# HIVOS

> HIVOS is a VC fund in The Hague backing News, Events and Crowdfunding. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: The Hague, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hivos/
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/hivos
- Website: http://www.hivos.nl/eng
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Hivos

HIVOS is a Netherlands-based organization that seeks new solutions to persistent global issues.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.4M–$3.1M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| News | 1 | 17% |
| Events | 1 | 17% |
| Crowdfunding | 1 | 17% |
| Crowdsourcing | 1 | 17% |
| Digital Media | 1 | 17% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 33% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Egypt | 1 | 17% |
| Lebanon | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Goodcarbon | Goodcarbon offers access to existing and emerging natural climate solutions projects and related carbon streams across soil and forest. |  | Seed | Dec 09, 2024 |  |
| TileGreen | TileGreen is a manufacturing technology company that invented a patented, machine-learning-based, and automated thermomechanical modular technology (TG1.0) that acts as a platform for producing more than 100 circular, economic, and durable building materials (recycled-polymer-aggregate-composite) from all types of mechanically unrecyclable plasticwaste at a green discount, not a green premium. Re-PAC material doesn’t crack, rot, rust, erode, or interact with chemicals, which makes it a durable, economical, and green alternative for multiple concrete, clay, wood, and metal non-structural applications. | $820K | Pre-Seed | Feb 16, 2024 |  |
| Plstka | Plstka is solid waste management and recycling company that collects solid trash from gamification mobile app. |  | Seed | Dec 07, 2021 |  |
| News Deeply | Founded in 2012, News Deeply is an innovative network of theme-driven information and community platforms, convening engaged, knowledgeable and passionate audiences.Led by an award-winning team of domain-expert journalists, our topical platforms combine real-time storytelling, investigative reporting and data, and expert-driven insights withonline and offline community interactions. Our readers and our partners include leaders from the private sector, government, civil society, and academia and research, as well as members of the engaged public.In an increasingly complicated information environment, we surface the vital insights and stakeholder connections that help to advance conversations and inform decision-making on the issues that matter, deeply, to the state of our world today. | $3.1M | Seed | Oct 18, 2017 |  |
| Zoomaal | Zoomaal is the leading crowdfunding platform in the Arab world.Zoomaal went live in July, 2013. Semi-finalist in the MIT Arab Enterprise Forum business plan competition, backed by four Middle Eastern venture capital firms and featured on CNN, Wamda, the International Herald Tribune and more, Zoomaal is at the forefront of Arab crowdfunding: helpingpeople empower Arab creativity and culture. | $330K | Series A | Apr 30, 2015 |  |
| News Deeply | Founded in 2012, News Deeply is an innovative network of theme-driven information and community platforms, convening engaged, knowledgeable and passionate audiences.Led by an award-winning team of domain-expert journalists, our topical platforms combine real-time storytelling, investigative reporting and data, and expert-driven insights withonline and offline community interactions. Our readers and our partners include leaders from the private sector, government, civil society, and academia and research, as well as members of the engaged public.In an increasingly complicated information environment, we surface the vital insights and stakeholder connections that help to advance conversations and inform decision-making on the issues that matter, deeply, to the state of our world today. | $2.4M | Seed | Mar 01, 2015 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does HIVOS invest in?

HIVOS invests primarily in News, Events and Crowdfunding startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Egypt. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is HIVOS's check size?

HIVOS typically joins rounds of $2.4M–$3.1M 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 HIVOS participates in.

### When did HIVOS last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for HIVOS closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 6 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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