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Dutch Founders Fund

https://www.dutchfoundersfund.com/

Last activity: 21.05.2025

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The Dutch Founders Fund is an early-stage VC that primarily invests in marketplaces and network effects across Europe. Our fund is founded by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. We look beyond spreadsheets and resolve early-stage growth-pains with lightning speed. Ready to scale together? Submit your pitch deck to karlo@dutchfoundersfund.com

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Location: Netherlands, North Holland, Amsterdam

Employees: 1-10

Phone:13007119

Founded date: 2019

Investment Type: Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A

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Date	Name	Website	Total Raised	Location
01.07.2022	Vamstar	vamstar.io	$11.2M	United Kin...
02.09.2019	Voicebooki...	voicebooking.com	$822.26K	Netherland...
-	Nostics	spektrax.com	-	-
-	SpaceBuzz ...	spacebuzz.nl	-	-
-	Vintage Ca...	vintagecashcow.nl	-	-
-	Just Eat (...	just-eat.com	$869.75M	India
-	Fleks	fleks.nl	-	-
-	Hiber	hiber.global	$345.01M	Netherland...
-	WeTransfer	wetransfer.com	$63.86M	Netherland...
-	Shypple	shypple.com	$40.47M	Netherland...
-	Treatwell	treatwell.nl	-	Netherland...
-	fonQ	fonq.nl	-	Netherland...
-	Blanco Fin...	useblanco.com	-	Belgium, F...

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Date	Title	Description
18.03.2021	Vacancy: Legal Counsel @ VC Dutch Founders Fund Partners.	Legal counsel @ VC Dutch Founders Fund The Dutch Founders Fund, a B2B-oriented venture capital fund, is currently looking to hire a Legal counsel to join our team. As the Legal counsel, you will be granted a great deal of responsibility...
02.10.2020	Associate Dutch Founders Fund Partners.	Associate Dutch Founders Fund At Dutch Founders Fund, It’s our mission to help innovative founders grow their company into something great. We believe in a new way of investing. We do this by sharing our knowledge and experience as founder...
13.05.2020	Zo werkt een Nederlandse startup aan een snelle coronatest, met groeikapitaal van Dutch Founders Fund Partners.	De Nederlandse medtech-startup Spektrax ontwikkelt met hulp van het Amsterdam UMC een test waarmee binnen een paar minuten kan worden vastgesteld of iemand besmet is met het coronavirus. Een maand na de start van het bedrijf zijn al een paa...
20.04.2020	Blanco and AIRS join forces. Partners.	It may finally be announced: Blanco and AIRS — the current market leader in the Netherlands in the field of portfolio management and back-office support for wealth- and asset managers, join forces by continuing together, whereby Blanco acqu...
02.09.2019	Voicebooking raises EUR 750K investment by Dutch Founders Fund Partners.	Venture capital fund Dutch Founders Fund invests EUR 750.000 in Voicebooking. Voicebooking is one of Europe’s fastest-growing online voice agencies. DFF will receive a minority stake in the eight-year-old platform, which founder Jente Kater...
10.07.2019	Dutch Founders Fund launching partner in the #Fundright movement. Partners.	Under the name #FundRight Dutch Founders Fund and 21 other progressive venture capital investors under which CapitalT, Peak Capital, INKEF Capital, Innovation Quarter, Keen Venture Partners, KPN Ventures, The Next woman, Slingshot, Tablomon...
12.04.2019	Amsterdam-based fintech exports ‘know-your-customer’ to Germany and France	Amsterdam-based fintech company Blanco will bring its technology platform for financial service providers to France and Germany. The company is raising new growth money to strengthen its position in two countries. Blanco provides asset man...

