OostNL
VC Fund
Apeldoorn, The Netherlands
OostNL is a VC fund in Apeldoorn focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. Eastern NL is the development company of Eastern Netherlands. We are strengthening the regional economy on behalf of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Climate and the provinces of Overijssel and Gelderland. We do this by investing with public money in entrepreneurs in the Eastern Netherlands.In addition to these financial resources, Oost NLalso makes its knowledge, expertise and network available. We are active in the top sectors Food, Energy, Health and Tech.An optimal balance between financial and social return is of great importance to us. We allow entrepreneurs to innovate, invest and internationalize to accelerate their growth. This is how we ensure the sustainable growth of the regional economy and employment. In addition, we create favorable conditions for solving global, social issues. We offer entrepreneurs money and resources for creating social returns. With focus on sustainability, smart industry and concepts for a healthy life.
- Total investments:
- 93
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 32%
Last updated:
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Industries OostNL invests in
Stages OostNL invests in
Countries OostNL invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $560k–$5.4M
- Series A
- $3.6M–$18M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $1.1M–$10M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Health Care 16 (17%)
- Biotechnology 13 (14%)
- Manufacturing 11 (12%)
- Medical 10 (11%)
- Medical Device 10 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 29 (31%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 14 (15%)
- Series A 13 (14%)
- Pre-Seed 8 (9%)
- Series B 8 (9%)
Country
- The Netherlands 62 (67%)
- India 1 (1%)
- Finland 1 (1%)
- United States 1 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Chimwemwe de Gaay Fortman
Member of management, head of capital
|
Member of management, head of capital | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Jordy Schaufeli
Senior Investment Manager
|
Senior Investment Manager | Total investments: 4 | Find email | |
Jouke Kardolus
Senior Projectmanager Agro-Food
|
Senior Projectmanager Agro-Food | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| SolarDew provides a brand-new method for generating pure drinking water from nearly any source of tainted, contaminated, or salty water. The company is based in Rhenen, the Netherlands. | $930.1K / Seed / Jun 03, 2026 | ||
| Affix Labs Oy develops insect control technologies that replace conventional killing insecticides with repellent, biodegradable solutions. The company’s main technology platform, Repeltec, uses controlled-release, water-based formulations with Picaridin to create long-lasting surface and textile coatings. These coatings form an invisible barrierthat deters flying and crawling insects for up to 12 weeks in homes, public spaces, transportation hubs, and commercial facilities. Affix Labs also offers antiviral and antimicrobial coating solutions under the Si-Quat and Clean N Coat brands. Partners can distribute Repeltec products or use the technology through white-label programs. | $1.2M / Seed / Apr 21, 2026 | ||
| Brilliance develops micro laser modules for augmented reality displays. | $6.9M / Seed / Mar 31, 2026 | ||
| RIFTis a startup on a mission towards a sustainable future that is powered by clean and renewable energy. | $97.2M / Series B / Mar 03, 2026 | ||
| BigCircle Ventures is an Amsterdam-based cleantech venture builder dedicated to transforming early-stage deeptech research into scalable startups. By partnering with leading universities, research institutes, and corporations, BigCircle turns breakthrough technologies into viable companies that drive climate impact, strengthen Europe’s strategicautonomy, and accelerate the global transition to a net-zero future. | $2.3M / Seed / Oct 22, 2025 | ||
| transAI builds a powerful Platform-as-a-Service data platform for the smart, digital, and sustainable manufacturing industry. We help factories digitalize, optimize, and automate their processes — from real-time data insights to paperless dashboards. Our integrated platform connects all your systems, offering 100% traceability, full visibility intomaterial and energy usage, and smarter decision-making without extra staff. More than just MES, transAI delivers freedom, flexibility, and future-proof connectivity in one complete solution. | Seed / Oct 20, 2025 | ||
| Revyve develops functional food ingredients derived from yeast that substitute for animal-based textures like eggs, gums, and stabilizers. It focuses on producing natural, animal-free, clean-label ingredients that perform emulsifying, gelling, and binding roles in food formulations. The company applies biotechnological methods to convert yeast intotexturizing compounds without the use of chemicals, solvents, or enzymes. It offers these ingredients to food manufacturers seeking alternatives in plant-based and clean-label product lines. | $28.4M / Series B / Sep 23, 2025 | ||
| Time-Travelling Milkman produce a plant-based cream from sunflower seeds, as an ingredient for dairy alternatives. | $2.4M / Seed / Sep 17, 2025 | ||
| Aiosyn uses artificial intelligence to develop pathology algorithms to improve the precision of diagnostics in cancer and chronic kidney diseases. The company uses a modular SaaS model to integrate its algorithms with existing pathology workflows. At the same time it leverages its algorithms and AI capabilities to improve the efficiency of cancerand CKD drug development studies for biopharma. | $2.8M / Seed / Sep 09, 2025 | ||
| Twinport360 is an AI-driven industrial machine vision and automation company that provides autonomous quality-control solutions for manufacturers. The company specializes in creating 3D digital twin models of products moving through production lines, enabling automated quality control, defect detection, sorting, and production analytics. | $1.2M / Seed / Aug 26, 2025 | ||
| See all 93 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does OostNL invest in?
OostNL invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Manufacturing startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 93 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does OostNL invest in?
OostNL typically joins rounds of $560k–$5.4M at Seed, $3.6M–$18M at Series A and $1.1M–$10M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not OostNL's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds OostNL took part in.
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Who are the partners at OostNL?
The team at OostNL includes Chimwemwe de Gaay Fortman (Member of management, head of capital), Jordy Schaufeli (Senior Investment Manager) and Jouke Kardolus (Senior Projectmanager Agro-Food). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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