# Robert Verwaayen

> Robert Verwaayen is a Series A investor at Keen Venture Partners backing SaaS and Mobile. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Keen Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keen-venture-partners-2)
- Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Nov 2025
- Lead investor: 60%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rverwaayen/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/rverwaayen
- Website: https://x.com/rverwaayen

Robert Verwaayen is a Series A investor at Keen Venture Partners in Amsterdam focused on SaaS and Mobile. Robert is a Partner at Keen Venture Partners. Prior to co-founding Keen Robert was a Principal at Prime Ventures. There, he worked on investments including Layar, eBuddy, Cint, Eutechnyx, Mendix, Takeaway.com and MarkaVIP. Before moving in to venture capital, Robert was a strategy consultant working for the Monitor Group in their London and NewYork offices and an Analyst at PA Consulting Group in New York. Robert has a BSc degree in Business Management from Babson College.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 20% |
| Mobile | 2 | 20% |
| Software | 2 | 20% |
| Marketplace | 2 | 20% |
| Timber | 1 | 10% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 4 | 40% |
| Series B | 3 | 30% |
| Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Series C | 1 | 10% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 20% |
| Belgium | 1 | 10% |
| Iceland | 1 | 10% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 10% |
| United States | 1 | 10% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Azumuta | Azumuta is the most complete software tool that eliminates the use of paperwork in your factory. From digital work instructions to frontline communication, data analysis, and IoT connection. | $9.3M | Series A | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| VonWood | VonWood is founded in 2022 and is the fast-growing startup in Amsterdam with a strong technology driven background and is supported by experienced investors. The goal is to bring the wood industry to the 21st century by offering the only digital timber marketplace where supply meets demand, making the market more accessible to all. By connectingbuyers to sellers without the middleman, higher transparency, better prices and less waste are possible, all while contributing to a more sustainable planet. Wood is one of the most sustainable materials available and by replanting additional trees, we aim to not only compensate for what is traded, but also ensure a healthy future.VonWood works directly with sawmills on the selling side and contractors on the buying side to ensure better deals, but also smoother administration and efficient transport. That makes VonWood more than just the only viable marketplace for timber, but an essential solution for businesses using timber. | $2.9M | Seed | Jan 10, 2023 |  |
| Beekeeper | Beekeeper is a mobile-first communication platform that reaches every shift, location, and language through real-time messaging and targeted streams. Managers keep frontline teams productive and turnover low by automating workflows while leveraging an analytics dashboard to measure engagement. Beekeeper integrates with operational systems, makingthem accessible in one central portal. | $50M | Series C | Nov 08, 2022 |  |
| Lucinity | Money laundering is the crime that fuels crime. Lucinity's mission is to Make Money Good® by combining the best of human and artificial intelligence. Lucinity uses Human AI to help banks fight financial crime more efficiently. By designing its AML platform around man and machine, Lucinity allows banks to increase their AML programs'productivity.Lucinity identifies suspicious activity through its proprietary behavior detection system. The approach is entirely risk-based and allows customers to control their risk exposure before efficiently reviewing AML alerts in the Lucinity Case Manager.The company was founded by industry veterans. The core team has experience from Tier-1 banks, international regulators, and leading legacy vendors. Lucinity takes great pride in being the enterprise-ready AML startup that brings the novelty and excitement of a startup and the professionalism and experience of an incumbent. | $17M | Series B | Jul 07, 2022 |  |
| Lucinity | Money laundering is the crime that fuels crime. Lucinity's mission is to Make Money Good® by combining the best of human and artificial intelligence. Lucinity uses Human AI to help banks fight financial crime more efficiently. By designing its AML platform around man and machine, Lucinity allows banks to increase their AML programs'productivity.Lucinity identifies suspicious activity through its proprietary behavior detection system. The approach is entirely risk-based and allows customers to control their risk exposure before efficiently reviewing AML alerts in the Lucinity Case Manager.The company was founded by industry veterans. The core team has experience from Tier-1 banks, international regulators, and leading legacy vendors. Lucinity takes great pride in being the enterprise-ready AML startup that brings the novelty and excitement of a startup and the professionalism and experience of an incumbent. | $17M | Series A | Jul 07, 2022 |  |
| Beekeeper | Beekeeper is a mobile-first communication platform that reaches every shift, location, and language through real-time messaging and targeted streams. Managers keep frontline teams productive and turnover low by automating workflows while leveraging an analytics dashboard to measure engagement. Beekeeper integrates with operational systems, makingthem accessible in one central portal. | $50M | Series C | Nov 08, 2021 |  |
| Beekeeper | Beekeeper is a mobile-first communication platform that reaches every shift, location, and language through real-time messaging and targeted streams. Managers keep frontline teams productive and turnover low by automating workflows while leveraging an analytics dashboard to measure engagement. Beekeeper integrates with operational systems, makingthem accessible in one central portal. | $45M | Series B | Sep 16, 2019 |  |
| Withlocals | Withlocals is a fast-growing global marketplace for personalized travel experiences. Founded in 2013, Withlocals offers over 1,200 fully-customizable, 100% private tours and activities led by 900 local hosts in dozens of international cities. Withlocals’ mission is to connect people and cultures through travel. Our hosts take travelers off thebeaten path to experience destinations like the locals do. Withlocals’ scalable marketplace puts hosts directly in contact with tourists, bringing personalized travel to the mass market at an affordable cost. | $8.5M | Series B | Mar 05, 2019 |  |
| Impraise | Impraise is a People Enablement Platform that makes performance and development initiatives meaningful for people, actionable for managers, and painless for HR. With hundreds of customers worldwide, Impraise is the partner of choice when it comes to creating a culture that empowers your most valuable asset—people. The web and mobile platform isdesigned to help customers increase productivity and engagement through flexible reviews, regular feedback exchange, and structured coaching moments. | $10.6M | Series A | Jul 25, 2018 |  |
| Beekeeper | Beekeeper is a mobile-first communication platform that reaches every shift, location, and language through real-time messaging and targeted streams. Managers keep frontline teams productive and turnover low by automating workflows while leveraging an analytics dashboard to measure engagement. Beekeeper integrates with operational systems, makingthem accessible in one central portal. | $8M | Series A | Mar 21, 2017 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alpana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpana-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Verve Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verve-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Edenred Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/edenred-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Ernst Gohner Stiftung](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ernst-gohner-stiftung) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Swisscanto Private Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swisscanto-invest) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Thayer Investment Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thayer-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About Keen Venture Partners

VC Fund · Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Keen Venture Partners is a radically human venture capital firm that invests in fast-growing European scale-ups at the Series A and Series B stages

5 contacts available at Keen Venture Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ben Verwaayen | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ben-verwaayen |
| Briehan Burke | Principal | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/briehan-burke |
| Giuseppe Lacerenza | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/giuseppe-lacerenza |
| Robert Verwaayen | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-verwaaijen |
| Alexander Ribbink | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-ribbink |

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## FAQ

### What does Robert Verwaayen invest in?

Robert Verwaayen invests primarily in SaaS, Mobile and Software startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in The Netherlands. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Robert Verwaayen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Robert Verwaayen closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 10 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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