NP-Hard Ventures is a founder-led, European early-stage venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, investing in pre-seed and seed companies solving the hardest problems in deep tech, AI, robotics, and computational infrastructure. The firm backs product-obsessed technical founders across Europe and the US.
Their most common stage is pre-seed (57% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $6.6M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
13
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Pre Seed
Last 12 Mo
1
Team
MH
Micha Hernandez van Leuffen
Partner
PV
Paul Veugen
Partner
AH
Anke Huiskes
Investor
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
14 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pre-Seed | — | Mar 2026 | |
| Series A | $9M | Apr 2025 | |
| Series A | — | Jan 2025 | |
| Pre-Seed | — | Jul 2024 | |
| Series B | $25M | Feb 2024 | |
| Seed | $2.8M | Jan 2024 | |
| BBriefly Bio | Pre-Seed | $1.2M | Jan 2024 |
| Pre-Seed | $1.6M | Jul 2021 | |
| Seed | $2.7M | — | |
| Pre-Seed | $750K | — | |
| EEpum | Pre-Seed | $1.6M | — |
| Pre-Seed | $2.2M | — | |
| Pre-Seed | $750K | — | |
| Series A | $25M | — |
Top Co-Investors
Plural Platform2 shared
Foundamental2 shared
Northzone2 shared
Hummingbird Ventures2 shared
Realty Corporation2 shared
Mozilla Ventures2 shared
Amplify Partners1 shared
Lux Capital1 shared
Vercel1 shared
Khosla Ventures1 shared
G20 Ventures1 shared
Union Square Ventures1 shared
CIV1 shared
BAI Capital1 shared
IQ Capital1 shared
Notion Capital1 shared
Tamarack Global1 shared
Forward Partners1 shared
Atomico1 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026
