NP-Hard Ventures Fund II

Netherlands
Pre Seed
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About NP-Hard Ventures Fund II

Technical, product-obsessed founders; foundational infrastructure, robotics, AI, computational infrastructure, cloud, energy, construction, developer tools, cybersecurity. Pre-seed, seed.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionNetherlands
Funding StagePre Seed
Industry Focus
Ai Ml
Built Environment
Cloud Devops
Cybersecurity
Developer Tools
Digital Infrastructure
Energy Tech
Robotics Automation

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Hard-tech founder building Europe's critical infrastructure fast

climate tech
deep tech
synthetic fuels
European energy
hard science
complexity solving
optimization problems

Bullish Signals

Co-led Rivan £25M Series Aexternal
Partners publicly championing portfolio cosexternal
Co-invests with IQ Capital, Pluralexternal

Contrarian Signals

Heavy climate focus — niche deal flowexternal
Europe-only thesis limits TARexternal

Founder Do's

Execute fast, show early physical milestones
Tackle hard industrial/energy problems
Build for European market needs
Demonstrate sharp thinking + big ambition
Meet GPs early — conviction forms at first meeting
Solve approximation & optimization at scale

Founder Don'ts

Avoid software-only, no deep tech angle
Don't pitch without clear execution proof
No copy-paste US models for Europe

Key GPs & Partners

AH
Anke Huiskes
Partner
founder-enthusiastclimate-focusedhigh-conviction
PV
Paul Veugen
Partner
complexity-solverhard-problem-expert
MH
Micha Hernandez van Leuffen
Partner
complexity-solverhard-problem-expert
TW
Trudy Westby
Partner
complexity-solverhard-problem-expert

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€25M
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Key People

Micha Hernandez van Leuffen, Paul Veugen, Anke Huiskes

Anke HuiskesPartner
Paul VeugenPartner
Micha Hernandez van LeuffenPartner
Trudy WestbyPartner

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