Curiosity VC

🌍 Exciting Update on BeCause and Booking.com’s Ongoing Sustainability Journey! 🌱 At Curiosity VC, we’re thrilled to spotlight the impactful work our portfolio company, BeCause, is doing together with Booking.com! As recently featured in this Skift article, BeCause plays a key role in advancing sustainable travel by helping hotels and travel providers manage sustainability data, streamline and automate processes, and achieve meaningful sustainability certifications. Through its innovative platform, BeCause makes essential standards—like reducing emissions and supporting biodiversity—more accessible and verifiable. This ongoing collaboration enables Booking.com’s global network to offer sustainable travel choices to travellers, setting a new standard for responsible tourism. 🌿 Read the full Skift article here: https://lnkd.in/dyaNjZCe At Curiosity VC, we’re proud to support pioneers as BeCause, who are transforming the travel industry with purpose. Here’s to impactful change! 🏨🌿 #Sustainability #ImpactInvesting #EcoTourism #CuriosityVC

🚀 Calling all SaaS Founders! Join us for a night of networking, insights, and inspiration at the SaaS Summit Benelux Side Event! 🚀 Curiosity VC, Peak and Fortino Capital are excited to co-host, in cooperation with SaaS Summit Benelux and supported by Nobel Recruitment and AWS Startups, an exclusive evening designed for driven SaaS founders and leaders who are eager to elevate their impact and connect with like-minded visionaries. This is the perfect opportunity to dive into meaningful conversations, exchange knowledge, and expand your network in a space created just for you! 📅 Date: November 5th ⏰ Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM 📍 Location: Zoku Amsterdam, Weesperstraat 105, 1018 VN Amsterdam, Netherlands 🚀 Limited spots available! Register now via this link: https://lnkd.in/ezi-Cb3Y Whether you’re scaling, fundraising, or just kicking off, you don’t want to miss this chance to learn from industry peers and build valuable connections. Let’s spark the conversations that drive the future of SaaS! See you there! #SaaS #Networking #SaaSFounders #CuriosityVC #SaaSSummit #Amsterdam #VentureCapital

📢 🏔 Paving the Path to AI Innovation in the Netherlands! 🇳🇱💡 🤩 Curiosity VC is thrilled to be part of the essential conversation surrounding the challenges and opportunities for AI Founders in the Netherlands, as spotlighted in Techleap's recent report on AI scaling barriers. 🌟 From funding limitations to the need for robust technical talent, Techleap's report reveals critical insights that align with Curiosity VC's mission to drive impactful growth in the AI ecosystem. Our Managing Partner Herman Kienhuis highlights in the report unique challenges Dutch AI companies face—particularly in accessing computing power and specialized resources—emphasizing the importance of fostering a vibrant, innovation-friendly environment to help AI scale successfully in the Netherlands. 🚀 We're also excited to feature Maarten Stolk, Co-founder & CEO of Deeploy, one of our esteemed Portfolio Founders, who conducted a Deep Dive to validate these findings. His dedication to harnessing data access and computational resources exemplifies the forward-thinking spirit needed to strengthen Dutch AI. 🎉 Curiosity VC remains committed to empowering AI-driven software companies by fostering collaboration, talent attraction, and robust investment strategies to tackle these challenges head-on. Let's continue building a future where Dutch innovation in AI can truly scale! 🎊 📥 Discover the full report and recommendations for Dutch AI growth here: https://lnkd.in/eCxAAPqr #AIInnovation #DutchTech #CuriosityVC #ScalingChallenges #Techleap

🚀🌟 We are excited to announce that Curiosity VC has led the seed round for Onesurance.ai, a Dutch Insurtech startup revolutionizing the insurance industry 🏆 Onesurance.ai, founded by industry veterans Jack Vos and Dennie van den Biggelaar, offers an AI-powered platform that enhances operational efficiency for insurers, brokers, and intermediaries. Their innovative solution uses predictive analytics for risk assessment, customer churn, and profitability tracking, helping insurance professionals make smarter, data-driven decisions. 📊📈 With this investment, Onesurance.ai is set to accelerate its growth and expand internationally, bringing their groundbreaking AI solutions to a wider market. We are thrilled to support Onesurance.ai on their mission to transform the insurance sector. 🎉✨ Congratulations to the founders, Jack and Dennie, on this exciting milestone! We look forward to celebrate together the incredible impact you will continue making in the industry. 🏆💼 Learn more about their journey and how they’re shaping the future of insurance by visiting their company website: https://lnkd.in/ekznaXNK #investment #insurtech #AI #CuriosityVC #insurance #seedround #congratulations 🎯 📸 Check out Onesurance.ai's full press release on our website: https://lnkd.in/e2xiA6w7

