# Alef Arendsen

> Alef Arendsen is a seed investor at Shamrock Ventures (Amsterdam) backing Software and Automotive. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Shamrock Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shamrock-ventures-6f32)
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alefarendsen
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/alefarendsen
- Website: https://x.com/alefarendsen

Alef Arendsen is a seed investor at Shamrock Ventures in Amsterdam focused on Software and Automotive. Alef Arendsen is the Founding Partner at Shamrock Ventures. He was the Founder of NewMotion and Spring company.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| Automotive | 1 | 20% |
| Electronics | 1 | 20% |
| Electric Vehicle | 1 | 20% |
| Renewable Energy | 1 | 20% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |
| Series C | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tap Electric | Charging your car is not a uniform, quality experience. Information is scarce and often incomplete; availability is not optimized; and access may require different means and is often unnecessarily expensive. All the plans we have for scale and stabilizing the grid with EV, cannot be built reliably on such a UX.Tap's driver app enablesuniform information and payments across a huge network of chargers. Every charger in the app provides info about dynamic tariffs, AI-powered insights about availability and communication channels to share chargers efficiently.To help owners bring this driver experience to their charger network, Tap lets them connect their charger to the Tap Electric Operator Platform, at no cost - thanks to our fully automated product. This business model increases simplicity and profitability for owners. | $1.1M | Seed | Sep 14, 2023 |  |
| NewMotion | NewMotion offers advanced charging solutions for drivers of electric vehicles (EV) and EV-charge locations. All NewMotion's activities aim to facilitate drivers of Electrical Vehicles (EV's) and (Plug-in Hybrid)EV’s to drive as many kilometers on electricity as possible using, as much as possible, electricity retrieved from renewableenergy sources. NewMotion makes electric driving easy and fun. The charge network of NewMotion has over 12.000 online, connected charge points and is the largest and fastest growing, most intensely used charging networks in Europe. Already two out of three drivers in the Netherlands of electric cars use NewMotion charging solutions. NewMotion also offers charge-points and charging-solutions to companies for (commercial) exploitation and works closely together with leasing companies and car manufacturers. NewMotion is continuously expanding its charging network in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Norway. | $9.3M | Series C | Jun 19, 2013 |  |
| NewMotion | NewMotion offers advanced charging solutions for drivers of electric vehicles (EV) and EV-charge locations. All NewMotion's activities aim to facilitate drivers of Electrical Vehicles (EV's) and (Plug-in Hybrid)EV’s to drive as many kilometers on electricity as possible using, as much as possible, electricity retrieved from renewableenergy sources. NewMotion makes electric driving easy and fun. The charge network of NewMotion has over 12.000 online, connected charge points and is the largest and fastest growing, most intensely used charging networks in Europe. Already two out of three drivers in the Netherlands of electric cars use NewMotion charging solutions. NewMotion also offers charge-points and charging-solutions to companies for (commercial) exploitation and works closely together with leasing companies and car manufacturers. NewMotion is continuously expanding its charging network in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Norway. | $3.4M | Series B | Jan 01, 2012 |  |
| NewMotion | NewMotion offers advanced charging solutions for drivers of electric vehicles (EV) and EV-charge locations. All NewMotion's activities aim to facilitate drivers of Electrical Vehicles (EV's) and (Plug-in Hybrid)EV’s to drive as many kilometers on electricity as possible using, as much as possible, electricity retrieved from renewableenergy sources. NewMotion makes electric driving easy and fun. The charge network of NewMotion has over 12.000 online, connected charge points and is the largest and fastest growing, most intensely used charging networks in Europe. Already two out of three drivers in the Netherlands of electric cars use NewMotion charging solutions. NewMotion also offers charge-points and charging-solutions to companies for (commercial) exploitation and works closely together with leasing companies and car manufacturers. NewMotion is continuously expanding its charging network in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Norway. | $1.8M | Series A | Jan 01, 2011 |  |
| NewMotion | NewMotion offers advanced charging solutions for drivers of electric vehicles (EV) and EV-charge locations. All NewMotion's activities aim to facilitate drivers of Electrical Vehicles (EV's) and (Plug-in Hybrid)EV’s to drive as many kilometers on electricity as possible using, as much as possible, electricity retrieved from renewableenergy sources. NewMotion makes electric driving easy and fun. The charge network of NewMotion has over 12.000 online, connected charge points and is the largest and fastest growing, most intensely used charging networks in Europe. Already two out of three drivers in the Netherlands of electric cars use NewMotion charging solutions. NewMotion also offers charge-points and charging-solutions to companies for (commercial) exploitation and works closely together with leasing companies and car manufacturers. NewMotion is continuously expanding its charging network in the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Norway. | $384K | Angel | Jan 01, 2009 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Entrepreneurs Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/entrepreneurs-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fair Capital Partners Impact Investing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fair-capital-partners-impact-investing) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LUMO labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lumo-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Shamrock Ventures

VC Fund · Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Shamrock Ventures invests in tech companies building a better future.

4 contacts available at Shamrock Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alef Arendsen | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alef-arendsen |
| Bruce Hathaway | Partner, CFO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-hathaway |
| Roland Sars | Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/roland-sars |
| Tommy Hurley | Founder & managing partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tommy-hurley |

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## FAQ

### What does Alef Arendsen invest in?

Alef Arendsen invests primarily in Software, Automotive and Electronics startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 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 Alef Arendsen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alef Arendsen closed in Sep 2023. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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