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    DFF Ventures

    Amsterdam, NetherlandsFounded 2018

    DFF Ventures (formerly Dutch Founders Fund) is an Amsterdam-based pre-seed and seed venture capital firm investing in digital solutions for non-digital industries, with a focus on marketplaces, vertical SaaS, vertical AI, and recommerce across EMEA.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (1 deal in the last 12 months vs 4 prior). Their most common stage is seed (52% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $6.2M (across 12 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    23

    Fund Size

    $80M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    Bas Beerens

    Bas Beerens

    Venture Partner & Co-founder | Branding

    Hidde Hoogcarspel

    Hidde Hoogcarspel

    Founding Partner

    Laurens Groenendijk

    Laurens Groenendijk

    Founding Partner

    Patrick Kerssemakers

    Patrick Kerssemakers

    Founding Partner

    Remco van Zanten

    Remco van Zanten

    Venture Partner & Co-founder | Strategy & Scale

    Federico Maroli

    Federico Maroli

    Partner

    Maarten Engelen

    Maarten Engelen

    Venture Partner | Product & Tech

    Sjoerd Nikkelen

    Sjoerd Nikkelen

    Venture Partner | Recommerce

    Tom Koenderman

    Tom Koenderman

    Venture Partner | Ops & Tech

    Joana Reis Pereira

    Joana Reis Pereira

    Investor

    Joost van Rheenen

    Joost van Rheenen

    Investor Relations

    Maarten Plomp

    Maarten Plomp

    Investor

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    27 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Unosecur logoUnosecurSeed$5MSep 2026
    Grid logoGridUnknown—Jan 2026
    Fleequid logoFleequidSeed—May 2025
    Unosecur logoUnosecurSeed$5MApr 2025
    Metycle logoMetycleSeries A—Feb 2025
    Unosecur logoUnosecurSeed$5MJan 2025
    Firsty logoFirstySeed—Nov 2024
    Mtor logoMtorPre-Seed$2.8MDec 2023
    Kennek Solutions Ltd logoKennek Solutions LtdSeed—Oct 2023
    GGovinPre-Seed—Nov 2022
    Smiler logoSmilerSeed$8MJun 2022
    Underline Io logoUnderline IoSeries A$2.5MMay 2022
    WWinc AcademySeed—Jan 2022
    Smiler logoSmilerSeed$8.5MJan 2022
    Shypple logoShyppleSeries A—Jan 2021
    WWinc AcademySeed—Jan 2019
    Evidencehunt logoEvidencehuntUnknown——
    Compri logoCompriSeed$3.6M—
    Liablix logoLiablixPre-Seed——
    LLumalyGrowth——
    CCofraiSeed——
    VVeylinxSeries A$2M—
    Kennek logoKennekSeed$12.5M—
    Primary Portal logoPrimary PortalSeed——
    Vamstar logoVamstarSeries A$9.5M—
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026