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Top 20 Venture Capital Firms in the Netherlands for Startups in 2025
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Lineke Kruisinga
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May 24, 2025
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These 20 VCs are ranked by investment activity (deals/tickets) highlighting the funds that are most active in the Dutch startup ecosystem. From Amsterdam’s booming SaaS scene to Delft’s deep tech labs, these investors are shaping the next generation of European innovation.
Location: Amsterdam
One of the Netherlands’ most active early-stage investors. With over 300 startups backed and €75M under management, Rockstart focuses on energy, agrifood, and climate innovation.
💰 Size: €100K–€5M
📍 Stage: Early
🌐 Rockstart
Location: Amsterdam (global network)
Antler is a global powerhouse that helps founders from idea to scale. They offer co-founder matching, early funding, and operational support with a goal to back 6,000+ startups by 2030.
💰 Size: $100K–$2M
📍 Stage: Seed to Series C
🌐 Antler
Location: Rotterdam, Delft
Graduate Entrepreneur Fund channels €58M to early-stage startups emerging from Dutch universities, especially Delft and Rotterdam. They combine funding with a powerful local network to supercharge founders.
💰 Size: €100K–€5M
📍 Stage: Early to Growth
🌐 Graduate Entrepreneur
Location: Amsterdam
Founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, DFF specializes in marketplaces and network-effect startups. Known for their founder-first, hands-on approach, they help startups tackle early-stage growth.
💰 Size: €100K–€1M
📍 Stage: Early
🌐 Dutch Founders Fund
Location: Amsterdam, Berlin, Stockholm
Peak Capital is a founder-friendly fund focused on marketplaces, platforms, and SaaS startups. With offices across Europe, they help early-stage startups gear up for Series A and beyond.
💰 Size: €100K–€1M
📍 Stage: Idea to Series A
🌐 Peak
Location: Amsterdam
Acrobator Ventures backs early-stage tech innovators, especially Eastern European founders expanding into Western markets. With a sharp focus on AI and growth marketing, they help startups unlock networks, data, and market access.
💰 Size: €100K–€2M
📍 Stage: Pre-seed to Seed
🌐 Acrobator Ventures
Location: Amsterdam, Antwerp
Pitchdrive is a founder-first, hands-on pre-seed VC helping startups get from pitch to launch with speed, clarity, and strategic support. Focused on SaaS, marketplaces, and AI, they help founders hit their first growth milestones fast.
💰 Size: €100K–€500K
📍 Stage: Pre-seed to Seed
🌐 Pitchdrive
Location: Amsterdam, Vilnius
Contrarian Ventures is all-in on climate tech and energy innovation across Europe and Israel. Through initiatives like Climate50, they unite founders, investors, and corporates to accelerate decarbonization.
💰 Size: €100K–€2M
📍 Stage: Seed to Series A
🌐 Contrarian Ventures
Location: The Hague
InnovationQuarter is the regional development agency for Zuid-Holland, connecting startups to €350M+ in funds and networks. They focus on cross-sector innovation with social impact.
💰 Size: Varies
📍 Stage: Early to Growth
🌐 InnovationQuarter
Location: Amsterdam
Newion is a specialist B2B SaaS investor focused on early-stage companies. Known for their “controlled growth” approach, they guide startups toward lean, scalable success.
💰 Size: €1M–€5M
📍 Stage: Early
🌐 Newion
Location: Naarden
Forbion is one of Europe’s leading life sciences investors, managing over €2.3 billion across ten funds. With a 20+ year track record, they support biotech and healthcare companies transforming patient care.
💰 Size: €1M–€10M
📍 Stage: Early to Growth
🌐 Forbion
Location: Amsterdam
Inkef is an early-stage investor focused on healthcare and tech, including therapeutics, deep tech, and digital health. They partner with mission-driven teams scaling globally.
💰 Size: €1M–€5M
📍 Stage: Seed to Series A
🌐 Inkef
Location: Amsterdam (global)
M Ventures is Merck KGaA’s corporate VC arm, investing in biotech, life sciences tools, and frontier technologies. They combine strategic capital with hands-on support to help startups succeed.
💰 Size: €1M–€10M+
📍 Stage: Seed to Growth
🌐 M Ventures
Location: Utrecht
Gilde Healthcare manages over $2.5B across venture, growth, and private equity. They invest in healthtech, therapeutics, and healthcare providers, helping companies improve care at lower cost.
💰 Size: Varies (typically €5M–€25M)
📍 Stage: Venture to Growth
🌐 Gilde Healthcare
Location: Amsterdam
Finch Capital focuses on fintech, insurtech, and real estate tech. They work closely with management on scaling, M&A, and go-to-market, investing €5–15M (and up to €50M with co-investors).
💰 Size: €5M–€15M+
📍 Stage: Growth
🌐 Finch Capital
Location: Amsterdam (global)
Prosus Ventures, part of Prosus, is one of Europe’s most active venture arms, with over $30B invested globally. They back fintech, edtech, healthtech, and food delivery leaders reshaping industries.
💰 Size: Up to $50M+
📍 Stage: Growth
🌐 Prosus Ventures
Location: Eindhoven
EIT InnoEnergy is Europe’s go-to VC for clean energy innovation. They invest across the energy value chain, from battery storage to green hydrogen, to accelerate the energy transition.
💰 Size: Varies
📍 Stage: Early to Growth
🌐 EIT InnoEnergy
Location: Amsterdam
Maven 11 is a crypto-native fund backing blockchain and Web3 founders. They’re hands-on partners, involved in everything from early ideation to product-market fit.
💰 Size: €500K–€10M
📍 Stage: Seed to Growth
🌐 Maven 11 Capital
Location: Amsterdam (global)
Exor Ventures, part of the Exor group, invests in early-stage companies across deep tech, healthcare, mobility, and fintech. With “permanent capital,” they back visionary founders for the long haul.
💰 Size: €1M–€10M+
📍 Stage: Early
🌐 Exor Ventures
Location: Amsterdam, Bucharest
Gapminder backs early-stage IT software startups in Central and Eastern Europe. They invest in innovation, bold founders, and impactful technologies shaping the future.
💰 Size: €200K–€2M
📍 Stage: Seed, Series A
🌐 Gapminder VC
Whether you’re a founder fresh out of university or scaling up to Series B, the Netherlands offers a diverse and highly specialized VC landscape. Each of these firms brings unique strengths from deep tech expertise to hands-on operator support. Research them well, match their thesis to your vision, and get ready to make your next bold move.
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