Participated · Series B · Apr 2025

Gradyent offers a real-time Digital Twin Platform that creates a digital copy of entire heating and cooling grids, integrating geographical, weather, and sensor data with physics-based models and AI. The platform lets energy providers optimise system performance, increase operational control, simulate future scenarios, and coordinate multiple energy carriers including heating, cooling, electricity and CO₂. Gradyent reports its technology can reduce CO₂ emissions by up to 10%, lower operational costs, and save up to 2% of capital expenditures; an offline analysis helped Helen close a coal plant, cutting Helsinki heat-production emissions by up to 40%. The company partners with leading energy firms across more than 35 European cities, including Veolia, Shell and Helen, and is piloting industrial use cases such as Shell’s steam grid in Rotterdam. Gradyent will use new funding to expand its Digital Twin Platform, grow its team and accelerate global growth to optimise and transform heating and cooling grids worldwide. Financially, the company has just closed a major growth round to support that expansion. Gradyent is a Dutch climate-tech company founded in 2019 in Rotterdam that builds Digital Twin software to help heating companies optimise district heating systems. Its platform creates a digital copy of a physical heat system by combining geographical, weather and sensor data with physical models and AI. The software enables real-time optimisation and simulations of future situations, which the company says saves on average 20% heat loss, 10% CO2 emissions and 5–10% fuel costs. Gradyent aims to increase the efficiency of existing systems and accelerate the transition to more sustainable, integrated energy systems to deliver affordable, reliable heat. The company has brought in €10 million in funding to support those efforts. Eneco, a long-time customer, joined the round alongside existing investors Capricorn Partners, ENERGIIQ and Helen Ventures.

Participated · Series A · Dec 2022

Mapiq provides a workplace experience platform that helps employees orchestrate team office days and optimize scheduling through customized suggestions, using software and IoT to improve office flexibility and space utilization. The company offers tools for managing responsive workplaces, meetings, and collaboration, and works with global customers including Microsoft, Booking.com, COTY, PwC, Danone, RioTinto, AkzoNobel, Heineken, and KPMG. Founded in 2013 by Sander Schutte and Jasper Schuurmans, Mapiq aims to cut real estate costs and support sustainability goals. The company is investing in product development, expanding its team, and entering new regions to meet growing demand for hybrid working models. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article. Mapiq is a smart office management platform that centralizes workplace services—reserving parking, booking meeting rooms, scheduling shifts and enforcing capacity caps—into a single employee-facing app. The platform provides companies with utilization analytics to help optimise office space and workflows. Mapiq added hybrid-work features that allow employees to book shifts together and set maximum capacity limits. The company reported 200% revenue growth last year and serves enterprise customers including PwC, AkzoNobel, Deloitte, Heineken, KPMG, ENGIE, Unilever and Microsoft. Founded in 2013 and based in Delft, Mapiq intends to use new capital to accelerate international expansion. Mapiq builds a modular cloud-platform and hardware/sensor stack (or integrates third‑party sensors) to help organisations make more efficient and flexible use of office space. The platform integrates with customers' IT systems and provides features like finding team members, optimal workplaces and meeting room bookings to boost employee satisfaction, cut costs and reduce CO2 emissions. Mapiq offers its product as a subscription; monthly pricing depends on office size, and the company is GDPR compliant and holds ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications. Founded in 2013 by CEO Sander Schutte and CTO Jasper Schuurmans, Mapiq counts national and international customers including PwC, AkzoNobel, Heineken, KPMG, ENGIE, Unilever and Microsoft. In partnership with Deloitte, the company aims to convert traditional offices into state‑of‑the‑art workplaces and accelerate international growth. The €3.4M injection will be used to scale the software platform and to boost employment in West Holland while reinforcing Mapiq’s position in the smart office market.

Participated · Equity · Sep 2022

Exasun develops and produces high-quality building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roof systems, including glass-glass panels and products branded X-Roof and X-Tile. Its panels are manufactured on its own production line in The Hague, with special-dimension modules and patented color technology for seamless integration. The company says its in-roof systems generate more energy than conventional on-roof systems, are quick to install, and over a thousand households have its systems installed. Founded in 2012 by Michiel Mensink and Jan Jaap van Os, Exasun developed its advanced production line with suppliers, knowledge institutions, and Dutch machine builders. It has a strategic partnership with Wienerberger, which manages European sales and distribution, enabling expansion beyond the Netherlands. Exasun raised €9M to build a new PV assembly line at its Hague site and to fund further international expansion.

Participated · Equity · Jun 2021

Kitepower is a Delft-based spin-off from TU Delft’s kite power research group, co-founded in 2016 by Johannes Peschel and Roland Schmehl. The company develops mobile airborne wind energy systems (AWES) and has built a 100 kW system with support from an EU Horizon 2020 Fast Track to Innovation grant. Its systems are designed for deployment in remote rural and harsh environments where conventional renewable energy is impractical, targeting diesel-dependent industries to reduce CO2 emissions. Kitepower has been mentored by YES!Delft and supported by angel investor and wind expert Henk Hutting. The company secured €3 million to further develop and commercialise its AWES, with ENERGIIQ, Stichting ifund, and Windhandel Beheer each investing €1 million. The funding is intended to refine the system and support commercial rollout, and investors are expected to provide networks and expert contacts to aid scaling.

Led · Equity · Sep 2019

Involtum operates a platform that activates power supplies and handles payments for temporary electricity use at locations such as car parks, campsites, festival grounds, marinas, seaports and truck stops. The company offers a total solution including platform, back office and call center services, payment channels, apps, websites, portals and required hardware, and runs multiple consumer-facing brands (Walstroom, Marktstroom, AanUit.net, Call-Bill, ParkandPower, NomadPower and white labels). Founded in 2012 and based in Rotterdam, Involtum began by providing electrical power at truck stops and has expanded its platform to many other applications, including smartphone payment for launderette machines. The platform aims to replace diesel generators and reduce CO2, particulate matter and noise emissions. Involtum says it manages more than 500,000 transactions for 50,000 users at over 250 locations across Europe, with its user base growing by more than 30,000 a year. The company plans to accelerate rollout and further develop services in Germany, Austria, the UK and the Netherlands while expanding sales and marketing across Europe.