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    SHIFT Invest

    Amstelveen, NetherlandsFounded 2009

    SHIFT Invest is a Dutch impact venture capital fund founded in 2009 that invests in early-stage, tech-driven startups tackling climate, resource, and biodiversity challenges across Northwestern Europe. The firm focuses on sectors including energy transition, sustainable food & agriculture, green industry, and sustainable mobility & logistics.

    Deal activity increased 50% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $7.5M (across 4 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    36

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Unknown

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Guus Verhees

    Guus Verhees

    Managing Partner

    Janneke Bik

    Janneke Bik

    Managing Partner

    Bart Budde

    Bart Budde

    Associate Partner

    Bart Raedts

    Bart Raedts

    Venture Partner

    Bram Ledeboer

    Bram Ledeboer

    Partner

    Florentine Fockema Andreae

    Florentine Fockema Andreae

    Venture Partner

    Koen Hooning

    Koen Hooning

    Associate Partner

    Rard Rijcken

    Rard Rijcken

    Venture Partner

    Sheila Struyck

    Sheila Struyck

    Venture Partner

    Thijs Gitmans

    Thijs Gitmans

    Partner

    Willem Poerink

    Willem Poerink

    Associate Partner

    Pim Brekelmans

    Pim Brekelmans

    Finance Director

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    45 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    OneThird logoOneThirdUnknown—Aug 2026
    Food Forecast logoFood ForecastSeries A—Feb 2026
    CCoolSem TechnologiesPre-Seed—Jan 2026
    Astrape Networks logoAstrape NetworksSeed—Apr 2025
    OneThird logoOneThirdSeries A—Jan 2025
    Rable logoRableUnknown—Jan 2025
    Roboat logoRoboatPre-Seed—Jul 2024
    Heex logoHeexSeed$6.5MJan 2024
    Foodforecast logoFoodforecastSeries A—Jan 2024
    Scope Biosciences logoScope BiosciencesUnknown—Oct 2023
    Volytica Diagnostics logoVolytica DiagnosticsUnknown—Sep 2023
    E-magy logoE-magyUnknown—Apr 2023
    OneThird logoOneThirdPre-Seed—Mar 2023
    OneThird logoOneThirdSeed—Mar 2023
    ByBorre logoByBorreSeries B—Feb 2023
    Astrape Networks logoAstrape NetworksPre-Seed—Jan 2023
    JJungle AISeries A—Sep 2022
    Jungle logoJungleSeries A—Sep 2022
    Canopus Drilling Solutions logoCanopus Drilling SolutionsUnknown—Jan 2022
    Pieter Pot logoPieter PotUnknown—Dec 2021
    ByBorre logoByBorreSeries A—May 2020
    Fumi Ingredients logoFumi IngredientsUnknown—Jan 2020
    The Renewal Workshop logoThe Renewal WorkshopSeries A$5.5MDec 2019
    Changing Health logoChanging HealthUnknown—Dec 2018
    Teeptrak logoTeeptrakSeed—Jan 2018
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026