# Newion

> Newion is a VC fund in Amsterdam backing Software and SaaS. See 84 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 84
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 54%
- Fund size: $148M
- Last fund: Oct 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/newion
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/NewionInvest
- Website: https://newion.com/

Newion is a venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in B2B software companies. Its mission is to support entrepreneurs in building software companies into category leaders that create sustainable impact, and in doing so generate excellent returns to its investors.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$6.5M |
| Series A | $1.1M–$10M |
| Series B | $5.4M–$66M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 34 | 40% |
| SaaS | 18 | 21% |
| Information Technology | 17 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 8 | 10% |
| Analytics | 7 | 8% |

117 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 28 | 33% |
| Seed | 22 | 26% |
| Series B | 12 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 12 | 14% |
| Series C | 5 | 6% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 32 | 38% |
| Belgium | 10 | 12% |
| Germany | 9 | 11% |
| Sweden | 3 | 4% |
| Finland | 2 | 2% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John Sjolander | Partner | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-sjlander |
| Anna Tuinenburg | Office Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anna-tuinenburg |
| Erik Aeyelts Averink | Venture Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/erik-aeyelts-averink |
| Frank Claassen | Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frank-claassen |
| Geert Zanting | Controller & Finance | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geert-zanting |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nopan | Nopan is a specialized Payment Service Provider (PSP) built to optimize European account-to-account (A2A) and digital wallet payments for enterprise merchants, fintechs, and PSPs | $8.2M | Seed | Jul 13, 2026 |  |
| BirdsView | BirdsView is to 'assist small e-commerce firms in transforming their own consumer data into effective, tailored marketing tactics and turning one-time purchases into devoted patrons. | $2.9M | Seed | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Lightbringer | Generative AI technology company offering tools for preparing patent applications more quickly, more easily, and with incredible quality | $10M | Series A | Jun 16, 2026 |  |
| TurnUp | TurnUp is an AI-driven practice management platform designed specifically to streamline scheduling and administrative operations for dental clinics. The Belgian company utilizes intelligent automation to eliminate manual booking tasks, optimize calendar efficiency, and minimize costly open time-slots. Its advanced AI assistant, Elissa, securelycommunicates with patients via multiple digital channels to handle complex scheduling requests automatically. | $2.3M | Seed | Jun 11, 2026 |  |
| Camphouse | Mediatool is the all-in-one planning, execution, tracking and reporting tool for media and marketing campaigns. Increase productivity with streamlined delivery and better collaboration across all your marketing activities. Grow revenue with confidence, using real-time performance data to optimise investment.Hundreds of tangible benefits, onebetter way of working. Forget spreadsheets and get to know Mediatool. | $5.8M | Series A | Jun 09, 2026 |  |
| NjiaPay | NjiaPay is a Payments-as-a-Service provider that simplifies payment management for African businesses. The company aims to solve the pain points that African businesses face when dealing with the continent's diverse and complex payment ecosystem. | $2.1M | Seed | Mar 09, 2026 |  |
| Agileday | SaaS Operating Platform for Knowledge Work | $7.5M | Series A | Jan 23, 2026 |  |
| clockin | If you want to track your employees' working hours easily and in a legally compliant manner, clockin is the right choice. The multi-award-winning app reduces paperwork and manual effort to a minimum. The app can be installed on smartphones or as a tablet terminal in just a few minutes. Companies can add their employees just as easily and starttime tracking right away. The timesheets for individual employees, which are required for payroll accounting, are created automatically by clockin. In addition, the clockin app offers further functions, such as the option of a team calendar, requesting absences, tracking time on specific projects, obtaining signatures and thus every manual process is mapped digitally. | $11.7M | Series A | Sep 30, 2025 |  |
| Sequesto | Sequesto offers an AI-first RFX Response Platform designed to optimize the answering process for tenders, RFPs, RFIs, RFQs, DDQs, security questionnaires, and inventory lists. The platform aims to streamline processes for software providers, enabling them to secure more proposals efficiently. By automating RFP responses, Sequesto helpsorganizations optimize their resources and swiftly detect and answer questions, enhancing the overall proposal management process. | $3M | Seed | Sep 17, 2025 |  |
| Dexter Energy Services | Dexter provides forecasting and dispatching solutions based on AI and cloud-based technology that increases efficiency and reduces cost. | $27.1M | Series C | Jul 02, 2025 |  |

10 of 84 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [SmartFin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/smartfin) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [OMERS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/omers-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Volta Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/volta-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [PDENH](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pdenh) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Senovo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/senovo) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ark Angels Activator Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ark-angels-activator-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Newion invest in?

Newion invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Information Technology startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 84 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 Newion's check size?

Newion typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$6.5M at Seed, $1.1M–$10M at Series A and $5.4M–$66M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Newion participates in.

### How do I contact Newion?

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### Who are the partners at Newion?

The team at Newion includes John Sjolander (Partner), Anna Tuinenburg (Office Manager) and Erik Aeyelts Averink (Venture Partner), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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