Netherlands · Investor

SHIFT Invest

Last cheque observed Jun 2026; 37 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund $103M, Jul 2025VC firm

Pre-seedSeedSeries ABeveragesGridSustainable Development Goals

Deploying now
50%of best year5cheques in 12 months, 37 on record
Since the last cheque152days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$5.0MRounds led2 of 37Sole investor11 roundsMostly inNetherlands, 76%
Pitch SHIFT Invest

SHIFT Invest highlights

  1. 01

    5 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Series A and Seed: 61% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 11 rounds, median $3.9M

What they do

We turn investments into positive impact on climate and nature by investing in early-stage companies & supporting impact entrepreneurs to scale fasterFrom their own website
Type
VC firm (from a list, unverified)
Cheque size
From $200K as they say
Stages
Pre-seedSeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
BeveragesGridSustainable Development Goals
Based in
Amstelveen, Netherlands
Cold pitches
Accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first37 appearances

  1. 2026

    3 rounds

  2. Jun
    VertoroSeries B · NL$12MSole investor
  3. Apr
    FoamlabGrowth · NL · Capricorn Partners$3.5MWith 7 others
  4. Feb
  5. 2025

    10 rounds

  6. Dec
    OTIVVenture · BE$11MWith 1 other
  7. Nov
    SAIA AgroboticsSeries A · NL · Firms' own news pages$12MWith 5 others
  8. Sept
    Time-Travelling MilkmanPre-seed · NL · Silicon Canals$2.4MWith 3 others
  9. Sept
    RABLESeed · NL · Firms' own news pages$2.9MWith 3 others
  10. Sept
    RevyveSeries B · NL$28MWith 2 others
  11. Jun
    Scope BiosciencesSeed · NL$1.2MWith 3 others
  12. May
    FononTechSeed · NL$9.5MWith 3 others
  13. Apr
    Astrape NetworksSeed · NL · Silicon Canals$6.2MWith 6 others
  14. Feb
    Jungle AIVenture · PT$2.0MWith 3 others
  15. Jan
    OneThirdSeries A · NL$3.6MWith 1 other
  16. 2024

    4 rounds

  17. Dec
    Pieter PotCrowdfunding · NL$105KWith 3 others
  18. Nov
    TEEPTRAKSeries A · FR$5.3MWith 1 other
  19. Jul
    RoboatPre-seed · NL$597KWith 1 other
  20. Jan
    Heex TechnologiesSeed · FR · Firms' own news pages$6.5MWith 4 others
  21. 2023

    8 rounds

  22. Dec
    NutriLeadsSeries C · NL$4.9MWith 3 others
  23. Oct
    ChainCraftVenture · NLUndisclosedWith 1 other
  24. Sept
    volytica diagnosticsSeries A · DE$5.9MSole investor
  25. Jun
    MaxemSeries A · NL$3.9MSole investor
  26. Jun
    MagnetoVenture · NLUndisclosedWith 4 others
  27. Apr
    E-magySeries A · NL$16MWith 1 other
  28. Mar
    SolhoVenture · NL$622KWith 2 others
  29. Feb
    BYBORRESeries B · NL$18MSole investor
  30. 2022

    3 rounds

  31. Sept
    Canopus Drilling SolutionsSeed · NL$2.6MSole investor
  32. Sept
    OMRTSeries A · NL$5.0MSole investor
  33. Feb
    WhiffleVenture · NL$3.4MSole investor
  34. 2021

    4 rounds

  35. Nov
    30MHzSeries B · NL$7.4MWith 2 others
  36. Aug
    PresagenSeed · US$2.2MWith 1 other
  37. May
    Changing HealthSeed$1.1MWith 1 other
  38. Jan
    The Renewal WorkshopSeries A$6.0MWith 2 others
  39. 2019

    2 rounds

  40. Dec
    The Renewal WorkshopSeries A · US · FinSMEs$5.5MLed
  41. Jul
    FoamPlantSeed$2.3MSole investor
  42. 2015

    1 round

  43. Apr
    SquallNLUndisclosedSole investor
  44. 2014

    2 rounds

  45. Jan
    MastilineSeries A · NLUndisclosedSole investor
  46. Jan
    HeatMatrixSeries B · NL$3.3MSole investor

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

We hold 5 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.

Who backs their funds

11 LPs on record in SHIFT Invest's funds

Funds
1

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

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

4 of 28 we have independently watched raise

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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.

Who they invest alongside

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

Recently backed

The latest companies SHIFT Invest put money into.

Quick answers about SHIFT Invest

What does SHIFT Invest invest in?

SHIFT Invest invests most often at Series A and Seed (61% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Beverages, Grid and Sustainable Development Goals.

How active is SHIFT Invest?

37 investments on record, 5 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 2. The most recent was in Jun 2026.

What has SHIFT Invest invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Vertoro (Series B, Jun 2026), Foamlab (Growth, Apr 2026) and Foodforecast (Series A, Feb 2026).

How big are SHIFT Invest's cheques?

The median round it joins is $5.0M.

Does SHIFT Invest lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 2 of its 37 investments on record (5%).

Where does SHIFT Invest invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the Netherlands (76%), Germany (6%) and France (6%).

Is SHIFT Invest investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 5 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does SHIFT Invest invest alongside?

Most often EIC Accelerator (6 rounds together), OostNL (5 rounds together) and Rabobank (4 rounds together).

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