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Keen Venture Partners

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Keen Venture Partners

The radically human venture capital firm backing exceptional teams across Europe in technology and defence.

Amsterdam

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Investor
Location
Amsterdam
Portfolio
3
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Who they are

About

Keen Venture Partners is a Dutch venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, founded in 2016. They adopt a "radically human" approach, focusing on early-stage European technology and defence companies. The firm's portfolio comprises over 30 companies, with investments across enterprise software, vertical SaaS, data & analytics, productive AI, infrastructure tech, and deep tech areas such as autonomous systems, robotics, spacetech, and frontier technologies for defense and security. They actively collaborate with European tech entrepreneurs.

Investment profile
Investment thesis
Keen Venture Partners invests in early-stage European technology and defence companies, prioritizing dual-use technologies that serve both military and civilian purposes. Their hands-on strategy emphasizes founder-market fit, defensibility, user-centric design, European scale, interoperability, and commercial ambition. They aim to build critical capabilities for Europe's defence and security through innovative software and deep tech solutions.
Ticket size
€1M - €10M
Sweet spot
Early-stage European technology and defence companies with strong founder-market fit, defensibility, user-centric design, European scale, interoperability, and commercial ambition, particularly those building next-generation software and dual-use technologies.
What they add
["Strategic board participation","Hands-on strategic guidance","Access to a pan-European network of policymakers, military leaders, and industry experts","Support from pre-seed to Series B capital rounds","Focus on European scale and interoperability"]
Stages
Pre-seed · Seed · Series A · Series B
Geographic focus
Europe · European NATO countries · Benelux
Portfolio companies
30
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What they invest in

Portfolio

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