# Why Commit Capital

> Why Commit Capital is a VC fund in Utrecht backing Artificial Intelligence and Energy. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/whycommitcapital
- Website: http://www.whycommit.com

Why Commit Capital is a VC fund in Utrecht focused on Artificial Intelligence and Energy. Investment in early-stage tech companies with a focus on: ML/AI in Climate-/Bio-/Agri-/Medtech, Smart Mobility & Applied Earth Sciences.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 38% |
| Energy | 2 | 25% |
| Software | 2 | 25% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 25% |
| Apps | 1 | 13% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| The Netherlands | 4 | 50% |
| Germany | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Beyond Weather | Beyond Weather Combine the expertise of climate scientists with the power of AI, replacing standard dynamic models to develop focused long-term projections. | $25K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| NOX Energy | Software that pools heat pumps to participate in energy markets and provide grid stabilization, generating passive income for users. | $1M | Seed | Dec 18, 2024 |  |
| Eddy Grid | Eddy Grid is a ambitious energy storage company offers sustainable energy sources. | $1.6M | Pre-Seed | Jan 22, 2024 |  |
| BASH | BASH's objective is to improve real-life experiences by offering a platform for discovering and scheduling plans with friends. | $800K | Seed | Nov 09, 2023 |  |
| Meteory | Meteory is a forward-thinking SaaS company that uses satellite data to monitor vital environmental changes.Meteory's software employs powerful data analytics and machine learning algorithms to assist businesses and organizations in better understanding their environmental effect and identifying areas for improvement. | $617.3K | Pre-Seed | Jul 13, 2023 |  |
| Deeploy | Deeploy makes ML deployments accountable by giving explainable AI (XAI) a central place in ML operations (MLOps). Giving humans the power to understand what models are doing and correct automated decisions. These core features make sure to make your AI systems truly accountable. | $2.7M | Seed | Jun 14, 2023 |  |
| PlanBlue | PlanBlue offers a new seafloor monitoring technology that is changing the way they map, assess and even understand our seafloor: the “DiveRay” and the accompanying software. The DiveRay is an intelligent underwater camera, that automatically scans seafloor areas, as well as lake bottoms and river beds. It makes use of hyperspectral imaging, and itssoftware is based on machine-learning algorithms. The DiveRay significantly reduces the time spent both below and above water (i.e., monitoring underwater and data analysis/interpretation on land). Any experienced diver can use the DiveRay, it is not limited to experts-only. The rich data obtained by the DiveRay is objective (i.e., independent of the person analyzing the seafloor data) and can easily be compared to future studies. |  | Seed | Mar 31, 2022 |  |
| Deeploy | Deeploy makes ML deployments accountable by giving explainable AI (XAI) a central place in ML operations (MLOps). Giving humans the power to understand what models are doing and correct automated decisions. These core features make sure to make your AI systems truly accountable. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Jan 18, 2022 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Curiosity VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/curiosity-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Golden Egg Check Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/golden-egg-check-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Volve Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/volve-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bonsai Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bonsai-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Campus Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/campus-fund-51b0) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Emilia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emilia-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Why Commit Capital invest in?

Why Commit Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Energy and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 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 Why Commit Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Why Commit Capital closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 8 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.

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