• VNYX

  Participated · Equity · May 2026

  Founded in 2025 and based in Amsterdam, VNYX combines software, AI and proprietary hardware to automate complex resale workflows for returns, overstock and second-hand garments. Its current VNYX10 system processes about 10,000 items annually for partners including BOAS and Bever and has generated immediate commercial revenue. The company says it has reduced processing times from 19 minutes to 3 minutes per item and is targeting a “1-minute promise” by the end of the year. VNYX is developing a next-generation VNYX100 (100,000 items annually) scheduled for delivery to BOAS in June 2026 and is planning the VNYX1000 platform to exceed 1 million items annually. The business combines soon-to-be-patented hardware with AI-driven software and is positioning itself to help brands comply with European EPR rules and bans on destruction of goods while scaling resale operations. Having entered a post-revenue phase, VNYX has secured over €1M in strategic investments and government grants to fund R&D, product development and commercial scaling.

• ZONNEPANELENDELEN

  Participated · Equity · Mar 2024

  Zonnepanelendelen (WeShareSolar) operates a crowdfunding platform that lets individuals invest in solar projects from as little as €25, without needing their own roof. The platform sources empty roofs and fields from companies and municipalities and arranges project financing, administration and member insight into generated energy. It grew out of the Rockstart Smart Energy program and has become the largest Dutch crowdfunding platform focused specifically on solar energy. Since launch, a community of more than 1,000 members has crowdfunded €900,000 for projects. Funded projects include 1,100 panels at Euroborg stadium, installations on an agricultural shed and a secondary school, and a nearly 7,000-panel project along the A16 near Breda. The company plans to use new capital to accelerate growth and deploy more local and regional solar projects. ZonnepanelenDelen operates an online platform that organises crowdfunding and project financing for small-scale commercial solar energy systems, offering financial leasing, bank loans and bond issues. The company standardises documentation and digitises the financing process to make smaller projects eligible for attractive financing. It says it has grown to become the biggest independent financing platform for commercial solar projects, with 10,000 ZonneDelers helping make more than 1 million solar panels possible. Founded in 2014 by Matthijs Olieman and Sven Pluut and based in Amsterdam, the company holds a licence under the Dutch Financial Supervision Act and is listed with the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets. Future product plans include rolling out a financial leasing solution for SMEs, expanding platform functionality to all Dutch solar projects, and launching an online "solar MOT" using production data and alarms to boost returns and reduce risks. The firm highlights its UN nomination in 2016 and intends to use new funds to further digitalise and upscale its platform.

• Oscar Circulair

  Participated · Equity · Apr 2023

  Oscar Circulair operates an area-oriented industrial waste collection service that centralises separated waste near the businesses that generate it to extract higher-quality raw materials and cut polluting transport. The company employs ‘Oscars’—some from vulnerable labour-market positions—who are trained and gain skills within the circular economy. Oscar Circulair says its approach cut residual waste to 30% within three months at Amsterdam’s Westergasterrein and the Olympic Stadium, and reduced transport movements by up to 900 trucks per year at Westergasterrein. The startup aims to lower residual waste industry-wide from about 60% to 10% and to reuse more raw materials while making city environments cleaner. Founders Remco Wagemakers and Jan Willem van Bokhorst plan to expand operations to more cities and areas, starting with Rotterdam.

• The Renewal Workshop

  Participated · Equity · Jun 2021

  The Renewal Workshop is a technology‑enabled service provider that powers circular business for apparel and home goods brands. It offers impact‑driven white‑label recommerce and renewal solutions, including a user‑centric recommerce platform and a trade‑in application. Those tools are available in multiple languages and currencies and are used across the US and EU by partners such as The North Face, Tommy Hilfiger, and Coyuchi. TRW connects resale and renewal services to help brands increase revenue through resale while reducing environmental impact. The company operates facilities in Oregon and Amsterdam and is based in Cascade Locks, Ore. It intends to use the new funds to continue expanding operations and its business reach. The Renewal Workshop is a Cascade Locks, Ore.-based provider of circular solutions for apparel and textile brands, operating a zero-waste system that recovers the full value of produced garments. Its services include garment and textile renewal, recommerce management, and circular business-model strategy for brand partners. Brand partners receive impact data on water, carbon, and chemicals saved through the partnership. To date the company has diverted over two hundred thousand pounds of apparel from waste. The company raised $5.5M in a Series A to support growth and expansion. With the funding it has opened its first European renewal facility in Amsterdam and plans further expansion in Europe.

• OffGridBox

  Led · Seed · Dec 2018

  OffGridBox produces all-in-one, shipping-container-sized installations that use solar panels to charge batteries, power lights and run water purifiers for rural communities. Each unit stores electricity, dispenses rechargeable batteries and supplies treated water from a local source, and can generate as much as 12 kWh per day. The company has installed 38 boxes so far and targets local merchants—often young women—to operate and maintain each box as a small business. Each box costs about $15,000 to build plus roughly $10,000 to deliver and install; at full utilization a box can generate about $10,000 of revenue per year and an IRR of ~15 percent. OffGridBox plans feature expansion (Wi‑Fi, portable speakers) and is researching complementary power sources like wind and desalination to broaden deployments. With partnerships (including local nonprofits and banks) the company hopes to scale from the initial deployments in Rwanda toward hundreds or thousands of boxes.

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