# Pride Capital Partners

> Pride Capital Partners is a VC fund backing Information Technology. See 18 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 18
- Last investment: Apr 2025
- Lead investor: 83%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://pridecapital.nl

Pride Capital Partners is a specialized private debt company focused on providing mezzanine loans. Mezzanine loans are subordinated loans which can be used to finance growth, acquisitions and management buy-outs. We focus on SME companies in the ICT market in the Netherlands and Germany.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Pride Capital Partners. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Pride Capital Partners. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/pride-capital-partners?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 9 | 50% |
| Software | 7 | 39% |
| SaaS | 3 | 17% |
| Advertising | 3 | 17% |
| Human Resources | 3 | 17% |

36 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Debt Financing | 6 | 33% |
| Private Equity | 6 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 6% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 6% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 6 | 33% |
| Germany | 4 | 22% |
| Belgium | 3 | 17% |
| Austria | 1 | 6% |
| Denmark | 1 | 6% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Floris Kool | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/floris-kool |
| Lars van 't Hoenderdaal | Managing Partner | 10 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lars-van-t-hoenderdaal |
| Philipp Urbach | Head of DACH | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/philipp-urbach |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Tyneso | Tyneso specializes in Managed Services and IT outsourcing and we offer integrated solutions and services that fit into a complex IT environment. Tyneso's approach is to provide quality services, tailored specifically to each enterprise. Tyneso develops your IT infrastructure into a factor that will make a difference. |  | Private Equity | Apr 23, 2025 |  |
| Link11 | Link11 is a European IT security vendor specialising in DDoS Protection, headquartered in Germany with operations in the UK, US, Switzerland and Austria. The Link11 DDoS Protection Cloud has won numerous awards and is using a patent pending technology based on Artificial Intelligence which protects critical infrastructures and websites from DDoSattacks. | $29M | Private Equity | Dec 20, 2023 |  |
| Link11 | Link11 is a European IT security vendor specialising in DDoS Protection, headquartered in Germany with operations in the UK, US, Switzerland and Austria. The Link11 DDoS Protection Cloud has won numerous awards and is using a patent pending technology based on Artificial Intelligence which protects critical infrastructures and websites from DDoSattacks. |  | Debt Financing | Dec 20, 2023 |  |
| RUBICON IT | RUBICON IT is an IT service company specializing in solutions for public administration and large public service providers. |  | Private Equity | Dec 14, 2023 |  |
| Matrixian | Matrixian Group helps organizations through data and technology to create value for individuals, companies and society. We do this by interpreting (open) data and converting it into valuable insights. We always focus our information services on the specific demand of our customers. Being able to improve the quality of their services - and thus thequality of life of their customers.Within Matrixian Group, a team of 30 people maintain databases of approximately 2.6 million companies, 6 million households in the Netherlands and data from all addresses in Europe. We work for organizations of all sizes: from PostNL to the local pharmacy. No matter how deep we are in the data, our gaze is always directed outwards. Very practical when we are on the road with our field research vehicle. In this way we keep a close eye on how we can offer data solutions to solve social problems. | $1.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 09, 2023 |  |
| EasyTranslate | EasyTranslate is a SaaS company that enables businesses to create content in any language by combining the best of artificial and human intelligence. | $3.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 31, 2023 |  |
| ixly | ixly provides tests and questionnaires services for human resources management. |  | Private Equity | Dec 13, 2022 |  |
| Dileoz | Dileoz is a young and dynamic company dedicated to the automation of HR processes, personnel planning. | $2.5M | Private Equity | Oct 25, 2022 |  |
| Matrixian Group | Transforming data into vivid audience portraits | $2.2M |  | Aug 25, 2022 |  |
| Matrixian | Matrixian Group helps organizations through data and technology to create value for individuals, companies and society. We do this by interpreting (open) data and converting it into valuable insights. We always focus our information services on the specific demand of our customers. Being able to improve the quality of their services - and thus thequality of life of their customers.Within Matrixian Group, a team of 30 people maintain databases of approximately 2.6 million companies, 6 million households in the Netherlands and data from all addresses in Europe. We work for organizations of all sizes: from PostNL to the local pharmacy. No matter how deep we are in the data, our gaze is always directed outwards. Very practical when we are on the road with our field research vehicle. In this way we keep a close eye on how we can offer data solutions to solve social problems. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Aug 25, 2022 |  |

10 of 18 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Deutsche Handelsbank](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deutsche-handelsbank) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AtlasInvest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlasinvest) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Schouten & Nelissen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/schouten-nelissen) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Pride Capital Partners invest in?

Pride Capital Partners invests primarily in Information Technology, Software and SaaS startups, most often at Debt Financing and Private Equity stage. Most of the 18 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Pride Capital Partners?

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### Who are the partners at Pride Capital Partners?

The team at Pride Capital Partners includes Floris Kool (Partner), Lars van 't Hoenderdaal (Managing Partner) and Philipp Urbach (Head of DACH). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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