Graduate Ventures
VC Fund
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Graduate Ventures is a VC fund in Rotterdam focused on Software and Information Technology. 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.
- Total investments:
- 72
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 36%
- Fund size:
- $8.5M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Graduate Ventures invests in
Stages Graduate Ventures invests in
Countries Graduate Ventures invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 15 (21%)
- Information Technology 9 (13%)
- Medical 7 (10%)
- Health Care 7 (10%)
- Artificial Intelligence 6 (8%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 41 (57%)
- Seed 15 (21%)
- Series A 6 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (3%)
- Series B 1 (1%)
Country
- The Netherlands 52 (72%)
- Germany 1 (1%)
- United States 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Auke van den Hout
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 11 | Find email | |
Eva Post
Pre-Seed Investment Manager
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Pre-Seed Investment Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Filip Cuypers
Principal
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Principal | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Julia Knoeff
Head of Platform
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Head of Platform | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Rui Li
Associate Principal
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Associate Principal | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gravity Gardens is an agricultural technology company that specializes in sustainable seed enhancement. | $3M / Seed / Sep 09, 2026 | ||
| VitalFluid is a young innovative company specialised in Plasma Activated Water (PAW), engineering & design of PAW-equipment and application.Plasma Activated Water is produced by making use of water, air and electricity. Ambient air is brought into the plasma phase with electrical energy and plasma activated air is brought into contact withwater. Reactive oxygen and nitrogen are dissolved into the water creating Plasma Activated Water.The process of treating water with plasma is copied out of nature. When lightning strikes during a thunderstorm, rain and water are treated with plasma. It is one of nature's ways to fixate nitrogen in the form of nitrate, the most important fertilizer for plants and crops. | $20M / Series A / Aug 26, 2026 | ||
Eddy Grid
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Eddy Grid is a ambitious energy storage company offers sustainable energy sources. | $1.2M / Secondary Market / May 28, 2026 | |
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Eddy Grid
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Eddy Grid is a ambitious energy storage company offers sustainable energy sources. | $7.6M / Seed / May 28, 2026 | |
| FrostByte develops scalable control solutions and custom cryogenic ASICs for the quantum industry. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / May 08, 2026 | ||
| QuantWare develops and fabricates superconducting quantum processors and related hardware for use in quantum computing systems. The company provides quantum processing units (QPUs) with different configurations, along with components such as quantum amplifiers and foundry services that support the design and production of quantum devices. Itstechnology is based on a 3D scaling architecture that aims to increase qubit counts and improve performance while addressing limitations in existing quantum hardware. QuantWare supplies its hardware to researchers, technology companies, and other organizations working on building and scaling quantum computers across multiple countries. In addition to manufacturing processors, the company supports the broader quantum ecosystem by offering commercially available hardware and infrastructure for developing large-scale quantum computing systems. | $178M / Series B / May 05, 2026 | ||
| ROCSYS develops solutions to fully automate professional charging sites. With its smart solutions, EV infrastructure operators can increase their asset utilization. This allows fleet operators to run business critical operations with EVs and additionally prepare for the self-parking and self-driving era. ROCSYS’ solutions are based on proprietarypatented soft-robotics technologies, complemented with a suite of remote management and support tools, and an API integration platform, enabling a complete solution to serve growing industry needs. | $13M / Series A / Apr 29, 2026 | ||
| Powered by A.I. we are creating the first comprehensive supply chain map.The complex and invisible network of a compounded supply chain in a given territory will be made visible, showing all shipping locations (warehouses, production sites) and their respective shipping behaviour (tradelanes, modalities). Which in turn will unlock our collectiveability to decrease carbon emission and lowering costs by optimizing this network, whilst accelerating growth for industry players. | Pre-Seed / Nov 17, 2025 | ||
| Hydryx reduces emissions, maximizes resource recovery, and allows landfills to play a part in the energy transition. | $2.9M / Seed / Oct 21, 2025 | ||
| Lyla Systems is a Medical Equipment Manufacturing firm developing quality assurance devices for radioactive isotopes. | Pre-Seed / Jun 10, 2025 | ||
| See all 72 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Graduate Ventures invest in?
Graduate Ventures invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Medical startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 72 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 Graduate Ventures?
The team at Graduate Ventures includes Auke van den Hout (Managing Partner), Eva Post (Pre-Seed Investment Manager) and Filip Cuypers (Principal), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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