# Vopak

> Vopak is a VC fund in Rotterdam backing SaaS, Energy and Chemical. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Mar 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vopak/?originalSubdomain=in
- Website: https://www.vopak.com/

Vopak is an independent tank storage company, stores and handles oil products, chemicals, liquefied petroleum and natural gases, biofuels, and vegetable oils worldwide. It owns and operates specialized facilities, including product tanks, jetties, truck loading stations, and pipelines, as well as provides access to road and rail networks.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 1 | 17% |
| Energy | 1 | 17% |
| Chemical | 1 | 17% |
| Database | 1 | 17% |
| Analytics | 1 | 17% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 2 | 33% |
| Seed | 1 | 17% |
| Series B | 1 | 17% |
| Series C | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finland | 1 | 17% |
| Germany | 1 | 17% |
| United States | 1 | 17% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 17% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eelco Hoekstra | Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eelco-hoekstra-028c |
| Frits Eulderink | COO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/frits-eulderink |
| Gerard Paulides | CFO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gerard-paulides |
| Leo Brand | CIO | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leo-brand |
| Robert Bakelaar | IoT Solution Architect | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robert-bakelaar |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xycle | Xycle Group is building a chemical recycling factory that will handle 21 kilotons of mixed plastic trash annually. |  |  | Mar 10, 2025 |  |
| Aeromon | Aeromon offers an UAS-based (Unmanned Aerial System) measurement service for cost-effective point-of-source aerial analyzing services for emission monitoring. | $2.5M | Seed | Jun 09, 2022 |  |
| Data.world | data.world makes it easy for everyone—not just the “data people”—to get clear, accurate, fast answers to any business question. Our cloud-native data catalog maps your siloed, distributed data to familiar and consistent business concepts, creating a unified body of knowledge anyone can find, understand, and use.data.world is also home to theworld’s largest collaborative data community. It’s where people team up on everything from social bot detection to award-winning data journalism. We use what we learn from this community to improve the enterprise product and vice versa. Our team co-created the Manifesto for Data Practices, the most effective, ethical, and modern approach to data teamwork. More people signed the Manifesto for Data Practices in its first year than signed the Agile Manifesto in its first two years combined. In 2019 DataPractices.org became a Linux Foundation Project. The vendor-neutral community features new, open courseware to help people and organizations improve data practices through inclusion, experimentation, accountability, and impact.We are a Public Benefit Corporation. Most corporations are required to prioritize shareholder returns above all else. Not us. We are legally structured as a Public Benefit Corporation so we can pursue our mission and shareholder value with equal vigor. This ability is rare, powerful, and sustaining. | $50M | Series C | Apr 05, 2022 |  |
| Hydrogenious Technologies | Founded in 2013, Hydrogenious Technoloiges is a spin-off of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg by its CEO Dr. Daniel Teichmann and the three co-founders Prof. Wolfgang Arlt, Prof. Peter Wasserscheid and Prof. Eberhardt Schlücker.The need for safe and efficient hydrogen storage for multi-MWh energy storage systems and safe and reliable hydrogenstorage for hydrogen refuelling stations and fuel cell mobility was imminent – and Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC) proved to be the solution. Having completed the technological proof of concept at the university’s laboratories, the idea became reality and Hydrogenious Technologies, a global pioneer in LOHC based energy storage, was born.With the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg becoming a shareholder in May 2014 and the successful close of a Series A funding round in July 2014 with Anglo American Platinum as investor, Hydrogenious Technologies is now backed with strong scientific, strategic and financial capacities to revolutionize large-scale energy and hydrogen storage. | $59.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 13, 2021 |  |
| Data.world | data.world makes it easy for everyone—not just the “data people”—to get clear, accurate, fast answers to any business question. Our cloud-native data catalog maps your siloed, distributed data to familiar and consistent business concepts, creating a unified body of knowledge anyone can find, understand, and use.data.world is also home to theworld’s largest collaborative data community. It’s where people team up on everything from social bot detection to award-winning data journalism. We use what we learn from this community to improve the enterprise product and vice versa. Our team co-created the Manifesto for Data Practices, the most effective, ethical, and modern approach to data teamwork. More people signed the Manifesto for Data Practices in its first year than signed the Agile Manifesto in its first two years combined. In 2019 DataPractices.org became a Linux Foundation Project. The vendor-neutral community features new, open courseware to help people and organizations improve data practices through inclusion, experimentation, accountability, and impact.We are a Public Benefit Corporation. Most corporations are required to prioritize shareholder returns above all else. Not us. We are legally structured as a Public Benefit Corporation so we can pursue our mission and shareholder value with equal vigor. This ability is rare, powerful, and sustaining. | $11M | Series B | May 17, 2021 |  |
| Hydrogenious Technologies | Founded in 2013, Hydrogenious Technoloiges is a spin-off of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg by its CEO Dr. Daniel Teichmann and the three co-founders Prof. Wolfgang Arlt, Prof. Peter Wasserscheid and Prof. Eberhardt Schlücker.The need for safe and efficient hydrogen storage for multi-MWh energy storage systems and safe and reliable hydrogenstorage for hydrogen refuelling stations and fuel cell mobility was imminent – and Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carriers (LOHC) proved to be the solution. Having completed the technological proof of concept at the university’s laboratories, the idea became reality and Hydrogenious Technologies, a global pioneer in LOHC based energy storage, was born.With the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg becoming a shareholder in May 2014 and the successful close of a Series A funding round in July 2014 with Anglo American Platinum as investor, Hydrogenious Technologies is now backed with strong scientific, strategic and financial capacities to revolutionize large-scale energy and hydrogen storage. | $18.6M |  | Jul 31, 2019 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AP Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ap-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Prologis Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prologis-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chevron-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Covestro](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/covestro-ag) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Vopak invest in?

Vopak invests primarily in SaaS, Energy and Chemical startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Finland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Vopak?

The team at Vopak includes Eelco Hoekstra (Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO), Frits Eulderink (COO) and Gerard Paulides (CFO), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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