# Hans Veldhuizen

> Hans Veldhuizen is a seed investor backing iOS, Apps and Mobile. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: May 2020
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/hansveld
- Website: https://x.com/hansveld
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/hansveld

Hans Veldhuizen is a serial entrepreneur and current investor. He previously founded two companies, both of which were bought, and he now enjoys investing in startups. His first company, Nedstat, focused on web analytics and was acquired by comScore for $36.7M. His second company, Albumprinter, based in the Netherlands, created astreamlined process for customers to make hard cover books using their own images. Albumprinter was sold to Vistaprint for €65M.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $329k–$2M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| iOS | 1 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 25% |
| Mobile | 1 | 25% |
| Retail | 1 | 25% |
| Fashion | 1 | 25% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 50% |
| Sweden | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Otrium | Otrium has over 300 brand partnerships with both up-and-coming designers and luxury names and more than 3 million shopping members. Otrium is disrupting the fashion industry by solving the problem of unsold inventory using data. | $26.4M | Series B | May 27, 2020 |  |
| Tinitell | Tinitell is a one-button mobile phone for kids that like to play outside! It’s super simple, fun, and durable. Parents don’t want to buy mobile phones for their kids because they - are expensive - break easily - get lost - and they don’t want to their kids to spend a lot of time online. But parents buy phones for their kids anyway. Parents want toknow where their kids are, and they want to be able to talk them. Tinitell is the reinvention of the walkie-talkie for the cellular network, and kids is just the beginning. A variety of future users are screaming for a simple communication solution. Tinitell is going to become the world’s strongest brand in the wristphone segment of wearable tech. | $1M | Seed | Sep 01, 2016 |  |
| Tinitell | Tinitell is a one-button mobile phone for kids that like to play outside! It’s super simple, fun, and durable. Parents don’t want to buy mobile phones for their kids because they - are expensive - break easily - get lost - and they don’t want to their kids to spend a lot of time online. But parents buy phones for their kids anyway. Parents want toknow where their kids are, and they want to be able to talk them. Tinitell is the reinvention of the walkie-talkie for the cellular network, and kids is just the beginning. A variety of future users are screaming for a simple communication solution. Tinitell is going to become the world’s strongest brand in the wristphone segment of wearable tech. | $2M | Seed | May 01, 2015 |  |
| LayerGloss | LayerGloss is a digital publishing company where users can create, publish, and maintain beautiful and relevant content for mobile devices. | $329K | Seed | Nov 15, 2013 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Convergence Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/convergence-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Eight Roads Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eight-roads-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Optimizer Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/optimizer-invest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Hans Veldhuizen invest in?

Hans Veldhuizen invests primarily in iOS, Apps and Mobile startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 4 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 Hans Veldhuizen's check size?

Hans Veldhuizen typically joins rounds of $329k–$2M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Hans Veldhuizen participates in.

### When did Hans Veldhuizen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Hans Veldhuizen closed in May 2020. Shizune tracks 4 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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