# Tijl Hoefnagels

> Tijl Hoefnagels is a seed investor at Rubio Impact Ventures backing Food Processing and AgTech. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Rubio Impact Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rubio-impact-ventures-nl)
- Location: Haarlem, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tijl-hoefnagels-17039a1

Tijl Hoefnagels is a seed investor at Rubio Impact Ventures in Haarlem focused on Food Processing and AgTech. Tijl Hoefnagels is the Venture Partner of Rubio Impact Ventures.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food Processing | 2 | 29% |
| AgTech | 1 | 14% |
| Retail | 1 | 14% |
| Sensor | 1 | 14% |
| Grocery | 1 | 14% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 3 | 43% |
| Spain | 1 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| NOVAMEAT | NOVAMEAT develops cutting-edge technological solutions to feed the planet’s growing population with plant-based foods in order to overcome the challenges of today’s unsustainable and inefficient animal agriculture industry and create a healthy, efficient, humane and sustainable food supply system.NOVAMEAT's proprietary technologies allowproducing plant-based meat substitutes with the same texture, appearance, taste and nutritional properties as a variety of animal meat products, including beef steaks.NOVAMEAT was recently featured on Bloomberg, Forbes, Business Insider, CBS, Techcrunch, Seeker, Mashable, Euronews, Newsweek, Mirror, El Pais, and CNN. | $19.3M | Series A | Sep 12, 2024 |  |
| Solasta Bio | Solasta Bio develops environment-friendly products that meet a global need for new and effective crop protection. | $14M | Series A | Sep 11, 2024 |  |
| NoPalm-Ingredients | NoPalm Ingredients creates environmentally friendly microbial oils to substitute palm and other tropical oils in food, cosmetics, and detergents. The oil is produced in a sustainable, cyclical, and environmentally beneficial manner by fermenting sidestreams. | $5.4M | Seed | Jul 24, 2024 |  |
| Solasta Bio | Solasta Bio develops environment-friendly products that meet a global need for new and effective crop protection. | $4.9M | Seed | Mar 27, 2023 |  |
| NOVAMEAT | NOVAMEAT develops cutting-edge technological solutions to feed the planet’s growing population with plant-based foods in order to overcome the challenges of today’s unsustainable and inefficient animal agriculture industry and create a healthy, efficient, humane and sustainable food supply system.NOVAMEAT's proprietary technologies allowproducing plant-based meat substitutes with the same texture, appearance, taste and nutritional properties as a variety of animal meat products, including beef steaks.NOVAMEAT was recently featured on Bloomberg, Forbes, Business Insider, CBS, Techcrunch, Seeker, Mashable, Euronews, Newsweek, Mirror, El Pais, and CNN. | $6M | Seed | Feb 18, 2022 |  |
| 30MHz | We developed ZENSIE. A sensory system that enables you to get a better insight into your surroundings. Use this to unlock hidden potentials in any physical environment and realize higher profit margins or lower asset costs. Increase your productivity and learn how you can reduce overhead. To sum things up: sense more and be better. | $7.4M | Series B | Nov 11, 2021 |  |
| Pieter Pot | Pieter Pot delivers groceries with free packaging that is plastic-free. Pieter Pot achieves concrete sustainable results in two ways: one is by reducing the single-use packaging and prevent CO2 emissions. | $2.9M | Seed | Nov 13, 2020 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Scottish Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scottish-enterprise) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Cavallo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cavallo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Forbion Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/forbion-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Praesidium](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/praesidium-bfce) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [UK Innovation & Science Seed Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rainbow-seed-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SHIFT Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shift-invest) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Rubio Impact Ventures

VC Fund · Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Rubio Impact Ventures is a venture fund focused on early and growth stage enterprises with a positive impact on society and the environment.

5 contacts available at Rubio Impact Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eske Scavenius | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eske-scavenius |
| Helmer Schukken | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helmer-schukken |
| Tijl Hoefnagels | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tijl-hoefnagels |
| Warner Philips | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/warner-philips |
| Willemijn Verloop | Co-Founder and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/willemijn-verloop |

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## FAQ

### What does Tijl Hoefnagels invest in?

Tijl Hoefnagels invests primarily in Food Processing, AgTech and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 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 Tijl Hoefnagels last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Tijl Hoefnagels closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 7 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?

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