# Golden Egg Check Capital

> Golden Egg Check Capital is a VC fund in Enschede backing Software and Information Technology. See 39 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Enschede, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 39
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Fund size: $511k
- Last fund: Feb 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/golden-egg-check/
- Website: https://goldeneggcheck.com/startups/capital

Golden Egg Check Capital is a community-driven pre-seed and seed investment fund based in the Netherlands, investing across the Netherlands and Europe. We are a generalist fund, write small tickets, and do not lead rounds. We co-invest alongside specialist angels and VC funds, and support founders primarily through access to capital, access totalent, and a peer-to-peer founder community.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$5.1M |
| Pre-Seed | $537k–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 11 | 28% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 13% |
| SaaS | 4 | 10% |
| Machine Learning | 4 | 10% |

58 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 17 | 44% |
| Pre-Seed | 15 | 38% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 17 | 44% |
| Germany | 4 | 10% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |
| Estonia | 1 | 3% |
| Portugal | 1 | 3% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peak Quantum | Peak Quantum focused on developing inherently error-protected superconducting quantum processors (QPUs). | $2.6M | Pre-Seed | Apr 14, 2026 |  |
| Circle Health | Circle Health is developing an integrated preventive care platform, Circle OS, that combines in-person diagnostics, AI-enabled clinical support, and consumer-facing digital health tools. | $5.1M | Seed | Feb 11, 2026 |  |
| Orq.ai | Orq.ai enables companies to integrate and operate their products using the power of Large Language Models through a single collaboration platform. The platform centralizes prompt management, streamlined experimentation, feedback collection, and real-time insight into performance and costs. It's compatible with all major Large Language Modelproviders, ensuring transparency and scalability in LLM Ops, ultimately leading to shorter customer release cycles and reduced costs for both experiments and production environments.For more information, please visit https://orq.ai | $5.8M | Seed | Dec 03, 2025 |  |
| Cariqa | Introducing Cariqa, a groundbreaking EV solution that enables drivers to manage all aspects of their electric cars through a unified interface. With Cariqa, users can seamlessly find and access charging points across Europe, effortlessly plan long distance trips, and monitor their car and battery status. Cariqa aims to build the most comprehensiveand interconnected e-mobility data set, providing next-generation services for end users and supporting OEMs, grid operators, and charging point operators. Join Cariqa in revolutionizing the e-mobility ecosystem and driving a sustainable future. | $4.7M | Seed | Jul 08, 2025 |  |
| Blockrise | The only crypto platform where you actually own your digital assets. Crypto custody, asset management and market access-as-a-service. | $2.3M | Seed | May 22, 2025 |  |
| beSirius | We support small businesses on their decarbonization journey with expertise and financing. Reach Net Zero. For real. | $3.4M | Seed | Apr 15, 2025 |  |
| beSirius | We support small businesses on their decarbonization journey with expertise and financing. Reach Net Zero. For real. | $3.4M | Seed | Apr 15, 2025 |  |
| Runnr.ai | Runnr.ai is an AI driven communication solution to simplify and automate all communication between accommodations and their guests |  | Seed | Feb 25, 2025 |  |
| Next Ocean | Next Ocean predicts the actual time traces of waves approaching the ship and the resulting ship motion response.Next Ocean predicts when and where high waves occur. This enables offshore operators to choose an optimal time window free of high waves for the most critical phase of their operation rather than wait for better conditions or ‘hope’ forthe best. |  | Seed | Feb 12, 2025 |  |
| NOX Energy | Software that pools heat pumps to participate in energy markets and provide grid stabilization, generating passive income for users. | $1M | Seed | Dec 18, 2024 |  |

10 of 39 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
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- [Anthemis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthemis-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Golden Egg Check Capital invest in?

Golden Egg Check Capital invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 39 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Golden Egg Check Capital's check size?

Golden Egg Check Capital typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$5.1M at Seed and $537k–$1.3M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Golden Egg Check Capital participates in.

### When did Golden Egg Check Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Golden Egg Check Capital closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 39 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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