1. Rockstart
Investments: 236
Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Socials: Website / LinkedIn / X / Facebook
Rockstart is an early-stage investor empowering purpose-driven founders across Energy, AgriFood, and Emerging Technologies. They invest in startups and provide access to capital, market, and expertise by connecting founders with co-investors, mentors, partners, and the wider Rockstart network. Rockstart has invested in more than 260 startups with a combined alumni value exceeding $1bn. The international team of 40+ professionals is dedicated to scaling purpose-driven founders to drive global positive change. Notable exits include Wercker, Bouw7, iClinic, 3D Hubs, and Brincr.
2. EIT InnoEnergy
Investments: 182
Location: Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant
Socials: Website / LinkedIn / X / Facebook
Founded in 2010, EIT InnoEnergy is the leading innovation engine in Sustainable Energy. With offices in Europe and the US, the firm seeks to make equity minority investments in early-stage companies and through added-value services make the business case bigger, sooner, and safer. Their investment scope includes climate tech and energy sectors, supporting innovative solutions for a sustainable future.
3. Forbion Capital Partners
Investments: 139
Location: Naarden, Noord-Holland
Forbion Capital Partners is a Netherlands-based venture capital firm focused on investing in life sciences companies, particularly in drug development and MedTech addressing high medical needs. With over €400 million in assets under management, Forbion has a strong track record with successful investments in companies like Crucell, Neutec, and Impella. They also co-manage BioGeneration Ventures, focusing on academic spin-outs and seed investments.
4. M Ventures
Investments: 129
Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Socials: Website / LinkedIn / X / Facebook
M Ventures is the strategic corporate venture capital arm of Merck, investing in innovative technologies and products with significant impact on Merck’s core business areas. With a global investment approach, M Ventures focuses on early-stage investing and company creation, including spin-offs leveraging Merck’s science and technology base. The firm operates from its headquarters in Amsterdam, with additional offices in the US and Israel.
5. BOM
Investments: 117
Location: Tilburg, Noord-Brabant
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BOM (Brabant Development Agency) invests in innovative start-ups and growth companies to enhance economic growth, employment, and social problem-solving. BOM provides expertise, resources, and connections to create and finance renewable energy projects, supporting regional economic development through strategic investments.
6. Gilde Healthcare
Investments: 104
Location: Utrecht, Utrecht
Socials: Website / LinkedIn / X
Gilde Healthcare is a specialized European healthcare investor managing over €800 million across two business lines: lower mid-market buy-out and venture & growth capital. Gilde focuses on digital health, diagnostics, medical devices, therapeutics, and healthcare services, investing up to €35 million per portfolio company to build successful healthcare businesses across Europe and the US.
7. Prosus Ventures
Investments: 101
Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Socials: Website / LinkedIn / X
Prosus Ventures, the venture investing arm of Prosus, targets high-potential technology startups with the ambition to scale globally. Prosus Ventures provides tailored support to companies, helping them make a significant impact in their communities and become leaders in their markets. Their strategic investments help drive growth and innovation.
8. Exor Ventures
Investments: 99
Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Exor Ventures, through its EXOR Seeds program, invests in exceptional founders with ambitions to build great businesses. With a long-term view and support from a global network, Exor Ventures provides a unique partnership to entrepreneurs, leveraging its experience and resources to drive growth and innovation in early-stage ventures.
9. Inkef
Investments: 80
Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Inkef is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam that backs promising early-stage companies in Europe. As a patient, long-term investor, Inkef supports entrepreneurs from the early stages of technology or life science ventures, helping them build successful international businesses through strategic guidance and capital investment.
10. Maven 11 Capital
Investments: 73
Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Socials: Website / LinkedIn / X
Maven 11 Capital is an investment fund focused on blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT). The firm invests in ventures, digital assets, and digital currencies adopting this technology, supporting innovative projects that leverage the potential of blockchain. Maven 11 Capital is dedicated to advancing the blockchain ecosystem.
11. Peak
Investments: 72
Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Socials: Website / LinkedIn / X
Peak is an early-stage VC backed by experienced entrepreneurs, focusing on marketplace, platform, and SaaS companies in B2B and B2C sectors. Based in Amsterdam, Berlin, and Stockholm, Peak invests across Europe, leveraging a decade of experience to support founders from Seed to Series A and beyond. Their strategic investments foster innovation and growth.
12. Finch Capital
Investments: 71
Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Socials: Website / LinkedIn / X
Finch Capital is a growth capital firm focused on high-growth financial technology companies. Finch Capital aims to fund and support the best entrepreneurs in creating products that will shape the future of finance, leveraging an international network and industry expertise to help portfolio companies become leaders in their fields.
13. InnovationQuarter
Investments: 67
Location: The Hague, Zuid-Holland
Socials: Website / LinkedIn / X / Facebook
InnovationQuarter is the regional development agency for the Dutch province of South Holland, funding innovative and fast-growing companies. The agency supports entrepreneurs with equity investments, subordinated and convertible loans, and fosters collaboration among businesses, knowledge institutes, and government entities.
14. Newion
Investments: 66
Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Socials: Website / LinkedIn / X
Newion is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in B2B software companies. The firm supports entrepreneurs in building software companies into category leaders that create sustainable impact, aiming to generate excellent returns for investors through strategic investments and guidance.
15. Prime Ventures
Investments: 64
Location: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland
Socials: Website / LinkedIn / X
Prime Ventures is a venture capital firm focusing on investing in European companies in the technology and related industries and leverages its capital, experience and network to actively guide them into global category leaders. The firm has invested in companies in the Benelux countries, United Kingdom, France, Finland and Sweden. From its offices in The Netherlands and the UK the independent partnership manages over EUR700 million in committed capital.
