# ABP

> ABP is a VC fund in Heerlen backing Solar, Energy and Software. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Heerlen, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pensioenfonds-abp
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/abppensioen
- Website: https://www.abp.nl
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/abppensioenfonds/

ABP is a government agency that specializes in pension funds for government and educational institution employers and employees.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Solar | 2 | 67% |
| Energy | 2 | 67% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Data Center | 1 | 33% |
| Electronics | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Series B | 1 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Next Sense | Next Sense creates climate-neutral buildings with data insights, simulations, and AI control. | $12.1M | Series A | Dec 10, 2024 |  |
| Taylor | Taylor is a high-tech company that makes electronics for solar module producers and sells gateways and software to solar system installers. | $8.7M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| Soly | Soly is an international Clean Energy Tech company with a mission to make solar energy available to everyone. The company was founded in the summer of 2013 by brothers Patrick and Milan van der Meulen. The brothers were inspired at a young age by Al Gore’s documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” and have since decided to use their entrepreneurship ‘Asa force for good’. The company is today one of the European market leaders in the field of decentralized energy generation and storage through solar panels, batteries and charging stations. Soly focuses on the residential and business markets and is active in the Netherlands, South Africa (2019), Belgium (2022), Germany (2023) and the United Kingdom (2023). By developing its proprietary software platform, Soly is one of the most capital-efficient energy providers, with only 140 employees across five countries. The Soly platform won a spot in the Deloitte Technology Fast50 in 2021. Soly is an impact driven company and since 2018 B Corp certified. B Corp is an international label for companies that strive for the highest standards of sustainability, financial transparency, and social justice. | $32.8M | Series B | Jan 15, 2024 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ArcTern Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arctern-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BOM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brabantse-ontwikkelings-maatschappij-bom) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EDGE Technologies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edge-technologies-fad0) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ETF Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/etf-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fifth Wall](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fifth-wall-ventures-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rubio Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rubio-impact-ventures-nl) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does ABP invest in?

ABP invests primarily in Solar, Energy and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did ABP last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for ABP closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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