# Thijs Gitmans > Thijs Gitmans is a seed investor at NBI Investors backing Software and Information Technology. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026. - Type: Angel Investor - Fund: [NBI Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nbi-investors) - Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands - Total investments: 9 - Last investment: Jan 2024 - Lead investor: 78% - Last updated: Aug 2026 - LinkedIn: https://nl.linkedin.com/in/thijsgitmans - X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/tgitmans - Website: https://x.com/tgitmans Thijs Gitmans is a seed investor at NBI Investors in Amsterdam focused on Software and Information Technology. Thijs Gitmans - Fund Manager Mainport Innovation Fund II @ NBI Investors ## Investment focus ### Industry | Industry | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Software | 4 | 44% | | Information Technology | 2 | 22% | | Solar | 1 | 11% | | Energy | 1 | 11% | | Robotics | 1 | 11% | 27 industries tracked in total. ### Stage | Stage | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Seed | 4 | 44% | | Series A | 3 | 33% | | Funding Round | 1 | 11% | | Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 11% | ### Country | Country | Investments | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | The Netherlands | 5 | 56% | | France | 1 | 11% | | Germany | 1 | 11% | | United States | 1 | 11% | ## Investments | Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Heex Technologies | Heex Technologies provides a data management platform to engineering teams so that they can transition from Big Data to Smart Data. Today, companies are requiring more precise information than ever before and if Big Data already allowed great progress, most AI developments are now facing a diminishing learning curve. By automatically extracting themost pertinent data at the edge, our software solution improves productivity with a seamless workflow designed to scale. | $6.5M | Seed | Jan 18, 2024 | | | volytica diagnostics | battery degradation diagnosis software and software as a service | $6M | Seed | Sep 07, 2023 | | | volytica diagnostics | battery degradation diagnosis software and software as a service | $5.9M | Series A | Sep 07, 2023 | | | Maxem | Optimize and manage charging stations, batteries, solar and the grid with our (white label) Charging and Energy Management Saas cloud. | $3.9M | Series A | Jun 23, 2023 | | | Aiir Innovations | Aiir Innovations creates advanced software solutions to make aircraft engine inspection faster, more efficient and safer. | $2.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 07, 2023 | | | GRASP Innovations | GRASP Innovations is an aviation security company that provides intelligent access surveillance and checkpoint management. It is convinced that optimizing processes does not have to come at the expense of experience and that tasks that are more suitable for technology, should be executed by technology. | $670.6K | Seed | May 27, 2021 | | | Synple | Synple is a high-tech company that specializes in creating user-friendly and intuitive web software. The software seamlessly integrates into your companies daily operations. It helps your company leverage your and your partners’ networks in order to consolidate your market position. Their software allocates, proposes and handles collaborativeopportunities that benefit both you and your partner.Synple already has a strong presence and clear traction in the Dutch transportation market sporting a wide customer base in the Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) and Heavy Road Cargo (HRC) industries. The company solutions allow companies to get “pure profit per mile,” and in doing so drive less empty miles, waste less gas, lower operation costs, emit fewer greenhouse gasses, and limit particle pollution. | $1.2M | | Sep 01, 2017 | | | Skyscraper | Skyscraper is an all-in-one ad management platform for bloggers. A magical way of running ads on your site that both simple and effective. | $500K | Seed | Dec 03, 2012 | | | ViriCiti | ViriCiti, founded in 2012, offers a cloud-based monitoring system to improve electric vehicle operations. ViriCiti believes that online energy management is the missing link to full adoption of electric city buses and trucks. By monitoring and analyzing data from electric vehicles up to millisecond level, real-time information on the use, conditionand performance of the vehicle can be provided. With these insights, electric city buses and trucks run further, more reliable and at lower cost. | $6.7M | Series A | | | 9 of 9 investments shown. ## Co-investors - [Atlantic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/atlantic-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [EnBW New Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/enbw-new-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [FTTF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fttf) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [Hearst Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hearst-interactive-media) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [TGFS - Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/technologiegrnderfonds-sachsen) — VC Fund, 2 deals together - [TN Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tn-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together ## About NBI Investors VC Fund 5 contacts available at NBI Investors. | Name | Title | Profile | | --- | --- | --- | | Thijs Gitmans | Fund Manager Mainport Innovation Fund II | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thijs-gitmans | | Bart Raedts | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bart-raedts | | Bram Ledeboer | Founding Partner NBI Investors, managing SHIFT Invest and Mainport Innovation Fund | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bram-ledeboer | | Florentine Fockema | Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/florentine-fockema-andreae-fokma | | Guus Verhees | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/guus-verhees | ## Similar investors ### Similar stage - [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund - [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund - [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund ## FAQ ### What does Thijs Gitmans invest in? Thijs Gitmans invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Solar startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 9 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 Thijs Gitmans last invest? The most recent investment recorded for Thijs Gitmans closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly. ### 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. # About Shizune Shizune.co is an investor database. 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