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Knight Capital

Herengracht 450, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, 1017CA, The Netherlands

Overview

Knight Capital is a strategic investor in enterprise software companies in North West Europe. Founded by former entrepreneurs, we partner with founders to grow their businesses to a meaningful size and exit within 4-6 years. We focus on companies in niche markets that build great products loved by their customers. Knight Capital was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Total investments
11
Lead investments
5
Investments · 12mo
1
Active investors
4

Sector focus

  • B2B
  • Enterprise Software
  • Financial Services
  • Freemium
  • SaaS
  • Software
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Investment portfolio

  • Dealroom.co

    Participated · Equity · Jan 2026

    Founded in 2013, Dealroom operates a data and analytics platform that tracks millions of companies worldwide, providing insights on funding rounds, valuations, business models, and emerging trends. Its proprietary dataset and AI-driven predictive analytics are used by leading venture capital firms, corporates, and government policymakers to source deals and make data-driven decisions. The company differentiates itself through direct partnerships with more than 100 global tech ecosystems, enabling richer, hard-to-find data and real-time benchmarking. Revenues or user counts were not disclosed, but the platform is positioned as a primary source of record for innovation data. With fresh capital, Dealroom plans to deepen its data assets, enhance AI-powered intelligence tools, and expand product capabilities. International growth is a key focus, beginning with an expanded U.S. presence and the build-out of a team in Lisbon to serve the Portuguese ecosystem. Ultimately, the firm aims to map the world’s tech ecosystems with greater depth, accuracy, and impact.

  • iDWELL

    Led · Equity · Nov 2024

    Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Vienna, iDWELL offers software and integrations aimed at digitizing professional property management across the German-speaking region. Its product portfolio includes iDWELL Finance—an automated invoice management solution for which it secured exclusive rights to domonda's finance software in December 2025—and an in-house AI called Greta-AI that automates administrative, documentation and invoicing workflows. The company emphasizes an ecosystem of ERP integrations to support property managers and reports that around 100 real estate companies were using iDWELL Finance by the end of 2025. iDWELL raised roughly €10 million in a November 2024 equity round led by Knight Capital with participation from Flashpoint Venture and Wecken & Cie, and has since seen "significant" revenue growth according to management. Management describes the business as having a "solid long-term basis" but has not disclosed ARR or cash-flow status. The recent non-dilutive financing from RAC is intended to accelerate expansion of its AI product suite.

  • Openclaims

    Led · Equity · Oct 2023

    Openclaims builds motor claims software centered on its Repair Distribution Solution, which aims to decrease the ecological footprint and financial cost of vehicle repairs. The company intends to use new funding to further expand that Repair Distribution Solution. Openclaims has positioned itself as a market leader in the Netherlands for motor claims workflows and repair distribution. The recent financing provides additional capital to accelerate product rollout and scaling of the repair-distribution offering. The article does not disclose revenue or user metrics. The startup was founded in 2019 by Rohit Mulani, Norman Wanto and David Grant.

  • Checkmate

    Participated · Seed · Sep 2022

    Checkmate offers a free iPhone app (with a Safari mobile extension and desktop availability) that pulls shopping into one place, finds promo codes, extracts codes from email, and provides live order updates and package tracking. The app claims to save users money across 40,000 online stores and to find discounts that deliver “2x more than the competition.” The company reports rapid user growth, hitting No. 1 in the Apple App Store late last year and surpassing over 400,000 users, including 60,000 daily active users, plus 600,000 followers across TikTok and Instagram. Checkmate monetizes via an affiliate model, taking roughly 1%–7% of a purchase depending on retailer and item. Founded in late 2021 by Harry Dixon (CEO), Rory Garton-Smith (CTO) and Elliot Rampono, the team says it plans to build a personalized end-to-end shopping assistant and evolve into a marketing platform for large online stores. Checkmate provides a dashboard that aggregates discount codes, gift cards and personalized offers from users' inboxes and auto-applies them at checkout, and it creates a ‘ghost email inbox’ to tap into mailing lists without spamming users' primary inboxes. The product also includes package tracking and gift card management. Checkmate monetizes by being remunerated by brands for converting purchases and positions itself as a conversion engine for retailers. The company launched its product over the summer with 200 customers and has grown to over 1,000 users; customers use the product about five times per week and save on average 27% on orders. The team plans to deploy the new funding into product development, customer growth, and additional brand partnerships, and has launched an ambassador program across 10 colleges. Founders Harry Dixon, Rory Garton-Smith and Elliot Rampono are leading the company’s expansion efforts.

