# Aqua Spark: portfolio, investments and team > Aqua Spark is a vc firm based in Netherlands. 8 investments on record, latest Mar 2019. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/aqua-spark (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) Netherlands · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Aqua Spark Filed with the SEC to raise a fund in Apr 2026, closing $39M. Last cheque observed Mar 2019. Quiet New fund $39M, Apr 2026 VC firm Seed Series A Series B Renewable Sdg Renewable Energy Cheques on record **0%** of best year **0** **cheques in 12 months**, 8 on record Since the last cheque **2770** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$7.1M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $5.0M** Rounds led **1 of 8** Mostly in **Indonesia, 25%** Pitch Aqua Spark ## Aqua Spark highlights - 01 8 rounds on record - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 60% of its rounds - 03 Led 1 rounds ## What they do > Filed 1 private fund offering with the SEC, the most recent in 2024-03 From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $100K – $5.0M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Renewable Sdg Renewable Energy - **Based in:** Utrecht, Netherlands - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **8 appearances** - **2019** 1 round - **Mar** **BioFishency** IL · FinSMEs **$2.4M** With 1 other - **2018** 1 round - **Nov** **[eFishery](https://millionrounds.com/company/efishery)** ID · e27 **$4.0M** With 5 others - **2017** 2 rounds - **Jun** **[Protix](https://millionrounds.com/company/protix)** NL · FinSMEs **$51M** With 2 others - **May** **[Calysta](https://millionrounds.com/company/calysta)** Series D · US · FinSMEs **$40M** With 4 others - **2015** 2 rounds - **Sept** **[eFishery](https://millionrounds.com/company/efishery)** Seed · ID **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **Jan** **[Calysta Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/calysta-energy)** Series B · US **$10M** With 1 other - **2014** 1 round - **Aug** **[dopay](https://millionrounds.com/company/dopay)** Seed · GB **$1.7M** With 1 other - **Undated** 1 round - **-** **[XpertSea](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpertsea)** Series A · CA · Firms' own news pages **$7.1M** *Led* An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **10 named** AM **Amin Maredia** Co-Manager of Meaningful Partners LLC, Initial Limited Partner of the General Partner i Filing they signed AB **Amy Bennett Novogratz** Founder and former Director of Aqua-Spark Management B.V. i Filing they signed JC **Jacob Capps** Co-Manager of Meaningful Partners LLC, Initial Limited Partner of the General Partner i Filing they signed LM **Lissy Martine Smit** Director of Aqua-Spark Management B.V. i Filing they signed MJ **Michael Johnannes Antonius Velings** Chief Executive Officer of the Issuer's Manager i Filing they signed MV **Mike Veilings** Executive Officer i Filing they signed MV **Mike Velings** Founder and former Director of Aqua-Spark Management B.V. i Filing they signed SC **See Clarification See Clarification** MEANINGFUL PARTNERS LLC, SOLE-MEMBER OF MEANINGFUL PARTNERS GP LLC, GENERAL PARTNER i Filing they signed SW **Sige Wilhelmus Christianus Vinken** Director of Aqua-Spark Management B.V. i Filing they signed SP **Stephanie Petronella Maria Rakels** Chief Development Officer of the Issuer's Manager i Filing they signed We also hold **31** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. ## What the register says From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law **$470M** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Aqua-spark Management B.v. - **SEC number:** CRD 170168 ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **9** of 22 we have independently watched raise [ACE Aquatec](https://millionrounds.com/company/ace-aquatec)[Calysta](https://millionrounds.com/company/calysta)[Oceano Fresco](https://millionrounds.com/company/oceano-fresco)[Protix](https://millionrounds.com/company/protix)[Swedish Algae Factory](https://millionrounds.com/company/swedish-algae-factory)[Tepbac](https://millionrounds.com/company/tepbac)[Umami Bioworks](https://millionrounds.com/company/umami-bioworks)[XpertSea](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpertsea)[enifer](https://millionrounds.com/company/enifer) CageEye Chicoa Fish Farm Fisher Piscicultura Hatch Hofseth BioCare Indian Ocean Kuehnle AgroSystems (KAS) Lake Harvest Group Matorka Proteon Pharmaceuticals Sea6 Energy Wanda Fish Webdesign Utrecht Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. New fund on file **$39M** raised in Apr 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$7.1M** the round, not its cheque Led 1 of 8 rounds **13%** - **Said size:** $100K – $5.0M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Mar 2019 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *2* - Series A said *1* - Series B said *1* - Series D *1* - Growth said *-* Cheques by year Led Joined 2014 2019 **Pitching Aqua Spark?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Aqua Spark put money into. [**eFishery** $4.0M · Nov 2018](https://millionrounds.com/company/efishery)[**Protix** $51M · Jun 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/protix)[**Calysta** $40M · May 2017](https://millionrounds.com/company/calysta)[**XpertSea** $7.1M](https://millionrounds.com/company/xpertsea) ## Quick answers about Aqua Spark ### What does Aqua Spark invest in? Aqua Spark invests most often at Seed and Series A (60% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Renewable, Sdg and Renewable Energy. ### How active is Aqua Spark? 8 investments on record, 0 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Mar 2019. ### What has Aqua Spark invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: BioFishency (Undisclosed round, Mar 2019), eFishery (Undisclosed round, Nov 2018) and Protix (Undisclosed round, Jun 2017). ### How big are Aqua Spark's cheques? The median round it joins is $7.1M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $5.0M. ### Does Aqua Spark lead rounds? Sometimes: it led 1 of its 8 investments on record (13%). ### Where does Aqua Spark invest? Most of the companies it backs are in Indonesia (25%), the United States (25%) and Israel (13%). ### Is Aqua Spark investing now? No investments in the last 12 months; the latest was in Mar 2019. ### What kind of investor is Aqua Spark? Aqua Spark is a VC firm based in Utrecht, Netherlands. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=aqua-spark) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=aqua-spark)