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22.05.2025	Bridging the Funding Gap: The Rise of Southeast Asian Startups	Southeast Asia is a vibrant tapestry of innovation. Startups are sprouting like wildflowers, each one unique, each one promising. Yet, the landscape is not without its challenges. A significant gap looms in late-stage funding, threatening t...
21.05.2025	Deals in brief: CrediLinq secures Series A funding, Vertex Ventures backs Quantified Energy, Ringkas raises 5.1 million, and more	CrediLinq raises Series A funding to grow global embedded SME finance infrastructure CrediLinq, a fintech startup based in Singapore, has raised an undisclosed amount in a Series A funding round to expand its embedded finance infrastructure...
21.02.2025	The Pulse of Innovation: A Look at Germany's Startup Landscape	Germany's startup scene is buzzing. New ideas are sprouting like wildflowers after a rain. The latest reports reveal a surge in investments, signaling a vibrant ecosystem ready to take on the world. In this article, we’ll explore the latest...
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18.12.2024	“Irgendwann erreichen alle Güter ihr Lebensende”	Zu den vielen Startups, die man unbedingt im Blick behalten sollte, gehört auch das Kölner Startup Metycle. Die Jungfirma, 2022 von Rafael Suchan und Sebastian Brenner gegründet, positioniert sich als “digital platform for international sec...
19.11.2024	Firsty raises €5.1M to increase data connectivity	Telecoms startup Firsty has raised a €5.1M round to offer free mobile data globally. Speedinvest led the round alongside DFF (Dutch Founders Fund), angel investor Marcel Smits (ex-KPN CFO) and former executives from Mollie, Booking.com, Ube...
31.07.2024	Deutsche Börse invests in capital markets fintech Primary Portal	Primary Portal, a digital platform that aggregates and digitises equity capital market processes for banks and asset managers, has completed the first stage of its £7.5 million Series A funding round led by the venture capital arm of Deutsc...
27.07.2024	Primary Portal: Revolutionizing Equity Capital Markets with €8.9 Million Boost	In the world of finance, change often comes slowly. Yet, Primary Portal is a breath of fresh air. This London-based fintech company has just secured €8.9 million in Series A funding. The venture is led by DB1 Ventures, the investment arm of...
25.07.2024	London-based Primary Portal raises €8.9 million to further drive equity capital markets digitisation	Primary Portal, a digital platform that aggregates and digitises equity capital market processes for banks and asset managers, has completed the first stage of its €8.9 million Series A funding round led by the venture capital arm of Deutsc...
10.06.2024	Milan-based VC Italian Founders Fund raises inaugural €50 million for seed and pre-seed startups	Italian Founders Fund (IFF), a first-ever Italian Venture Capital fund created by founders for founders, announced the launch of its debut €50 million fund. Backed by a diverse group of Italian entrepreneurs covering a range of generations ...
07.03.2024	Inside the weird and quirky world of building a startup behind a wall of tariffs	Think quick — how much does a top-of-the-line iPhone 15 Pro Max cost? If you said around $1,600, you’d be right, but only if you’re based in the U.S. In Turkey, the same phone will set you back almost $3,000. That gap introduces a fantastic...
08.02.2024	Amsterdam’s Samen Slimmer AI backs Qneiform, an AI-based talent acquisition platform	Read this article in: Amsterdam-based Samen Slimmer AI, a venture alliance of Dutch Founders Fund (DFF), Keen Venture Partners, and Slimmer AI, announces its first venture, Qneiform. This Budapest, London, and Netherlands-based startup aims...
08.02.2024	Hungarian HRtech Qneiform raises €750k in a pre-seed investment	Hungarian HRtech Qneiform raises €750k in a pre-seed investment 08 February, 2024, 13:10 Mariia Denysiuk --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> Qneiform, a Budapest-based provider of AI-...
10.10.2023	London-based Kennek secures €11.8M to fuel growth in alternative lending sector	Read this article in: London-based Kennek, a fintech that specialises in developing an operating system for lenders, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $12.5M (€11.8M) in a seed round of funding led by HV Capital. Dutch Founders Fund,...
10.10.2023	HV Capital leads $12.5M funding round for alternative lending tools provider kennek	London-based fintech kennek has raised a $12.5 million Seed funding round led by HV Capital and includes participation from Dutch Founders Fund, AlbionVC, FFVC, Plug & Play Ventures and Syndicate One. The funds will allow kennek to grow...
21.03.2023	Amsterdam’s Dutch Founders Fund backs Germany’s METYCLE in €1.5M round	Cologne-based METYCLE, a B2B marketplace for global scrap and recycled metal trading, announced on Tuesday that it has secured €1.5M in a pre-Seed round of funding. The round was led by marketplace-focused Warsaw-based VC firm Market One Ca...
21.03.2023	Market One Capital invests in METYCLE during €1.5M round	Market One Capital invests in METYCLE during €1.5M round 21 March, 2023, 15:47 Rostyslav Sobachynskyi --> --> --> -->--> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> --> METYCLE, a German B2B startup, has completed ...
