# Sytse Sijbrandij

> Sytse Sijbrandij is a seed investor at Open Core Ventures backing Software. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: Open Core Ventures
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 27%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sijbrandij
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/sytses
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sytse

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.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $5M–$11M |
| Grant | $2M–$2M |
| Series A | $20M–$27M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 36% |
| SaaS | 2 | 18% |
| Data Visualization | 2 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 18% |
| Solar | 1 | 9% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 5 | 45% |
| Series A | 3 | 27% |
| Grant | 2 | 18% |
| Series B | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Fleet Device Management | 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 | https://fleetdm.com/ |
| Swift Solar | 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 | https://www.swiftsolar.com |
| Mermaid Chart | 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 | https://www.mermaidchart.com/ |
| Mermaid Char | 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 | https://mermaidchartpro.com/ |
| Pano | 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 | https://www.pano.ai/ |
| Fleet Device Management | 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 | https://fleetdm.com/ |
| Global Income Coin | $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 | https://globalincomecoin.com |
| Glo | 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 | https://glodollar.org |
| Fleet Device Management | 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 | https://fleetdm.com/ |
| Swift Solar | 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 | https://www.swiftsolar.com |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [CRV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crvvc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Index Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/index-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Anorak Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anorak-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Climate Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/climate-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elefund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elefund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Firebrand Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/firebrand-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Open Core Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Open Core Ventures is a financial firm that offers venture capital, investments, business development, private equity, and consulting.

2 contacts available at Open Core Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Betty Ma | COO | — |
| Sytse Sijbrandij | Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sytse-sijbrandij |

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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 is Sytse Sijbrandij's check size?

Sytse Sijbrandij typically joins rounds of $5M–$11M at Seed, $2M–$2M at Grant and $20M–$27M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Sytse Sijbrandij participates 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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