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    Curiosity VC

    Amsterdam, NetherlandsFounded 2021

    Curiosity VC is a community-driven early-stage venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, founded in 2021 by Herman Kienhuis and Maurice Beckand Verwée. It invests in AI-native B2B software companies across the Benelux, Nordics, and Baltics, backing founders at the pre-seed and seed stages across verticals including finance, legal, real estate, energy, and cybersecurity.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deal in the last 12 months vs 2 prior). Average disclosed round size is $6.3M (across 10 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    24

    Fund Size

    $19.2M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    Herman Kienhuis

    Herman Kienhuis

    Founder & Managing Partner

    Maurice Beckand Verwee

    Maurice Beckand Verwee

    Founder & Managing Partner

    Akshata Agarwal

    Akshata Agarwal

    Principal

    Eva Formica

    Eva Formica

    Investment Analyst

    Elliot Schouten

    Elliot Schouten

    Investment Manager & CFO

    Sebastian Johansson

    Sebastian Johansson

    Investment manager

    LB

    Lisa Brouwer

    Principal

    AM

    Adriano Michieli

    VC

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    26 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Orq.ai logoOrq.aiSeed—Dec 2025
    DDawnguardPre-Seed—Jul 2025
    Altura logoAlturaSeries A—Jun 2025
    Dreamdata logoDreamdataSeries B$55MJan 2025
    Moonlit logoMoonlitUnknown—Aug 2024
    Because logoBecauseSeed$600KFeb 2024
    Deeploy logoDeeploySeed—Jun 2023
    IISY Oy logoIISY OyUnknown—Jun 2022
    FFreesiSeed—Jun 2022
    AAmberscriptSeries A—Nov 2021
    Alpha3D logoAlpha3DSeed$800KJan 2021
    OOrqPre-Seed——
    OOrqSeed——
    Epicbrief logoEpicbriefPre-Seed——
    EEpumPre-Seed$1.6M—
    Telescope logoTelescopeSeed——
    Alpha3D logoAlpha3DDebt——
    AAccordiumPre-Seed$510K—
    NNimblesUnknown$100K—
    Display logoDisplayPre-Seed——
    OObjectivSeries A$3M—
    Clubee logoClubeeUnknown$100K—
    ValidFor logoValidForPre-Seed$1.2M—
    DDisplay.devPre-Seed——
    Telescope logoTelescopeSeed——
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026