Joost de Valk
Partner @ Emilia Capital
Wijchen, The Netherlands
Joost de Valk is a seed investor at Emilia Capital in Wijchen focused on SaaS and GPS. Joost de Valk is the founder and Chief Product Officer of Yoast. He's a an internet entrepreneur, who next to founding Yoast has invested in and advised several startups. His main expertise is open source software development and digital marketing.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 60%
Last updated:
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Industries Joost de Valk invests in
Stages Joost de Valk invests in
Countries Joost de Valk invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 2 (40%)
- GPS 1 (20%)
- Apps 1 (20%)
- Mobile 1 (20%)
- Software 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 4 (80%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (20%)
Country
- The Netherlands 2 (40%)
- United States 1 (20%)
- United Kingdom 1 (20%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| We provide cloud scale to Website as a Service (WaaS) companies and agencies by eliminating scaling, automation, and development issues of WordPress. | Seed / May 11, 2023 | ||
| Atarim is a visual collaboration platform designed to facilitate the management of web-focused communications. The company's innovative tool allows designers to annotate and provide feedback directly on websites and designs, enhancing teamwork and reducing time-consuming back-and-forth communication. Trusted by both smaller creative teamsand large enterprises, Atarim is designed to improve design collaboration, quality assurance, content reviews, and bug tracking. Join us in transforming the world of design collaboration with Atarim. | $700K / Pre-Seed / Sep 06, 2022 | ||
| A neighborhood network for sharing consumer goods. Borrow power tools, electronics, party equipment, and much more from your neighbors. | $2.5M / Seed / May 31, 2022 | ||
| WordProof is a documentation firm that offers services for content creation, publishing, content structuring, and copyright protection. | Seed / Aug 31, 2020 | ||
| Mapfit provides mapping services to companies. Mapfit powers the new standard of user experiences and defines a new level of map data accuracy. Founded in 2015, the company is headquartered in New York, New York. | $5.5M / Seed / Jun 12, 2018 |
Co-Investors
About Emilia Capital
We have investments in open source, sustainable and female-led companies.
Emilia Capital Contacts
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Joost de Valk
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Marieke van de Rakt
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What does Joost de Valk invest in?
Joost de Valk invests primarily in SaaS, GPS and Apps startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Joost de Valk last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Joost de Valk closed in May 2023. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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