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DFF Ventures Fund III

Netherlands
Pre Seed
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About DFF Ventures Fund III

Vertical AI, Marketplaces, SaaS, Recommerce, Tech-Enabled Services

Investment Focus

Location / RegionNetherlands
Funding StagePre Seed
Industry Focus
Ai Ml
Ecommerce
Marketplaces
Saas

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Pre-seed founder in vertical AI or underdigitised marketplace

vertical AI
recommerce
marketplaces
underdigitised industries
femtech & healthtech

Bullish Signals

Oversubscribed €70M, above €60M hard capblog
Operator-LP flywheel drives proprietary deal flowblog
€2.5M max ticket, meaningful ownership at pre-seedblog
Fund III closed in brutal LP environmentblog
Ranked #2 seed VC Europe (Sifted/Dealroom)twitter
Portfolio exits: Opensignal, WIREWAX, Marshmallowtwitter
Backs construction, femtech, real-time datatwitter
Active demo day partnerships, 350+ VC reachlinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Exit paths narrower than horizontal softwareblog
AI capability curve may erode data moatsblog
Less glamorous sectors, fewer strategic acquirersblog
Tweets dated 2021–2023, low recent activitytwitter
LinkedIn posts generic, low engagement (12 likes)linkedin

Founder Do's

Build software touching messy analog workflows
Operate in logistics, trade, physical ops
Come at ideation or pre-seed stage
Expect seed-style process, not party round
Leverage operator-LP network introductions

Founder Don'ts

Don't pitch LLM wrappers or AI agents
Don't expect a logo-only investor
Don't pitch post-seed stage

Key GPs & Partners

PK
Patrick Kerssemakers
Founding Partner
ex-founderhands-onthesis-driven
LG
Laurens Groenendijk
Partner
ex-foundercommunity-builderhands-on
BB
Bas Beerens
Partner
ex-foundercontrarian
HH
Hidde Hoogcarspel
Partner
ex-founderhands-on

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€50M
Saves0
Website
LinkedIn

Key People

Martijn Jansen, Jonas de Groot, Jorin Dorr, Fabian Dudek, Jonne de Leeuw, Thijs Olthof

Patrick KerssemakersFounding Partner
Laurens GroenendijkPartner
Bas BeerensPartner
Hidde HoogcarspelPartner

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