Pitchdrive Fund IV

About Pitchdrive Fund IV

Pitchdrive Fund IV is a €60M oversubscribed (capped from €50M target) pre-seed fund from Antwerp-based Pitchdrive. Entirely privately backed with no government or institutional LPs, it writes €250K–€3M checks into 25–30 AI-native startups across Europe. Chaired by team.blue founder Jonas Dhaenens and led by Managing Partner Wim Derkinderen, the fund operates a "Co-founder Capital" model with 20+ European tech entrepreneur LPs from Deliverect, Showpad, Teamleader and Loop Earplugs.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionBelgium

Funding StagePre Seed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Consumer Commerce

Enterprise Software

Marketplaces

Robotics Automation

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

European pre-seed AI-native founders who want operators, not observers, on the cap table

AI-native

pre-seed Europe

operator-led capital

Co-founder Capital

software-defined physical

Bullish Signals

Oversubscribed, deliberately capped at €60M — rare disciplineblog

100% private LP base = speed and independenceblog

Funds I-III reportedly top-decile globallyblog

20+ European tech entrepreneur LPs (team.blue, Deliverect, Showpad)blog

First US investment: Zerodrift ($10M pre-seed)blog

Contrarian Signals

All-private LP base can get skittish in downturnblog

Operator-network model being copied across Europeblog

US expansion may dilute hands-on modelblog

Founder Do's

Build something genuinely AI-native — product or BM could not exist 2 years ago

Value being 1 of 25-30 companies vs. 1 of 80 in spray-and-pray portfolio

Actively use the operator bench (team.blue, Deliverect, Showpad, etc.)

Target €250K–€3M check, can lead or co-lead pre-seed

Founder Don'ts

Do not pitch pure model labs or thin AI wrappers

Do not pitch without a data or operator moat

Avoid if your AI story is bolted on for the raise

Key GPs & Partners

Wim Derkinderen

Managing Partner

operator-ledthesis-drivendiscipline-focused

Jonas Dhaenens

Chairman

ex-founderunicorn-builder

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Fund Overview

Fund Size€60M

Saves0

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Key People

Wim Derkinderen

Wim DerkinderenManaging Partner

Jonas DhaenensChairman