early-stage investments, primarily in the healthcare and technology sectors. The firm manages two active funds: one dedicated to supporting the growth of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the Netherlands, and another focused on innovative healthcare businesses. Since its inception, Holland Capital has successfully realized over 115 investments.

Founded in 2017, OTB Ventures is a leading European venture capital firm focused on DeepTech investments. With a unique advantage in accessing Central and Eastern European deal flow, the company invests primarily in early growth stage startups (late Seed to Series B) developing innovative technologies in SpaceTech, AI & Automation, FinTech, and Cybersecurity verticals. Headquartered in Amsterdam with an additional office in Warsaw, OTB Ventures manages over $300M.

Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is a leading European innovation engine focused on Sustainable Energy. It invests in early-stage climate tech and energy companies across Europe and the US, providing equity minority investments and added value services to de-risk projects.

Finch Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 and headquartered in Amsterdam, with offices in London and Jakarta. It specializes in seed and early-stage investments in financial technology and related sectors, including insurtech, regulatory technology, data analytics, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and software, as well as adjacent areas such as fintech infrastructure, payments, wealth management, and proptech. The firm also considers marketplaces and online distribution models, and investments in data processing and cloud-enabled services. Finch Capital targets Europe and Southeast Asia, with activity across the Benelux, DACH, Nordics, Ireland, Central and Eastern Europe, and Singapore and Indonesia. Typical investment sizes range from about half a million to twelve million dollars, and the firm often takes a board seat to help portfolio companies scale. It leverages an international network and sector expertise to support companies in growth, international expansion, and product development.

Founded in 2018, TRGC is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam. It invests in visionary teams and projects within emerging technologies like blockchain, Web3, and DeFi, aiming to foster growth in the global financial system.

Slingshot Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that backs fast-growing technology, e-commerce and internet-enabled businesses across Western Europe. It invests across early, growth and expansion stages, with initial ticket sizes typically ranging from €0.5 million to €10 million and potential to participate in multiple rounds up to €10 million. The firm focuses on B2C and B2B2C models, information technology, SaaS, e-commerce and related sectors, leveraging its knowledge, experience and international network to help portfolio companies scale. Its approach combines smart capital with active support, aiming to accelerate ambitious entrepreneurs with cross-border potential and a portfolio spanning the Netherlands and beyond.

ASIF Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that supports student and recent graduate entrepreneurs in the Amsterdam metropolitan region. Founded in 2017, it provides both financial and social investment to help early-stage startups develop bold ideas, accelerate growth, and strengthen local entrepreneurship ecosystems. The firm targets ventures led by students and recent graduates, offering capital alongside mentorship and network access to foster sustainable innovation and regional impact.