  • Infraspeak

    Led · Series A · Dec 2021

    Infraspeak builds an all-in-one facilities management platform and a shared workspace called Infraspeak Network that connects facilities teams and external service providers to manage work orders, quotes, onboarding and operational data. The platform centralizes preventive maintenance, contractor communication, cleaning tasks, SLA tracking, and performance reporting to reduce manual processes and miscommunication. The company counts customers including KFC, Intercontinental and Primark and competes with players such as MaintainX, Upkeep and Facilio. Infraspeak employs around 182 people across offices in Porto, London, Barcelona and Florianópolis, with additional remote staff in South America and Europe. With the new funding the company plans to add about 100 hires in 2025, including C-level roles, and to expand further into South America and Africa while maintaining Europe as its core focus. Infraspeak's platform centralizes tailored maintenance management, allowing teams to connect assets, IoT devices, hardware and software and to transform data into immediate actions. It offers more than 20 million automations and says it can save the average facilities manager up to 7 hours a week in administrative work. The company recently launched a market solution to enable seamless collaboration between facilities managers and service providers on procurement and contracted maintenance execution. Infraspeak is trusted by over 750 companies across 30 countries and supports customers including Siemens, Primark, Foster + Partners, Strata, Penguin FM, Sandvik, Marriott and Wyndham Hotels. The platform helps manage over 180,000 buildings across sectors such as healthcare, education, transportation and hospitality. The company plans to use the new funding to recruit team members and expand globally, further developing operations in France and Denmark and accelerating growth in Latin America. Infraspeak provides a facilities maintenance platform that centralizes assets, IoT devices, hardware, and third‑party software to replace legacy systems. The product collects data across multiple points, generates insights, and outputs predictive maintenance recommendations to help technicians and facilities managers minimize downtime and improve customer satisfaction. The company competes in the smart building management space with a specific focus on maintenance. Its technology is present in over 50,000 buildings and its client roster includes Siemens, Mitsubishi Electric, Ale‑hop, Engie, Penguin FM, IHG Hotels, Hilton Hotels and Keppel Data Centres across hospitality, healthcare, education, transportation and other sectors. The €10 million Series A1 round will be used to fund strategic hires and to fuel expansion into the French and DACH markets, bringing total funding to approximately €14.7 million. Founded in 2015 and based in Porto, Infraspeak is using the new capital to drive growth and continental expansion. Infraspeak offers a customizable maintenance platform that automates, optimises and simplifies management processes for maintenance, cleaning and inspections of hotels, shopping centres, hospitals, airports and other buildings. The platform is used by major companies worldwide, including Siemens, Domino’s Pizza, InterContinental Hotels, McDonalds, L’Oreal and Mitsubishi Electric hotels, and supports more than 25,000 customer installations. Founded in 2015 by CTO Luís Martins and CEO Felipe Ávila da Costa, the company has offices in Portugal, the UK, Spain and Brazil, and reports 200% year-on-year growth and consecutive three-digit sales increases over the last three years. Infraspeak has raised a total of €4.6M after completing a €3M seed round following a €1.6M raise last October. The new investment is intended to allow the company to enter new markets and accelerate growth in existing markets including Portugal, Brazil, Spain, the US and the UK. Management says demand for maintenance and infrastructure management software is at an all-time high, and the company and investors plan to build an experienced sales and marketing team to leverage growth. Infraspeak develops a customizable, modular platform designed to make facility management smart by leveraging technologies such as NFC, APIs, apps and sensors. The company serves global customers including Siemens, Domino’s Pizza and Intercontinental Hotels. Founded in 2015 by Felipe Ávila da Costa and Luís Martins and based in Oporto, Portugal, Infraspeak intends to use recent funding to expand into new markets and reinforce its team. Within the next few months the company plans to expand operations in the United Kingdom, Spain and France. The article does not report revenue or user metrics; the announced financing is intended to support geographic and team growth.

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