Graduate Ventures
Graduate Ventures second seed fund
Graduate Ventures was set up in 2021 by alumni of TU Delft and Erasmus University and has since backed more than 90 Dutch startups, including quantum hardware maker QuantWare. Its second seed fund launched with €100M of a €125M target already committed, drawn from entrepreneurs such as Frank Slootman, Michiel Muller and Peter Wennink plus Invest-NL and Oost NL. It invests in AI, deep tech, health and climate companies coming out of eight partner universities.
Fund size
€100M
committed of €125M target
Closed
Oct 6
2026 · final close
Check size
Members
min and max cheque
Stage
Members
and regions of investment
Focus
AIDeeptechHealthtechClimateSeed
Who to email
1 person · each checked 2026-10-25Frans van Houten
Co-founder and Chairman
Names and roles from the fund's own team page. Contact details are the ones the firm publishes. Listed here and want out? Remove my profile.
Sources
- Tech.eu, 2026-10-06
- graduate.nl, checked 2026-10-25