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Volve Capital Fund I

Geography: Netherlands
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: €9M
Focus: Climate & Sustainability, Enterprise Software and SaaS
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Volve Capital Fund I

Amsterdam-based founder-led fund targets pre-product startups at pre-seed stage in Benelux and DACH regions, making €150-500k initial investments.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionNetherlands

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

Climate & Sustainability

Enterprise Software

SaaS

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Early-stage founders solving enterprise AI or climate infrastructure in Europe

early-stage AI

Western Europe

enterprise AI

climate-tech

AI-tooling-for-VC

Bullish Signals

GP actively meets founders 1-1external

Engaged in curated AI founder eventsexternal

Confirmed at 20+ VC founder eventlinkedin

Actively recruiting AI startups March 2025linkedin

Volve Capital promotes founder access publiclylinkedin

Doubled down on Eddy Grid €7.5M roundlinkedin

Portfolio company hit 900% revenue growth 2025linkedin

Backing founders from day one, long-term holderslinkedin

First exit: Conservio acquired by Glampings.comlinkedin

Founder success across geographies (Africa→Europe scaling)linkedin

TechTruth: 1,300 decks analyzed, 20 funds livelinkedin

Portfolio AI tool solving VC due diligencelinkedin

400 founders iterating feedback on claim verificationlinkedin

TechTruth out of beta, scaling actively Q1 2025linkedin

Portfolio company hiring junior AI engineerlinkedin

Portfolio product validates claims rigorously, aligns with thesislinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Thesis narrowly focused on AI onlyexternal

Now backing non-AI ventures (energy-tech)linkedin

Portfolio exit in hospitality/tourism, not core AI/climatelinkedin

Founder Do's

Build in AI or climate-tech space

Target enterprise/infrastructure markets

Based in Western Europe (NL/Germany)

Apply to curated founder sessions

Show execution pace & unit economics

Expect GPs to verify claims rigorously

Highlight deployed work/repos, not just pitches

Founder Don'ts

Skip 1-1 founder engagement

Ignore Western Europe focus

Lack clear scaling metrics

Inflate AI/claims in pitch deck

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size€9M

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Website

People

Key People

Volve Capital

Joost BijlsmaGeneral Partner

Maurits HoviusGeneral Partner

Bastiaan van de RaktPortfolio/Founder

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