Brooklyn Ventures
VC Fund
Leusden, The Netherlands
Brooklyn Ventures is a Venture Builder that solves the challenges of Start-Ups and Scale-ups in a different way. We are hands-in operational involved and provide the support and resources in the fields needed. From strategy, internationalisation and funding to operational excellence and designing new business models. Brooklyn Ventures is alwayslooking for ambitious teams that have a strong, compelling vision and IP, but lack senior execution power. Brooklyn Ventures gives full commitment to help companies succeed and becomes a dedicated shareholder. One of the Brooklyn Partners will strengthen the executive team to bridge the next stage of the venture. The associates of the Brooklyn team are able to temporarily fill the gaps in several crucial operational areas while professionalizing the company. From funding, finance, legal, business development and online marketing, to data analysis and IT-architecture. Next to that building long-term relationships and introducing the company to work with the international leaders of its industry is key and Brooklyn will assure the right contacts and partnerships. The companies Brooklyn Ventures participates in are preferably B2B or B2BC focused, have a positive impact on society in general and a strong desire to scale internationally. Brooklyn Ventures, founded in 2011, is led and owned by three partners. They share the entrepreneurial drive to make a difference with their energy, leadership, focus on execution and international business development skills. The partners are serial entrepreneurs and had their fair share of failures and successes. Over time they gained the experience and knowledge to boost other companies by steering them past the scale-up pitfalls and create a proper eco-system for success. During the past years, the partners have gathered a full team of specialists around them as associates. These specialists are deployed in the portfolio- and other companies within the eco-system to multiply their experience. The Brooklyn Ventures HQ is located The Netherlands and its portfolio companies have offices in Johannesburg, Dubai, Lagos, London, Houston, New Delhi and Kuala Lumpur.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Brooklyn Ventures invests in
Stages Brooklyn Ventures invests in
Countries Brooklyn Ventures invests in
Contacts
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Ard Jol
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Hans Osnabrugge
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Rutger Schouten
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 2 (25%)
- Telecommunications 2 (25%)
- Information Technology 2 (25%)
- Apps 1 (13%)
- VoIP 1 (13%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (50%)
- Series A 2 (25%)
- Funding Round 2 (25%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Ard Jol
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Hans Osnabrugge
Founding Partner - Investor; Partner
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Founding Partner - Investor; Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Rutger Schouten
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Talk360
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Talk360 is an easy-to-use calling app that helps people make affordable international calls to any mobile and landline number. They believe that reliable communication and digital services must be affordable and accessible to everyone, regardless of someone's background. Especially people in emerging countries in Africa, who often need theseservices the most, do not always have the necessary banking possibilities. To bridge this distance, Talk360 will launch the world's first single checkout platform for Africa. This platform will combine all locally available payment methods and currencies across Africa, together with over 1.25 million cash points of sales, and will eventually be available to other companies as well. This means that 500 million Africans will be able to purchase digital services they never had access to before. | $4M / Seed / Jun 01, 2022 | |
FastEditor
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At FastEditor, we believe that visual memories improve everyday life. Every person is filled with memories that make us instantly smile. Treasures that just need that spark of a visual memory to be ignited. These treasures should not be hidden inside a digital world.We help you transform ordinary digital photos into magical memories in thephysical world. We build solutions that take the friction out of photo printing. We use local printing to avoid wasting (natural) resources on transport. We believe it's not just the biggest moments in life that deserve a print. It's the little things that make it special. We all deserve a poster on the wall. We are all worth printing.That’s why we’ve created the most user-friendly technology in order to give consumers the tools to create their own photo products. Our mission is to make it even easier to order high-quality photo prints, wall decorations, and photo books, which is why we are constantly working to improve the customer journey. | Seed / Sep 11, 2021 | |
IRM Systems
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IRM Systems is a Pipeline Integrity Services & Management company providing specialist services and engineering throughout the entire lifetime of pipeline systems, onshore & offshore. Clients turn to us in case of complex pipeline inspections, repairs, modifcations, interventions or maintenance issues, most often brownfeld. They provideconsultancy, engineering but also on site project management services; when circumstances require so also full EPC. Their key strength is that they are fully independent from equipment- and technology providers. As such they always fnd the best technical and commercial solution for any of their clients’ specifc integrity issues. | $1.6M / Series A / Jul 04, 2017 | |
Pandora Intelligence
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Pandora Intelligence is an independent company, They provide security risks, data-driven consulting and in-depth investigations. They Also offer Knowledge discovery, Real-time information, Actionable intelligence, They enable the discovery of narratives from unstructured data using their scenario-based approach. Additionally, they providereal-time information in these scenarios, which gives rise to actionable intelligence. | $1.6M / Seed / Dec 25, 2016 | |
Mobile Interaction Company
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Mobile Interaction Company enables organizations to communicate with customers and employees. | Seed / Jun 01, 2015 | |
RingCredible
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RingCredible aims to disrupt the telecom market in several countries by closing the gap between mobile providers and free peer-2-peer Apps. It offers nearly free international phone calls to all landlines and mobiles worldwide over Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G networks.It's easy to use with a singple purpose App approach.This brings some advantagesand disadvantages.Unlike most VoIP apps, RingCredible does not does not upload the contact list to the cloud, does not sell a user’s data, and does not use ads to disrupt the user experience or track online habits. It’s practical in that it seamlessly utilizes a user’s normal mobile contact list and lets them call anyone, anywhere, on any phone. It doesn´t use closed user groups, which means that users can call without the other person needing to download the app, and without having an internet connection. The recipient of the call doesn’t have to know that they are being phoned on a mobile app, as the caller’s regular cell phone number is displayed on the screen. | $1.5M / Dec 01, 2013 | |
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RingCredible
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RingCredible aims to disrupt the telecom market in several countries by closing the gap between mobile providers and free peer-2-peer Apps. It offers nearly free international phone calls to all landlines and mobiles worldwide over Wi-Fi, 3G and 4G networks.It's easy to use with a singple purpose App approach.This brings some advantagesand disadvantages.Unlike most VoIP apps, RingCredible does not does not upload the contact list to the cloud, does not sell a user’s data, and does not use ads to disrupt the user experience or track online habits. It’s practical in that it seamlessly utilizes a user’s normal mobile contact list and lets them call anyone, anywhere, on any phone. It doesn´t use closed user groups, which means that users can call without the other person needing to download the app, and without having an internet connection. The recipient of the call doesn’t have to know that they are being phoned on a mobile app, as the caller’s regular cell phone number is displayed on the screen. | $1.5M / Series A / Jul 24, 2013 | |
Sosocio
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Sosocio offers easy photo printing for all devices that personalizes photo product creation through its consumer product Printiki. It lets users create digital and paper-based photo books and cards out of their social snaps, including comments, and enable users to personalize their moments from social media applications.Sosocio was established in2011 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. | $600K / Apr 01, 2013 |
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FAQ
What does Brooklyn Ventures invest in?
Brooklyn Ventures invests primarily in Software, Telecommunications and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 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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Who are the partners at Brooklyn Ventures?
The team at Brooklyn Ventures includes Ard Jol (Partner), Hans Osnabrugge (Founding Partner - Investor; Partner) and Rutger Schouten (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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