Netherlands · Investor

Graduate Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 46 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $140M, Oct 2026VC firm

Pre-seedSeedInformation TechnologyHardware

Deploying now
86%of best year12cheques in 12 months, 46 on record
Since the last cheque5days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$1.4MRounds led1 of 46Sole investor18 roundsMostly inNetherlands, 92%
Pitch Graduate Ventures

Graduate Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    12 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Seed and Pre-seed: 68% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 18 rounds, median $979K

What they do

Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
Up to $3.4M as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeed
Sectors
Information TechnologyHardware
Based in
Netherlands
Cold pitches
Not stated

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first46 appearances

  1. 2026

    10 rounds

  2. Oct
    Constellate ProteomicsPre-seed · NL · Google News search$169KWith 3 others
  3. Sept
    Gravity GardensSeed · NL$3.0MWith 1 other
  4. Aug
    VitalFluidSeries A · NL$20MWith 2 others
  5. Jun
    DecipHER womenPre-seed · NL · Firms' own news pagesUndisclosedLed
  6. May
    MagiQwarePre-seed · NL · LUMO Labs$581KWith 2 others
  7. May
    QuantWareSeries B · NL · Ventureburn$178MWith 7 others
  8. May
    FrostBytePre-seed · NL$1.5MWith 2 others
  9. May
    Eddy GridSeed · NL$7.6MWith 1 other
  10. Apr
    RocsysSeries A · NL · Capricorn Partners$13MWith 6 others
  11. Feb
    SparqleVenture · NL$1.8MWith 1 other
  12. 2025

    10 rounds

  13. Dec
    Root SustainabilitySeed · NL · Firms' own news pages$1.2MWith 4 others
  14. Nov
    RensetSeed · NL$692KSole investor
  15. Oct
    Back to BatteryDebt · DE$406KWith 1 other
  16. Oct
    HydryxSeed · NL$2.9MSole investor
  17. Sept
    RapidemicGrant · NL$3.1MWith 1 other
  18. May
    ClickDriveSeed · NL$847KSole investor
  19. May
    BASHSeed · NL$1.5MSole investor
  20. Feb
    MEMSYSVenture · NLUndisclosedWith 1 other
  21. Jan
    EngyonSeed · NL$1.0MSole investor
  22. Jan
    WorkwizeSeries A · NL$13MSole investor
  23. 2024

    13 rounds

  24. Nov
    GEHECOSeed · NL$523KWith 3 others
  25. Nov
    OASYS NOWSeed · NL$1.0MWith 8 others
  26. Oct
    XS InnovationsSeed · US$383KWith 1 other
  27. Oct
    Kaminari MedicalVenture · NL$2.5MWith 2 others
  28. Sept
    Engaige TechnologiesSeed$1.1MSole investor
  29. Jul
    re:lockPre-seed · NL$979KSole investor
  30. Jun
    DuckDuckGoosePre-seed · NL$1.4MSole investor
  31. May
    D-Drops WorldPre-seed · NL$543KSole investor
  32. May
    Revolv SpaceSeed · NL$2.8MWith 1 other
  33. Apr
    StipplPre-seed · NL$619KSole investor
  34. Mar
    LoopCrowdfunding · US$2.2MSole investor
  35. Jan
    Send AIPre-seed · NL$2.5MWith 2 others
  36. Jan
    Eddy GridPre-seed · NL$1.6MWith 1 other
  37. 2023

    7 rounds

  38. Dec
    SoundCellGrant · NL$2.7MWith 1 other
  39. Oct
    Skoon EnergySeries A · NL$5.3MWith 2 others
  40. Jul
    ROCSYSSeries A · NL$18MWith 3 others
  41. Jul
    Authic LabsSeed · NL$1.7MWith 2 others
  42. Jun
    MagnetoVenture · NLUndisclosedWith 4 others
  43. Feb
    EykPre-seed · NL$692KSole investor
  44. Feb
    OrderliSeed · NL$939KWith 2 others

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.

Who backs their funds

2 LPs on record in Graduate Ventures's funds

Funds
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The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies.Source: fund news.

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    Graduate Ventures second seed fund--

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Graduate Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

UNIIQGovernment9rounds togetherRockstartAccelerator5rounds togetherRabobankCorporate VC4rounds togetherDelft EnterprisesVC firm2rounds togetherEIC AcceleratorGovernment2rounds togetherEuropean Investment BankGovernment2rounds togetherInnovationQuarterGovernment2rounds togetherSuperangelVC firm2rounds togetherforward.oneVC firm2rounds together

Recently backed

The latest companies Graduate Ventures put money into.

Gravity Gardens$3.0M · Sept 2026VitalFluid$20M · Aug 2026DecipHER womenJun 2026MagiQware$581K · May 2026QuantWare$178M · May 2026Eddy Grid$7.6M · May 2026

Quick answers about Graduate Ventures

What does Graduate Ventures invest in?

Graduate Ventures invests most often at Seed and Pre-seed (68% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Information Technology and Hardware.

How active is Graduate Ventures?

46 investments on record, 12 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 1. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Graduate Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Constellate Proteomics (Pre-seed, Oct 2026), Gravity Gardens (Seed, Sept 2026) and VitalFluid (Series A, Aug 2026).

How big are Graduate Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $1.4M.

Does Graduate Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 1 of its 46 investments on record (2%).

Where does Graduate Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the Netherlands (92%) and the United States (5%).

Is Graduate Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 12 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Graduate Ventures invest alongside?

Most often UNIIQ (9 rounds together), Rockstart (5 rounds together) and Rabobank (4 rounds together).

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