Sytse Sijbrandij
Founder and General Partner @ Open Core Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Sytse Sijbrandij is a seed investor at Open Core Ventures in San Francisco focused on Software and SaaS. Sytse Sijbrandij is the Co-Founder and Executive Chair of GitLab. He previously worked at Comcoaster as a Founder. Sytse Sijbrandij attended the University of Twente.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
Last updated:
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Industries Sytse Sijbrandij invests in
Stages Sytse Sijbrandij invests in
Countries Sytse Sijbrandij invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $5M–$11M
- Grant
- $2M–$2M
- Series A
- $20M–$27M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 4 (36%)
- SaaS 2 (18%)
- Data Visualization 2 (18%)
- Information Technology 2 (18%)
- Solar 1 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (45%)
- Series A 3 (27%)
- Grant 2 (18%)
- Series B 1 (9%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Fleet builds open source software to manage and secure computing infrastructure: employee laptops, cloud servers, and more. Our technology helps IT and security teams build trust within their organization, while getting their jobs done more effectively. | $27M / Series B / Jun 17, 2025 | ||
| Swift Solar is a company focused on developing advanced solar technology. The company's core innovation is perovskite solar cells, designed to be more efficient and affordable than traditional solar panels. Swift Solar emphasizes domestic manufacturing and abundant raw materials to ensure scalability. | $27M / Series A / Jun 12, 2024 | ||
| Building the next generation of smart diagramming for enterprise teams. Easily create and collaborate on complex diagrams from text. | $7.6M / Seed / Mar 20, 2024 | ||
| Mermaid Chart, founded by Knut Sveidqvist and Open Core Ventures, emerged from the Mermaid open-source project. Lead developers from Mermaid have joined, strengthening the project's connection. Mermaid Chart bolsters open-source Mermaid development, enabling professional usage, while maintaining open-source functionality. It supports Mermaidsignificantly, but also offers commercial services to fund project growth and expand the developer team. | $7.6M / Seed / Mar 20, 2024 | ||
| Pano offers hardware and software technology solutions for fire professionals to detect threats. Pano provides tools to the government, utilities, insurers, and private landowners in order to mitigate wildfire threats and protect lives, property, and the environment. Pano is a unified enterprise solution that combines cutting-edge hardware,artificial intelligence, and software. | $20M / Series A / Sep 19, 2022 | ||
| Fleet builds open source software to manage and secure computing infrastructure: employee laptops, cloud servers, and more. Our technology helps IT and security teams build trust within their organization, while getting their jobs done more effectively. | $20M / Series A / Apr 28, 2022 | ||
| $1 a day of basic income for everyone. We’re building a new cryptocurrency to be used as digital money, with the goal of reducing poverty worldwide. Read more on globalincomecoin.com | $2M / Grant / Apr 28, 2022 | ||
| Glo is the anti-poverty version of the dollar. The currency that lifts people out of extreme poverty. Glo is a completely new style of philanthropy. Join the movement. | $2M / Grant / Apr 28, 2022 | ||
| Fleet builds open source software to manage and secure computing infrastructure: employee laptops, cloud servers, and more. Our technology helps IT and security teams build trust within their organization, while getting their jobs done more effectively. | $5M / Seed / Jan 20, 2022 | ||
| Swift Solar is a company focused on developing advanced solar technology. The company's core innovation is perovskite solar cells, designed to be more efficient and affordable than traditional solar panels. Swift Solar emphasizes domestic manufacturing and abundant raw materials to ensure scalability. | $8.2M / Seed / Dec 14, 2020 | ||
| See all 11 investments → | |||
Co-Investors
About Open Core Ventures
Open Core Ventures is a financial firm that offers venture capital, investments, business development, private equity, and consulting.
Open Core Ventures Contacts
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Betty Ma
COO
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Sytse Sijbrandij
Founder and General Partner
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FAQ
What does Sytse Sijbrandij invest in?
Sytse Sijbrandij invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Data Visualization startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Sytse Sijbrandij invest in?
Sytse Sijbrandij typically joins rounds of $5M–$11M at Seed, $2M–$2M at Grant and $20M–$27M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Sytse Sijbrandij's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Sytse Sijbrandij took part in.
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When did Sytse Sijbrandij last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Sytse Sijbrandij closed in Jun 2025. Shizune tracks 11 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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