# Janneke Niessen

> Janneke Niessen is a seed investor at CapitalT backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 16 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [CapitalT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capitalt)
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 16
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 38%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jannekeniessen
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/jannekeniessen
- Website: https://capitaltvc.com
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jannekeniessen/

Janneke Niessen is a seed investor at CapitalT in Amsterdam focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Janneke Niessen is based out of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland and is the Co-Founder of CapitalT. Janneke previously worked at KNVB as a Member Innovation Board. Janneke Niessen attended the Nyenrode Business University. Janneke Niessen has received Most Influential Women in Tech and Harper's Bazaar Woman of the Year - Business award in theircareer.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $250k–$9.4M |
| Pre-Seed | $2.3M–$3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 25% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 4 | 25% |
| Fashion | 3 | 19% |
| Machine Learning | 3 | 19% |
| E-Commerce | 2 | 13% |

39 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 38% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 19% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 13% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |
| Series B | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 7 | 44% |
| Sweden | 3 | 19% |
| Philippines | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| New Dawn Bio | New Dawn Bio is a biotechnology research firm that specializes in wood production. | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | Jun 04, 2026 |  |
| Overstory | Overstory combines AI and advanced satellite imagery to help electric utilities pinpoint and prioritize vegetation risks before they materialize. With Overstory's vegetation intelligence, transmission and distribution operators can make smarter decisions about the vegetation around their power corridors, optimizing resources and improvingoperational efficiency. This helps prevent outages, reduce wildfire risks, and accelerate the transition to a safer, more resilient grid. | $43M | Series B | Nov 25, 2025 |  |
| AI-BOB | AI Bob offers architects a digital assistant that automates the review process of blueprint models and quickly provides answers to questions related to building regulations. | $2.1M | Seed | Feb 13, 2025 |  |
| AirForestry | AirForestry We are building the forestry of the futureAirForestry thins forests in a completely new way, namely from the air. Through our innovative thinning, we reduce carbon dioxide emissions from forestry work while increasing the forest's ability to sequester carbon by freeling up 20% of forest land that is currently used for forestryaccess roads.By creating better forests, we contribute to a more sustainable society - economically, environmentally and socially. A sustainable society is not only our main goal but also our main driving force. | $9.4M | Seed | Oct 10, 2024 |  |
| eComID | eComID empowers global online retailers to reduce online product returns, shrink the environmental footprint, and guide shoppers to discover and buy products they'll truly love. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Mar 04, 2024 |  |
| Overstory | Overstory combines AI and advanced satellite imagery to help electric utilities pinpoint and prioritize vegetation risks before they materialize. With Overstory's vegetation intelligence, transmission and distribution operators can make smarter decisions about the vegetation around their power corridors, optimizing resources and improvingoperational efficiency. This helps prevent outages, reduce wildfire risks, and accelerate the transition to a safer, more resilient grid. | $14M | Series A | Oct 19, 2023 |  |
| Overstory | Overstory combines AI and advanced satellite imagery to help electric utilities pinpoint and prioritize vegetation risks before they materialize. With Overstory's vegetation intelligence, transmission and distribution operators can make smarter decisions about the vegetation around their power corridors, optimizing resources and improvingoperational efficiency. This helps prevent outages, reduce wildfire risks, and accelerate the transition to a safer, more resilient grid. | $5.2M | Seed | Nov 10, 2022 |  |
| Sojo | Sojo offers clothing repair and tailoring services in fashion industry. | $2.3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 26, 2022 |  |
| Overstory | Overstory combines AI and advanced satellite imagery to help electric utilities pinpoint and prioritize vegetation risks before they materialize. With Overstory's vegetation intelligence, transmission and distribution operators can make smarter decisions about the vegetation around their power corridors, optimizing resources and improvingoperational efficiency. This helps prevent outages, reduce wildfire risks, and accelerate the transition to a safer, more resilient grid. | $3.8M | Seed | Nov 05, 2021 |  |
| SwipeGuide | SwipeGuide focuses on mobile-first frontline training and visual job tools for the manufacturing sector. | $6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 08, 2021 |  |

10 of 16 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Moxxie Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moxxie-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Pale blue dot](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pale-blue-dot-3a83) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [B Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/b-capital-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Convective Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/convective-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Semapa Next](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/semapa-next) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bentley iTwin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bentley-itwin-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About CapitalT

VC Fund · Amsterdam, The Netherlands

CapitalT is a venture capital fund investing in tech companies in climate tech, future of work, education, and web3/the new social. They help exceptional teams develop groundbreaking ideas to grow better, scale faster, and change across their industries.

2 contacts available at CapitalT.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Janneke Niessen | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janneke-niessen |
| Charnez Jacobs | Early stage VC | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/charnez-jacobs |

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## FAQ

### What does Janneke Niessen invest in?

Janneke Niessen invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Fashion startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 16 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 Janneke Niessen's check size?

Janneke Niessen typically joins rounds of $250k–$9.4M at Seed and $2.3M–$3M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Janneke Niessen participates in.

### When did Janneke Niessen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Janneke Niessen closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 16 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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