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    Graduate Ventures

    Rotterdam, NetherlandsFounded 2021

    Graduate Ventures (formerly the Graduate Entrepreneur Fund) is the largest alumni-driven startup platform in the Netherlands, based in Rotterdam and Delft. It invests from €75K to €2M in ambitious founders from TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages, combining funding with a network of 170+ alumni business leaders for mentorship.

    Their most common stage is pre-seed (58% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $12.1M (across 3 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    28

    Fund Size

    $63M

    Top Stage

    Pre Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    0

    Team

    Auke van den Hout

    Auke van den Hout

    Managing Partner

    Daan Keizer

    Daan Keizer

    Finance Director

    Filip Cuypers

    Filip Cuypers

    Principal Seed

    Rui Li

    Rui Li

    Associate Principal Seed

    Victor de Leeuw

    Victor de Leeuw

    Principal Seed

    Eva Post

    Eva Post

    Head of Pre-Seed Fund

    Maiko Kamerbeek

    Maiko Kamerbeek

    Investor Pre-Seed

    Sophie Heijenberg

    Sophie Heijenberg

    Investor Seed

    Folkert Mullemeister

    Folkert Mullemeister

    Compliance Officer

    Julia Knoeff

    Julia Knoeff

    Head of Platform

    Anastasia Sheluchin

    Anastasia Sheluchin

    Annemarie van Wiechen

    Annemarie van Wiechen

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    Portfolio

    31 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    QuantWare logoQuantWareSeries AMar 2025
    VVideowindoWPre-SeedJan 2024
    Rocsys logoRocsysSeries A$36MJul 2023
    QuantWare logoQuantWareSeedMar 2023
    KKeyWIPre-SeedJan 2022
    XXOsightPre-SeedJan 2022
    MagiQware logoMagiQwarePre-Seed
    Geobirds logoGeobirdsPre-Seed
    RRapidemicUnknown$75K
    CCrescent MedPre-Seed
    SSaleshuntPre-Seed
    HHologenomixPre-Seed
    RRe:lockPre-Seed
    MMEMSYSPre-Seed
    VVolticoSeed
    VVolticoPre-Seed
    CClickDriveSeed
    BBright BirdPre-Seed
    KKaminari MedicalSeed
    SSparqleSeed
    FFrostbytePre-Seed
    PPrimal SolesPre-Seed
    DDeep BreathPre-Seed
    FFiducialSeed
    FFiducialPre-Seed
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    Last updated: 8 September 2026