# Joel van Dijk

> Joel van Dijk is a seed investor at Begin Capital (London) backing SaaS and Database. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Begin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/begin-capital)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joël-van-dijk-27a490a6/

Joel van Dijk is a seed investor at Begin Capital in London focused on SaaS and Database. Joel van Dijk

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| Database | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Web Apps | 1 | 50% |
| Data Center | 1 | 50% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 1 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Codesphere | Codesphere is your Zeroconfig Cloud. No config - just code and run web apps from your browser. Team work on distributed full stack Typescript, and benefit from our automatic deployments, scaling, tests, and security / privacy audits. We optimize each and every detail to keep things simple for you. Codesphere is next level programming. | $30.9M | Series A | May 17, 2024 |  |
| simplyblock | Simplyblock develops low-latency high-performance storage software that helps businesses maximise the efficiency of their cloud storage for IO-intensive workloads, Kubernetes, databases & applications. The software can be deployed on public clouds such as AWS, Google Cloud and Azure and in private clouds. Simplyblock’s technology offers up to50x improved cost-to-performance ratio compared to legacy storage solutions. | $2.8M | Seed | Feb 15, 2024 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [468 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/468-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [42CAP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/42cap) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Creandum](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/creandum) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HOF Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hof-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [LEA Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lea-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Begin Capital

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Begin Capital is an international venture capital fund investing in (Pre) Seed and Series A startups across the globe with a focus on Europe

5 contacts available at Begin Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Saagar Bhavsar | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saagar-bhavsar |
| Alexey Menn | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexey-menn |
| Joel van Dijk | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joel-van-dijk |
| Ruslan Sarkisyan | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ruslan-sarkisyan |
| Ruslan Sarkisyan | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ruslan-sarkisyan-1096 |

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## FAQ

### What does Joel van Dijk invest in?

Joel van Dijk invests primarily in SaaS, Database and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Joel van Dijk last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Joel van Dijk closed in May 2024. 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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