# Heleen Oord

> Heleen Oord is a seed investor at Peak (The Hague) backing EdTech, Mobile and Travel. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Peak](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peak-capital)
- Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heleenvanoord

Heleen Oord is a seed investor at Peak in The Hague focused on EdTech and Mobile. Founding Partner at Peak Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| EdTech | 1 | 50% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Travel | 1 | 50% |
| Training | 1 | 50% |
| Education | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Winc Academy | Winc Academy is an international education platform that offers high quality courses with personal guidance. Learners acquire future skills and boost their careers in coding, tech, and data. Winc Academy increases accessibility to quality education through asynchronous online education with scalable personal mentoring. B2C, B2B and B2G. | $3M | Seed | Jan 12, 2022 |  |
| Polarsteps | Polarsteps is the new way to plan, track and remember your trips. They help you to plan, track and share your journeys in an easy and beautiful way, turning your travel moments into lifetime memories. The Polarsteps app automatically keeps track of your route while you are on the move. Once connected to the internet, the app seamlessly transferstravel routes, key locations and photos to your Polarsteps page, where your route is plotted on a colorful world map that can be shared with close friends and family. | $955K | Seed | Aug 02, 2017 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DFF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/augus-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DFF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dutchfoundersfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [River Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/river-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rubio Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rubio-impact-ventures-nl) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Vivid Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/vivid-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Peak

VC Fund · Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Peak is the early-stage VC fully backed by entrepreneurs. Based in Amsterdam, Berlin and Stockholm, Peak fiercely backs founders across Europe, particularly in the BeNeLux, DACH, and Nordics. Their EUR 66M fund is 100% financed and ran by experienced entrepreneurs - with the scars to prove it.Peak specializes in models, rather than specificindustries or verticals. To date, they have more than a decade of experience in scaling marketplace, platform, and SaaS companies - both B2B and B2C - from Seed to Series A and beyond.Get in touch via http://peak.capital/contact

5 contacts available at Peak.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Marnix Broer | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marnix-broer |
| Tea Elezi | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tea-elezi |
| Cheu Thai Shing | Analyst | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cheu-thai-shing |
| David Zwagemaker | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-zwagemaker |
| Heleen Oord | Founder & Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/heleen-dura-van-oord |

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## FAQ

### What does Heleen Oord invest in?

Heleen Oord invests primarily in EdTech, Mobile and Travel startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Heleen Oord last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Heleen Oord closed in Jan 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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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