# Auke van den Hout

> Auke van den Hout is a seed investor at Graduate Ventures backing Energy. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Graduate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graduate-entrepreneur-fund)
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aukevandenhout/

Auke van den Hout is a seed investor at Graduate Ventures in Amsterdam focused on Energy and Internet. Auke van den Hout is the Managing Partner at Graduate Entrepreneur. Auke attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 18% |
| Internet | 2 | 18% |
| SaaS | 1 | 9% |
| Events | 1 | 9% |
| Rental | 1 | 9% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 27% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 27% |
| Series A | 2 | 18% |
| Secondary Market | 1 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eddy Grid | Eddy Grid is a ambitious energy storage company offers sustainable energy sources. | $1.2M | Secondary Market | May 28, 2026 |  |
| Eddy Grid | Eddy Grid is a ambitious energy storage company offers sustainable energy sources. | $7.6M | Seed | May 28, 2026 |  |
| FrostByte | FrostByte develops scalable control solutions and custom cryogenic ASICs for the quantum industry. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | May 08, 2026 | https://www.frostbyte.nl |
| Engaige Technologies B.V. | Building solutions for instant support, autonomously resolves tickets, and enhances customer experience while reducing costs by up to 40% | $1.1M | Seed | Sep 23, 2024 | https://www.letsengaige.com/ |
| Eddy Grid | Eddy Grid is a ambitious energy storage company offers sustainable energy sources. | $1.6M | Seed | Jan 22, 2024 |  |
| Eddy Grid | Eddy Grid is a ambitious energy storage company offers sustainable energy sources. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Jan 22, 2024 |  |
| Skoon Energy | Skoon offers clean energy solutions and renders services in renting large batteries catering maritime and large scale industries. | $5.3M | Series A | Oct 19, 2023 | http://skoon.world/ |
| GetEase | GetEase is an on demand marketplace that bring lifestyle services straight to your home. | $738.4K | Pre-Seed | May 17, 2022 | https://www.getease.com |
| Meetingselect | Meetingselect is a cloud-based strategic meeting management marketplacethat transforms the old-fashioned traditional way of meeting and group bookings via phone and email into an online experience. From global search for meeting venues up to internal workspace bookings for peer-to-peer sessions. The Meetingselect platform simplifies the bookingprocess, centralises payments, streamlines approval flows and provides insights into meeting spend in order to save costs and time. For venues & hotels, Meetingselect simplifies the booking request process and accelerates the growth with Instant Book and marketing solutions. | $2.3M | Series A | Aug 10, 2020 | https://www.meetingselect.com |
| Lone Rooftop | Lone Rooftop develops products to optimise big office buildings for hospitality and sustainability | $2.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 07, 2018 | http://www.lonerooftop.com |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Volve Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/volve-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [ASIF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/amsterdam-student-investment-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Rockstart](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rockstart-accelerator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [APX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/apxberlin) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Bear Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-bear-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Damen Shipyards — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Graduate Ventures

VC Fund · Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Graduate Ventures invest in founders of inspiring ventures in the Netherlands from Pre-Seed to Seed & Series A. Backed by an extensive network of successful entrepreneurs, we also provide you with a vast selection of supporters that help you along at every step.

5 contacts available at Graduate Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Auke van den Hout | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/auke-van-den-hout |
| Eva Post | Pre-Seed Investment Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eva-post-cbcd |
| Filip Cuypers | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/filip-cuypers |
| Julia Knoeff | Head of Platform | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julia-knoeff-8dac |
| Rui Li | Associate Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rui-li-affa |

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## FAQ

### What does Auke van den Hout invest in?

Auke van den Hout invests primarily in Energy, Internet and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Auke van den Hout?

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### When did Auke van den Hout last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Auke van den Hout closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 11 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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