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Dutch Founders Fund

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Dutch Founders Fund

Founders by heart, investors by craft. We back digital solutions for non-digital industries.

Amsterdam

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Amsterdam
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Who they are

About

DFF Ventures, formerly Dutch Founders Fund, is an early-stage venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 2018. They focus on investing in digital solutions for underdigitized verticals, including marketplaces, vertical SaaS, tech-enabled services, and marketplace enablers. Their investment philosophy emphasizes entrepreneurial grit, solid execution, and the people behind the ideas, leveraging the founders' experience from building companies like WeTransfer, Just Eat, and fonQ. DFF Ventures manages over €150 million across its funds (DFF I, DFF II, DFF III) and has a portfolio of over 40 companies across 14 countries, providing strategic guidance and operational expertise.

Investment profile
Investment thesis
DFF Ventures is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in digital solutions for non-digital industries, prioritizing entrepreneurial grit, solid execution, and the founders' capabilities over just spreadsheets or pitch decks. They specifically seek marketplaces that disrupt traditional supply chains and technology that facilitates frictionless marketplace transactions. The firm values founders who can demonstrate operational grit, articulate a clear path to product-market fit, and show unique insight into digitalizing traditional sectors.
Ticket size
€250K - €3M
Sweet spot
Digital solutions for underdigitized industries, Marketplaces disrupting traditional supply chains, Niche SaaS for underdigitized verticals, Recommerce models, Companies with strong entrepreneurial grit and execution ability, Unfair acquisition channel, Leveraging circularity
What they add
Strategic board participation, Network access to founders and industry contacts, Operational and strategic guidance, Follow-on funding, Support for product development and market validation, Hands-on approach and challenging founders to set ambitious goals.
Stages
Pre-seed · Seed · Series A · Ideation
Geographic focus
EMEA-wide · Europe · UK · MENA region · Worldwide
Portfolio companies
40
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Amsterdam · North HollandNo exact address

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