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 deals in the last 12 months vs 2 prior). Average disclosed round size is $6.0M (across 9 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
21
Fund Size
$19.2M
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
22 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 orq.ai | Seed | — | Dec 2025 |
 Altura | Series A | — | Jun 2025 |
 Moonlit | Unknown | — | Aug 2024 |
 Because | Seed | $600K | Feb 2024 |
 Deeploy | Seed | — | Jun 2023 |
| NNosto | Growth | $16M | Jan 2023 |
 IISY Oy | Unknown | — | Jun 2022 |
| FFreesi | Seed | — | Jun 2022 |
 Lynk | Unknown | $24M | Jan 2021 |
 Cloudify | Unknown | $7M | Jul 2019 |
 Neople | Seed | — | — |
| OOrq | Pre-Seed | — | — |
| OOrq | Seed | — | — |
 Epicbrief | Pre-Seed | — | — |
| EEpum | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | — |
| TTelescope | Seed | — | — |
| NNimbles | Unknown | $100K | — |
 Display | Pre-Seed | — | — |
| OObjectiv | Series A | $3M | — |
 Clubee | Unknown | $100K | — |
 ValidFor | Pre-Seed | $1.2M | — |
| DDisplay.dev | Pre-Seed | — | — |
Top Co-Investors
Galion.exe3 shared
xDeck3 shared
seed + speed Ventures3 shared
Outlast Fund2 shared
FIRSTPICK2 shared
Bonsai Partners1 shared
Wave Capital1 shared
Exor Ventures1 shared
Fortino Capital1 shared
Octopus Ventures1 shared
MassMutual1 shared
Alibaba Entrepreneurs Fund1 shared
Brewer Lane Ventures1 shared
Simon Capital1 shared
Newion1 shared
Redstone1 shared
Superhero Capital1 shared
VMware1 shared
BRM Group1 shared
NP-Hard Ventures1 shared
Last updated: 8 September 2026