Inkef
VC Fund
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Inkef is a venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, backing promising early stage companies in Europe. Inkef takes pride in being a patient, long-term investor with the ability to support companies through several rounds of funding. From the early stages of a technology or life science venture, Inkef supports entrepreneurs building their ideas intosuccessful international businesses.Investment areas: Technology and Healthcare
- Total investments:
- 93
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 48%
- Fund size:
- $562M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Inkef invests in
Stages Inkef invests in
Countries Inkef invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 6 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $3.1M–$24M
- Series A
- $3.4M–$42M
- Series B
- $8.2M–$86M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Biotechnology 20 (22%)
- Health Care 13 (14%)
- Medical 11 (12%)
- Therapeutics 11 (12%)
- Pharmaceutical 9 (10%)
Stage
- Series A 33 (35%)
- Series B 23 (25%)
- Seed 7 (8%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 6 (6%)
- Series C 4 (4%)
Country
- The Netherlands 29 (31%)
- United States 8 (9%)
- Germany 4 (4%)
- Belgium 2 (2%)
- Denmark 2 (2%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Lansink
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
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Thijs Cohen Tervaert
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
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Derk Arts
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Ivan Burkov
Principal
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Principal | Total investments: 2 | Find email | |
Simone Botti
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
| See all 6 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provable Markets is a financial services company that offers market participants a secure, unified, and pragmatic access point for cash and synthetic equity finance trading. The company has developed an SEC registered Alternative Trading System (ATS) named Aurora. Provable Markets aims to create a paradigm shift in how financial markets operate,with a focus on transparency and solving some of the biggest challenges in the financial industry. The company has a community of passionate people working towards these goals. | Series B / Jul 29, 2026 | ||
| Quantum Motion Technologies is building a universal quantum computer in Silicon, using CMOS compatible processes. | $163.5M / Series C / May 07, 2026 | ||
| Silverflow is a payment processing technology company that provides direct card-network access to payment service providers. Its cloud-based processing platform provides an upgrade for payment providers to accelerate technological innovation. With Silverflow, PSPs can now directly access card networks, instantly add new functionality, havereal-time insight into transaction fees, and get smart data directly from the networks – all to better serve their merchants.Silverflow was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. | $40M / Series B / Mar 04, 2026 | ||
| TargED Biopharmaceuticals is a biotechnology company that develops first-in-class biological drugs to improve treatment of thrombosis.TargED stands for Targeted Enzyme Delivery. Their biological drugs are unique by using small antibodies (“VhH”) to deliver enzymes to sites of thrombosis, enabling ‘targeted’ thrombolysis. | $25.3M / Series A / Dec 16, 2025 | ||
| Salvia BioElectronics develops innovative neuromodulation devices aimed at treating migraines. The company focuses on creating a paper-thin implant that delivers gentle electrical pulses to specific nerves, helping to alleviate migraine symptoms. Salvia BioElectronics is dedicated to advancing its technology through ongoing research and developmentefforts. With recent funding, the company works to bring its migraine therapy to market, offering a new approach to pain management for patients. The emphasis is on improving patient outcomes through effective neuromodulation therapy. | $60.1M / Series B / May 27, 2025 | ||
| Draupnir Bio intends to develop a new type of cholesterol-lowering medicine that prevents blood clots in the heart more effectively than the current medicine. The company is developing a platform for exploring the glycome to develop novel therapeutics, based on array technology, protein chemistry, and advanced carbohydrate chemistry. The company isable to synthesize, screen, and select highly potent and specific heparan sulfate glycomimetic drug candidates in cardiovascular, inflammatory, and infectious diseases. | $13.2M / Seed / Jul 17, 2024 | ||
| iOnctura is a biopharmaceutical company focusing on novel therapeutics to modulate key culprits of immunosuppression in the tumor microenvironment. Immune checkpoint inhibitors (eg PD/PD-L1) have shown remarkable effectiveness for some but not for all cancer patients. The company aims to improve current immune checkpoint therapies bydeveloping novel drugs with potential safety and efficacy profiles that when combined with checkpoint inhibition have the potential to optimize clinical outcomes. Through its partnerships with Merck and Cancer Research Technology (the commercial arm of Cancer Research UK, London, UK), iOnctura has established a pipeline of preclinical molecules to advance towards the clinic in combination with immuno-oncology assets from Merck. iOnctura is supported by a world renowned scientific advisory board and, with its access to CRT’s drug discovery labs and network of academic collaborators, is well-positioned to rapidly establish novel combination therapies in the field of cancer immunology. | $85.7M / Series B / Jun 20, 2024 | ||
| Provable Markets is a financial services company that offers market participants a secure, unified, and pragmatic access point for cash and synthetic equity finance trading. The company has developed an SEC registered Alternative Trading System (ATS) named Aurora. Provable Markets aims to create a paradigm shift in how financial markets operate,with a focus on transparency and solving some of the biggest challenges in the financial industry. The company has a community of passionate people working towards these goals. | $8M / Series A / May 08, 2024 | ||
| Onward is developing an Implantable Neuro-stimulation System (INS) with real-time motion feedback and uses training tools to rehabilitate patients suffering from neurological disorders such as spinal cord injury (SCI). | $21.9M / Post-IPO Equity / Mar 20, 2024 | ||
| Silverflow is a payment processing technology company that provides direct card-network access to payment service providers. Its cloud-based processing platform provides an upgrade for payment providers to accelerate technological innovation. With Silverflow, PSPs can now directly access card networks, instantly add new functionality, havereal-time insight into transaction fees, and get smart data directly from the networks – all to better serve their merchants.Silverflow was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. | $16.3M / Series A / Nov 16, 2023 | ||
| See all 93 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Inkef invest in?
Inkef invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Medical startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 93 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Inkef invest in?
Inkef typically joins rounds of $3.1M–$24M at Seed, $3.4M–$42M at Series A and $8.2M–$86M at Series B. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Inkef's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Inkef took part in.
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Who are the partners at Inkef?
The team at Inkef includes Frank Lansink (Partner), Thijs Cohen Tervaert (Partner) and Derk Arts (Founder), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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