DFF (Dutch Founders Fund)

We are excited to announce that our very own Laurens Groenendijk will be speaking at the first Italian version of Slush'd in the mountains of Trentino, alongside other investors from Earlybird Venture Capital, Primo Ventures and others. Will we be seeing you at the panel discussion "Building Ecosystems around the world?" CC/ Dr. Frédéric du Bois-Reymond, Gianluca Dettori, Alexandra Fattal, Federico Maroli

Our portfolio company NorthLadder announces the acquisition of Renewd® [acquired by NorthLadder], one of Europe's leading brands in pre-owned consumer electronics. 🌍 This move enables NorthLadder to expand its operations into Europe and beyond. By merging Northladder's trade-in technology with Renewd's in-depth market knowledge, the company will become one of the strongest closed-loop solutions for partners across Europe - providing the best experience for both B2C and B2B end users. 👉🏻 Read more about the recent acquisition in the article below https://lnkd.in/ep7_sRKb CC/ Sandeep, Mihin, Joost

🎉Bending Spoons acquires WeTransfer, started by Bastiaan Beerens, founder and venture partner of DFF (Dutch Founders Fund) 👉🏻 Started in 2009, WeTransfer has grown into one of the most globally recognized and used brands in Tech. And although we might be slightly biased, it’s hard to argue with the facts: a profitable tech company with tens of millions of monthly users, billions of impressions and a NPS score of 87. Not bad for a homegrown tech company! The filesharing service was one of the first to use its landingspage as a digital canvas, using a significant share of its advertising inventory to showcase a range of disciplines; art, design, illustration, music, photography, fashion, tech. Ranging from all levels, from Rankin, FKA Twigs and The Royal Academy to students and new Kickstarter projects. Massive achievement by Bastiaan and everyone involved at WeTransfer. Glad to see the company is joining forces with another top-tier name in the creative industries CC Bending Spoons 🇳🇱🤝🇮🇹 https://lnkd.in/gB64TQTy

🎉 We are happy to announce that Primary Portal raised €8.9 million, closing its first tranche of their Series A! The round was led by the VC arm of Deutsche Börse Group, DB1 Ventures and saw ongoing support from DFF (Dutch Founders Fund) and Flow Traders. Primary portal has built a best-in-class platform to digitize and aggregate equity capital market processes for banks and asset managers. With the new funds, the company will further expand its offering and building out the order management system. Congrats to John and Ilan and welcome onboard Stefan and Christoph! CC Laurens, Mart https://lnkd.in/gEXiMHsH

[ Article in Dutch ] 👉 We are very happy to announce that our portfolio company reverse.supply has set foot in the Netherlands! With 10Days as their first Dutch client - with many more coming soon - Dutch online clothing stores can now engage in recommerce. Reverse Supply specializes in helping the fashion industry address sustainability and regulatory issues. Its infrastructure allows customers to return worn items for a voucher instead of discarding them. Reverse.supply manages the return process, refurbishment, and resale of these items, handled by hired specialists. Go go go Max Grosse Lutermann, Janis Kuenkler 🚀 CC/ Patrick Kerssemakers https://lnkd.in/erBiznqd

🎉 We are very proud to announce that Rochelle Niemeijer, co-founder of our portfolio company Nostics (DFF I) has won the highly prestigious Young Inventors Prize at the European Inventor Award 2024, coming first out of three finalists! The European Patent Office (EPO) has granted Rochelle this prize for developing a fast, affordable and data-driven diagnostic tool to identify bacterial infections. Rochelle's invention focuses on the most common type of infection, urinary tract infections, which affect more than 400 million people (!) annually. 👉🏻 More on the award in the NOS article below https://lnkd.in/eBaq6txn

🍹 Great seeing so many new (and old!) faces last week at our annual Summer Drinks, co-hosted with Piton Capital, INGEN HOUSZ and MillionMonkeys. Just as last year, over 150 founders, investors and operators from the EU ecosystem gathered in the oh-so-sunny courtyard of Fosbury & Sons - thanks all for joining, hope to see you next year! CC/ Meelf, Wouter, Maarten

🎉 A big congrats to our portfolio company kennek for winning the Fintech Awards London 2024! Out of more than 300 submissions, the Jury picked kennek as this year's best London-based fintech company. A mega achievement by Xavier, Thibault, Edmund and the rest of the Kennek team - especially given that London has now surpassed both NYC and SF as biggest and most important Fintech hub.

DFF, Piton Capital, INGEN HOUSZ and Million Monkeys are hosting TNW After Drinks once again! 🍹 We've invited the best founders, investors and operators for cocktails and bites in the sunkissed courtyard at Fosbury & Sons. Will you be joining us on June 19th from 17:00 onwards? We are almost at capacity but still have some final spots left. Are you interested in attending? Please apply via the link in the comments. We strive to have a healthy balance between investors/founders/operators. Entrance only allowed with approved tickets. CC Wouter Vorstman, Meelf van Oosten

We are happy to announce that Alleo - formerly YourCampus has raised €5m from Mediahuis Ventures with continued participation from DFF (Dutch Founders Fund), Newion, and ROM InWest. Go check out their new rebrand too! Fantastic to see what Florian Gendrault and his team have built in just ±2 years time. From scale-ups to corporates and from creatives to construction; people and companies are different - so why should benefits be the same? We're glad to continue backing Alleo on its mission to build the next-gen compensation and benefits platform. https://lnkd.in/eBgV9T_B 🚀