# SHIFT Invest

> SHIFT Invest is a VC fund backing Biotechnology and Manufacturing. See 57 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Amstelveen, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 57
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Fund size: $129M
- Last fund: Feb 2020
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shift-invest
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/shift_invest
- Website: http://www.shiftinvest.com/

SHIFT Invest is a Dutch venture capital fund that invests in early stage environmental impact startups

## Contacts

5 contacts available for SHIFT Invest. Shizune tracks 9 team members at SHIFT Invest. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/shift-invest?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $552k–$6.2M |
| Series A | $3.5M–$10M |
| Series B | $2.6M–$18M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 11% |
| Manufacturing | 6 | 11% |
| Food and Beverage | 6 | 11% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 11% |
| Software | 5 | 9% |

65 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 22 | 39% |
| Series A | 17 | 30% |
| Series B | 5 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 5% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 31 | 54% |
| United States | 3 | 5% |
| France | 2 | 4% |
| Germany | 2 | 4% |
| Belgium | 1 | 2% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bart Raedts | Venture Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-raedts |
| Bram Ledeboer | Investment Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bram-ledeboer |
| Guus Verhees | Managing Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guus-verhees |
| Janneke Bik | Investment Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/janneke-bik |
| Sheila Struyck | Impact Investor - Venture Partner / co-founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sheila-struyck |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Vertoro | Vertoro transforms woody and agricultural residues into a wide range of bio-based chemicals, materials, and fuels. | $11.5M | Series B | Jun 17, 2026 |  |
| Foamlab | FoamLab specializes in high-performance, bio-based foams made from bacterial nanocellulose and develops a new class of sustainable foams made from bacterial cellulose, a natural and renewable material grown through fermentation. | $3.5M | Seed | Apr 23, 2026 |  |
| foodforecast | AI supported solution to reduce food waste. | $9.5M | Series A | Feb 26, 2026 |  |
| OTIV | Teaching vehicles on rails to drive autonomously. | $10.6M |  | Dec 11, 2025 |  |
| RABLE | RABLE offers an innovative, self-supporting mounting system that allows solar panels to be installed, and the ballast-free design allows for safe installation without the need for renovations or roof modifications. | $2.9M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Scope Biosciences | Scope Biosciences is a company, specializing in the development of molecular diagnostics using CRISPR-Cas. It is a spin-off of Wageningen University & Research . | $1.2M | Seed | Jun 16, 2025 |  |
| FononTech | FononTech is an impulse printing company that produces fine-grained patterns in the micro to millimeter range for electronics. | $9.5M | Seed | May 16, 2025 |  |
| Astrape Networks | Astrape powers the future of datacenters: more bandwidth, less power. | $6.2M | Seed | Apr 29, 2025 |  |
| OneThird | Blockchain, Food Loss, Food Waste, Food Tech, Supply Chain, Big Data, Ag Tech, Digitization, AI, Shelf Life Prediction, Quality Assessment, Fresh Produce, Dynamic Routing, UN SDG 12.3, Spectroscopy, Mobile App, and NIR Spectroscopy | $3.6M | Series A | Jan 30, 2025 |  |
| TEEPTRAK | Teeptrak solutions are the results of several years of consulting in operations and strategy. One major learning is that there is a real need of simple tools to better understand industrial performance in order to improve it. They believe the IoT technologies combined with the good old Lean philosophy are the key to success. | $5.3M | Series A | Nov 12, 2024 |  |

10 of 57 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [OostNL](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oostnl) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Rubio Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rubio-impact-ventures-nl) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [BOM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brabantse-ontwikkelings-maatschappij-bom) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Future Food Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/future-food-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Brightlands Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brightlands-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [DSM Venturing](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dsm-venturing) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does SHIFT Invest invest in?

SHIFT Invest invests primarily in Biotechnology, Manufacturing and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 57 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 SHIFT Invest's check size?

SHIFT Invest typically joins rounds of $552k–$6.2M at Seed, $3.5M–$10M at Series A and $2.6M–$18M 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 SHIFT Invest participates in.

### How do I contact SHIFT Invest?

Public channels for SHIFT Invest include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at SHIFT Invest?

The team at SHIFT Invest includes Bart Raedts (Venture Partner), Bram Ledeboer (Investment Partner) and Guus Verhees (Managing Partner), among 9 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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