🌟 Exciting News🌟 🚀We are thrilled to welcome Margarita Kovalchuk as our new Head of Marketing and Community Engagement at Curiosity VC! Margarita brings a blend of entrepreneurial spirit and strategic expertise to our Team. Before Curiosity VC she co-founded an international cleantech specializing in plastic recycling, led workshops on LEAN Method and Personal Leadership at Venture Centre HvA, led Women Entrepreneurs Circle at Equals with monthly expert events, mentored Founders of SaaS, AI and Cleantech startups and scaleups in various incubators and accelerators- guiding them through business model transformations and growth journeys. At Curiosity VC, Margarita will lead our initiatives to engage, support and grow our vibrant community of Founders, Investors, and Advisors, ensuring that Curiosity VC continues to be a thriving centre of collaboration and innovation. We are confident that Margarita’s entrepreneurial drive, passion for connecting and supporting leaders as well as her vision for community-driven growth will help elevate our Portfolio Founders and Partners to new heights. 🎉 Join us in welcoming Margarita to the Team! We invite our network to connect with her and collaborate as we build the future of responsible AI together. 🤝 Visit our website and follow our LinkedIn page to learn more about our mission and stay tuned for upcoming initiatives and events of Curiosity VC. https://lnkd.in/egNf8DGN #Welcome #CuriosityVC #VentureCapital #CommunityEngagement #Innovation #Marketing #Founders #Investors #AI

📣 Applications closing Tuesday 15th October! I’m excited to be participating in Europe-wide Female Founder Office Hours on 7th November 2024, hosted by Playfair Capital in collaboration with Microsoft for Startups and Carta, alongside 200 VCs from leading funds. If you’re a female founder and would like the opportunity to meet investors for pitching or mentoring, register here: https://lnkd.in/eNbPJN8N

🚨 Attention future VC rockstars! Curiosity VC is expanding its crew! 🚀 Are you ready to dive into venture capital with a team that's anything but ordinary? We're on the lookout for an investment intern who can keep up with: ► Two "grey men" who've invested in more startups than most people will ever see ► An ex-growth hacker perpetually "grabbing coffee" with everyone ► An ex-accountant whose jokes are more impressive than his spreadsheets ► A tech bro who believes AI is the answer to everything ► A community manager with enough enthusiasm to power a small country What we need now is YOU! An investment intern who can turn coffee into investment theses and differentiate unicorns from narwhals (this is very important). If you're interested in joining our team or know someone, feel free to reach out to one of Curiosity VC's team members. We're excited to hear from you! https://lnkd.in/etzQ5dQy

🚀 Exciting News: Curiosity VC Invests in Moonlit.ai! ⚖️ We are happy to announce our latest investment in Moonlit.ai, a game-changing cross-border EU legal research platform that has just successfully spun out from Deloitte Legal. Moonlit.ai is revolutionising how legal professionals navigate the complex landscape of EU law. Their AI-driven platform continuously monitors legal activities across EU member states, enabling seamless searches across multiple countries and languages, with instant translations, summaries, and insights. We strongly believe Moonlit.ai has the potential to become the go-to platform for EU legal research, driving efficiency and accuracy in cross-border legal work. 🤝 We are excited to partner with Roderick Lucas, Dirk-Jan van den Broek, and the entire Moonlit.ai team on this journey. Stay tuned for the big things ahead! #LegalTech #EULaw #VentureCapital #AI #Innovation 📸 Check out Moonlit's full press release on our website: https://lnkd.in/e6W2E9hR

🚀 We are thrilled to announce that Curiosity has led a $1.6 million pre-seed round for Epum, a groundbreaking startup transforming commercial real estate development research with AI! Epum's innovative platform empowers real estate developers, investment managers, and lenders by providing advanced tools to identify optimal development sites, organise proprietary data, forecast trends, and expedite investment memos. Co-founded by industry veterans and tech experts, Epum is poised to revolutionise the CRE sector. We're excited to support founders Royden, Spencer, Leonardo, Marvin and Tomasz on their mission to make commercial real estate development more data-driven and transparent, together with our friends at NP-Hard Ventures and HEARTFELT_. Read more about it here: https://lnkd.in/eG5DWehN #investment #proptech #AI #curiosityvc

Exciting News! 📢 We are thrilled to share that Curiosity VC has been recognized as one of the Top AI Investors in Europe in Dealroom.co and Roosh's AI Europe Report 2024! Key Insights: 💡 AI Dominance: AI represents a record 18% of VC funding in Europe for 2024. 💡 Generative AI Surge: Funding for generative AI in Europe for 2024 has already surpassed previous years within just six months. 💡 AI Expertise: Europe boasts a per-capita concentration of AI experts among software engineers that is 30% higher than the US and nearly three times higher than China  This recognition highlights our dedication to advancing AI and fostering the development of responsible AI projects that shape the future. You can access the full report here: https://lnkd.in/d4W2dpZH #venturecapital #tech #ai #curiosityvc