09.02.2023	Amsterdam’s Dutch Founders Fund backs London-based fintech kennek in €4.1M round	London-based fintech firm kennek announced on Thursday that it has raised $4.5M (approximately €4.1M) in a pre-Seed round of funding led by Dutch Founders Fund, ffVC, and Plug and Play Ventures. The UK firm says it will use the funds to sca...
13.12.2022	London fintech Primary Portal seals £5.3 million to tee up US expansion	Primary Portal has picked up £5.3 million in seed funds for its capital market deals aggregation and communication platform. The round is led by Dutch Founders Fund and also includes the Amsterdam-HQed asset investment products company Flow...
23.06.2022	London-based Vamstar raises €9M led by Dutch Founders Fund and Alpha Intelligence Capital	London-based Vamstar, an AI-powered global B2B healthcare marketplace, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $9.5M (approximately €9M) in a Series A round of funding. The round was led by Alpha Intelligence Capital (AIC) and Dutch Found...
31.05.2022	Utrecht-based ‘much better than a selfie’ startup Smiler raises $8 million	Aiming to tap into what it calls a ‘second wave gig economy’, the Utrecht-based startup that connects those with a camera to visitors at over a million identified public locations and attractions, Smiler has raised $8 million in a seed roun...
17.03.2022	Berlin re-commerce startup wraps up €5 million to fuel fashion resale	As consumers increasingly see the possession of clothing as more temporary, fashion re-commerce is picking up. However, fashion brands leave the entire second-hand market to C2C marketplaces. Attempting to change this and bring about transp...
20.01.2022	DutchFounders launches €62 million fund to back founders building the next wave of European marketplaces	Closing its second fund, DutchFounders is making more than €62 million available for early-stage marketplaces and so-called marketplace enablers to fuel a growing European sector. Based in Amsterdam, DutchFounders specialise in companies an...
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14.12.2021	Launched in July 2021, Amsterdam’s Reveall raises €1.5M in pre-seed funding: Details revealed here	For any business, being customer-centric is important as it could help them become profitable. However, most businesses struggle to understand and listen to their customers. This is where Amsterdam-based platform Reveall looks to make a dif...
09.08.2021	Shypple raises €25.5 million, acquires Milestone to enter perishables market	Rotterdam-based digital freight forwarding platform Shypple has raised a total of €25.5 million in Series A and A2 funding this year, snapping up air and ocean freight forwarder Milestone in the process. With this acquisition, Shypple claim...
19.02.2021	Veylinx bags £1.4M, develops behavioural insights platform for businesses to propel innovation	Veylinx, the first and only behavioural insights platform that uses skin-in-the-game to predict consumer purchase behaviour, announces to have raised $2 million (£1.43 million) in a pre-Series A investment led by venture capital firm Dutch ...
02.09.2019	Voicebooking raises EUR 750K investment by Dutch Founders Fund Partners.	Venture capital fund Dutch Founders Fund invests EUR 750.000 in Voicebooking. Voicebooking is one of Europe’s fastest-growing online voice agencies. DFF will receive a minority stake in the eight-year-old platform, which founder Jente Kater...
15.04.2019	After Belgium, Dutch fintech startup Blanco is now heading to Germany and France	Blanco, the startup that develops an all-in-one technology platform for asset managers has raised €2 million in a second financing round to roll out their Digital Asset Management Platform in general and to accelerate the roll-out of their ...
-	Utrecht-based ‘much better than a selfie’ startup Smiler raises $8 million	Aiming to tap into what it calls a ‘second wave gig economy’, the Utrecht-based startup that connects those with a camera to visitors at over a million identified public locations and attractions, Smiler has raised $8 million in a seed roun...
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-	Berlin re-commerce startup wraps up €5 million to fuel fashion resale	As consumers increasingly see the possession of clothing as more temporary, fashion re-commerce is picking up. However, fashion brands leave the entire second-hand market to C2C marketplaces. Attempting to change this and bring about transp...
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-	Focusing on European marketplace startups, DutchFounders close second fund at €62 million	Amsterdam-based DutchFounders has announced the close of their second fund at €62 million, a figure nearly quadruple the first fund which clocked in at €16.7 million. The boutique firm places a specialist emphasis on supporting European mar...
-	Shypple raises €25.5 million, acquires Milestone to enter perishables market	Rotterdam-based digital freight forwarding platform Shypple has raised a total of €25.5 million in Series A and A2 funding this year, snapping up air and ocean freight forwarder Milestone in the process. With this acquisition, Shypple claim...

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