Addington Investment Group
VC Fund
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Addington Investment Group is a VC fund in Rotterdam focused on Art and Battery. Addington, founded by top-level executive and serial entrepreneur Ad Nederlof, invests in startups and scaleups that require funding and hands-on experience to accommodate growth.Addington aims at acquiring minority equity positions in startups and scaleups that require funding and targeted support in order to take the next step in theirdevelopment.Addington’s expertise is highly varied, but best serves companies that offer scalable solutions on a recurring revenue model. Eligible companies ideally have a turnover of € 2 million and the potential to achieve continuous annual growth of 25 percent or higher.Besides funding, Addington provides guidance and advice based on many years of entrepreneurship and experience in international business.Addington holds standards and values that correspond with a genuine family business. To take full advantage of our expertise, a cultural match is a prerequisite.Internationally acclaimed business executive and entrepreneur Ad Nederlof is the classic example of “newspaper boy to captain of industry”. With little or no formal schooling to boast, he now holds a career of well over 50 years in the IT-industry – and the end is by no means in sight.Started off as a sales representative he worked his way up to executive positions until he could grow no further. Curious to put his vision of delivering excellent customer service to the test – and his own money where his mouth was – in 2005, at the age of 57, he started VANAD (‘owned by Ad’).Spurred by his enthusiasm, VANAD has grown from 20 to 2,000 employees since then. Throughout the years Ad added several rapidly growing companies to the portfolio. One of them, Enovation, he sold in 2018 for over € 100 million. Money he is now putting to work through Addington.With his vision, drive and insights as an invaluable bonus for entrepreneurs who – just like Ad – like to push further.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Addington Investment Group invests in
Stages Addington Investment Group invests in
Countries Addington Investment Group invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Casper van Brink
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Art 1 (33%)
- Battery 1 (33%)
- CleanTech 1 (33%)
- E-Commerce 1 (33%)
- Home Decor 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (33%)
- Series A 1 (33%)
- Convertible Note 1 (33%)
Country
- The Netherlands 2 (67%)
- Sweden 1 (33%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Casper van Brink
Investment Controller M&A
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Investment Controller M&A | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Vitestro
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Vitestro transform patient care with autonomous blood drawing technology. | $12.9M / Series A / Mar 21, 2023 | |
Whoppah
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Whoppah is Europe's largest online marketplace for second-hand designer furniture, art, and home décor. Founded in Amsterdam in 2019 by Thomas Bunnik and Evelien Bunnik-Remmelts, the platform connects over one million buyers with thousands of curated sellers across 16 countries.Unlike general classified platforms, Whoppah applies editorialcuration: all items are authenticated and assessed by a team of in-house specialists. The platform offers a secure escrow-based payment system powered by Stripe, white-glove courier logistics, and a physical showroom experience.Whoppah has raised over €22M in funding and made two strategic acquisitions: Design Market (France) and Showroommodellen (Netherlands), cementing its position as the category leader in European recommerce for design. | $4.8M / Seed / Sep 27, 2022 | |
Northvolt
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Northvolt develops sustainable lithium-ion batteries in conjunction with R&D, industrialization, and recycling to support clean energy. It provides electrification and renewable energy storage designed for lithium-ion battery plant to produce batteries for electric vehicles. Northvolt's product is an environment-friendly batterymanufactured with minimal carbon footprint and with recycling technology without compromising with important eco-systems, enabling the auto industry to replace fossil fuels with electricity in an efficient manner. The company aims to establish a supply of sustainable battery cells and systems.In 2016, Paolo Cerruti and Peter Carlsson headquartered the company in Stockholm, Stockholms Lan. | $1B / Convertible Note / Jul 05, 2022 |
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What does Addington Investment Group invest in?
Addington Investment Group invests primarily in Art, Battery and CleanTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A 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.
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The team at Addington Investment Group includes Casper van Brink (Investment Controller M&A). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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