Graduate Ventures

Investment firm

Graduate Ventures

Venture capital

WebsiteCrunchbase profileNetherlands10known portfolio companies7people tracked7co-investors

Graduate Ventures is a venture capital firm. Based in Rotterdam/Delft, Netherlands. The known portfolio counts 10 companies, including QuantWare, Workwize, Back to Battery, Geobirds, Hydryx and Lyla Systems.

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Investment focus

Who to pitch at Graduate Ventures

Graduate Ventures portfolio companies (10)

  • QuantWare
  • Workwize
  • Back to Battery
  • Geobirds
  • Hydryx
  • Lyla Systems
  • ClickDrive
  • MEMSYS
  • Renset
  • Surgical Reality

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About Graduate Ventures

The firm's listing covers sectors Climate, Hardware, Healthcare and SaaS, and focus areas AR/VR, Battery, Enterprise SaaS and HR Tech; known deals cluster at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A.

The team counts 7 people in our database. Auke van den Hout (Managing Partner) and Filip Cuypers (Principal) are shown as the contacts to pitch.

Across the known portfolio, 7 co-investors appear alongside Graduate Ventures, including Rockstart, Innovationquarter and QDNL Participations.

Frequently asked questions

What is Graduate Ventures?

Graduate Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Rotterdam/Delft, Netherlands, with a known portfolio of 10 companies. The portfolio comes from public investment records rather than from the firm, so deals that never surfaced publicly are not in it.

What does Graduate Ventures invest in?

Listed sectors include Climate, Hardware, Healthcare and SaaS; listed focus areas include AR/VR, Battery, Enterprise SaaS and HR Tech. Those tags come from the portfolio attached to the firm, so they describe what has been backed rather than a stated mandate for what comes next.

What stage does Graduate Ventures invest at?

The known deals of Graduate Ventures include Pre-Seed, Seed and Series A rounds. Check that against your own round before reaching out: stage mismatch is the most common reason a well matched sector still goes nowhere.

Who should I pitch at Graduate Ventures?

2 of the 7 people on file at Graduate Ventures are listed as contacts for the firm. All 7 have their own profile page.

How do I contact Graduate Ventures?

Any email address on file for the firm is masked on this page and readable inside RaiseHunt after you create an account. The 7 people attached to the firm have their own pages, each showing whether an address is on file for them.

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