# InsectSense funding: rounds and investors

> InsectSense has raised $916K across 1 round since 2025. Investors include Capricorn Partners and OostNL. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/insectsense (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Netherlands · [Pre-seed startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *InsectSense*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Biotech Deeptech Foodtech

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$916K** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Pre-seed, $916K Jan 2025
- **Led by:** Capricorn Partners
- **Investors:** 2 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Jan 2025** Pre-seed **$916K** [Capricorn Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-partners) Lead [OostNL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oost-nl) Reported by Capricorn Partners

## Founders and team

From InsectSense's own website: 2 founders, 6 on the team.

**Aria Samimi** Co-founder & CEO

**Leon Schipper** Co-founder & ambassador

- **Edwin Heijne** Chief Financial Officer
- **Margriet Roelse** Chief Scientific Officer & Partner
- **Steven Alexander** Chief Business Officer & Partner
- **Iman Kavianpour** Hardware & embedded software engineer
- **Maarten Jongsma** Development partner
- **Maurice Henquet** Development partner

## Everyone who backed them

[Capricorn Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/capricorn-partners) VC firm **1** round, led 1

[OostNL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/oost-nl) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

This firm lists InsectSense as a portfolio company on their own website, but no report of a round names it. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[StartLife](https://millionrounds.com/fund/startlife) Accelerator Per its own site

## Quick answers about InsectSense

### Who invested in InsectSense?

InsectSense's investors include Capricorn Partners and OostNL. Capricorn Partners led its latest round.

### How much has InsectSense raised?

InsectSense has raised $916K across 1 round since 2025.

### When did InsectSense last raise?

InsectSense's most recent round was a Pre-seed of $916K in Jan 2025, led by Capricorn Partners.

### What was InsectSense's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $916K in Jan 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed InsectSense first?

InsectSense's first round on record, in Jan 2025, was backed by Capricorn Partners and OostNL.

### What stage is InsectSense at?

InsectSense's latest named round is a Pre-seed, in Jan 2025.

### Where is InsectSense based?

InsectSense is based in the Netherlands.

### Who led InsectSense's rounds?

Capricorn Partners led the Pre-seed in 2025.

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