Spotlight
Seed Fund I
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Fund Size: €2,000,000
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Fund Duration: 2025 – 2035 (with 2-year extension option)
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Investment Period: 2025 – 2030
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Initial Ticket Sizes: €50,000 – €150,000
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Follow-on Capital Reserved: 50%
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Target Portfolio: 10-12 startups
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More info: RVO website
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Focus Areas
We invest in software-driven startups that leverage technology for social and sustainable impact, primarily in:
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👩🏽🎓 Edtech
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🌎 Climatetech
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🧠 Healthtech
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What we look for
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🚀 Stage: Pre-seed / early seed
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🌍 Mission: Clear social or environmental impact
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🧑🤝🧑 Team: Complementary founder skillsets
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🧪 Innovation: Technological novelty in product/service
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🇳🇱 Location: Dutch HQ and core operations in the Netherlands
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💼 Capital: No institutional VC funding raised yet
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📈 Traction: Product live or first pilots/customers (preferred)
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Our strategy
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Close the early-stage funding gap for impact-driven startups
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Help founders reach product-market fit and attract follow-on capital
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Provide active, hands-on support, from strategic sparring to weekly coaching
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Tailored support depending on company stage and specific challenges
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The value we bring
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🧠 Unique combination of experienced fund managers:
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Derk Lutgert – ex-Optiver trader/strategist, finance & strategy
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Jochem van Dalfsen – serial entrepreneur (edtech & consumer law), product & growth
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🤝 Deep network of investors, operators & domain experts
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🔨 Strategic + operational support: fundraising, go-to-market, product
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Outcomes we aim for
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Invest in at least 10 high-potential impact startups
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Provide follow-on capital to top performers
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Strengthen the Dutch impact startup ecosystem