# Marco Houwen > Marco Houwen is a seed investor at EuroDNS backing Farming, Livestock and Agriculture. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [EuroDNS](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eurodns) - Total investments: 2 - Last investment: Jul 2016 - Lead investor: 0% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcohouwen/ - X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mhouwen - Website: https://www.marcohouwen.com/ Marco Houwen is a seed investor at EuroDNS focused on Farming and Livestock. Marco Houwen, together with his partners LuxConnect and Datacenter Luxembourg, founded LuxCloud S.A. in April 2010.This partnership sets out to attract international SME and SMI, out of the field of Software development, to the Grand Duchy. LuxCloud will put Luxembourg firmly on the International Internet map and deliver services to SMB’s allover Europe.In 2000, Marco, in association with Xavier Buck, founded DCL Group, a leading Internet and e-commerce company, now recognized as one of the biggest Internet success stories in Luxembourg. Companies in the Group include Datacenter Luxembourg, LuxCloud, EuroDNS, e-Brand Services and voipGATE, to name but a few.Passionate about the promotion of Luxembourg, Marco is co-founder and President of LU-CIX A.s.b.l. and as such, contributes actively on the promotion of the Luxembourgish e-commerce hub.In addition to his role as LuxCloud CEO, Marco is CEO of Datacenter Luxembourg and a board member of the DCL Group. ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Farming | 1 | 50% | | Livestock | 1 | 50% | | Agriculture | 1 | 50% | | Marketplace | 1 | 50% | | Farmers Market | 1 | 50% | 6 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 1 | 50% | | Convertible Note | 1 | 50% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Farmia | Farmia is online livestock marketplace that helps farmers to offer their animals to a wider circle of potential buyers and to do that in best moment to achieve maximum profit and provide buyers faster cheaper and easier way to find appropriate animals for their needs.Farmia is the fastest growing livestock marketplace in the world. We are No.1online livestock marketplace in the world with operations in US, Germany, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Macedonia. Our user base count more than 80.000 farmers who actively trade through our platform. Up to now we sold more than 200.000 animals through 15000+ transactions which value is more than 25M+ Euro. | $46K | Convertible Note | Jul 01, 2016 | | | Farmia | Farmia is online livestock marketplace that helps farmers to offer their animals to a wider circle of potential buyers and to do that in best moment to achieve maximum profit and provide buyers faster cheaper and easier way to find appropriate animals for their needs.Farmia is the fastest growing livestock marketplace in the world. We are No.1online livestock marketplace in the world with operations in US, Germany, Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Macedonia. Our user base count more than 80.000 farmers who actively trade through our platform. Up to now we sold more than 200.000 animals through 15000+ transactions which value is more than 25M+ Euro. | $133K | Seed | Aug 01, 2015 | | 2 of 2 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [BHS Services S.A.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bhs-services-s-a) — VC Fund, 1 deal together - [Eleven Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eleven) — VC Fund, 1 deal together ## About EuroDNS VC Fund 1 contacts available at EuroDNS. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Marco Houwen | Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marco-houwen | ## Similar investors ### Similar industry - [SVG Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/svg-ventures) — VC Fund - [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund - [Omnivore](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omnivore-partners) — VC Fund ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ### Similar country - [Eleven Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eleven) — VC Fund - [LAUNCHub Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/launchub) — VC Fund - [New Vision 3](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-vision-3) — VC Fund ## Featured in investor lists - [Agriculture (agtech) Angel Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/agriculture-agtech-angel-investors) - [All Investors in Bulgaria](https://shizune.co/investors/investors-bulgaria) - [Agriculture (agtech) Investors in Bulgaria](https://shizune.co/investors/agriculture-agtech-investors-bulgaria) - [All Angel Investors in Bulgaria](https://shizune.co/investors/angel-investors-bulgaria) - [Food and Beverage Angel Investors in Bulgaria](https://shizune.co/investors/food-and-beverage-angel-investors-bulgaria) - [Marketplace Angel Investors in Bulgaria](https://shizune.co/investors/marketplace-angel-investors-bulgaria) ## FAQ ### What does Marco Houwen invest in? Marco Houwen invests primarily in Farming, Livestock and Agriculture startups, most often at Seed and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Bulgaria. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio. ### When did Marco Houwen last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Marco Houwen closed in Jul 2016. 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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