Participated · Series B · Dec 2022

Eggtronic develops mixed-signal controller integrated circuits and power-conversion and wireless-power transfer solutions aimed at high power-density and sustainable applications. The company completed in-house development of its ICs and launched an ICs division in 2020, producing its first microchips since 2021. Eggtronic holds more than 320 international patents and reports millions of units shipped to date. The new funding is intended to support mass production, double the size of its global team, accelerate its semiconductor development roadmap, and expand research and engineering resources. The company was founded in 2012 and has offices in San Francisco, Modena, Taipei, and Guangzhou. Its technologies target reduced energy use, smaller product size, and enabling high-power wireless transfer with efficiency comparable to corded adapters. Eggtronic designs power electronics and wireless charging products and is developing data-over-power technologies intended for both consumer markets and B2B IC customers. It sells consumer chargers (including a sleek laptop charger and stone-shaped wireless chargers) and makes power-electronics components and white-labeled products for other brands. The company plans to scale by building an integrated circuits division at its research laboratories to produce ICs other manufacturers can use. Management says consumer and white-labeled products generate revenue that is reinvested into R&D to advance its capacitive wireless charging roadmap. Eggtronic has demonstrated capacitive wireless charging and data-over-power demos (smartphone in 2015, TV in 2017, two laptops in 2020) and claims the tech can match USB 3 speeds wirelessly. It operates offices and production facilities in the U.S., Italy and China and has filed several patents around capacitive power converters.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2022

econic builds and supplies the equipment needed to turn ordinary homes into sustainable e-homes, including heat pumps, solar panels, batteries, and EV charging points. The company installs and services that equipment and offers customers the option to purchase or lease hardware via a digital platform and strategic partnerships. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Amsterdam, econic has grown organically and through acquisitions to expand its footprint in the Netherlands and Germany. It employs over 150 people and has adjusted its board composition to Joris Jonker (CEO), Jaap Smid (CFO) and Age Reijenga (COO); co-founder Frits Verhoef moves to Head of Impact and Jan-Willem van Wensem joins the Advisory Board. The business model centers on avoiding new energy-system investments by enabling e-homes for a fixed monthly fee, targeting large-scale urban CO2 reductions. The company says it will use new funding to accelerate the energy transition in the Netherlands and Germany.

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.

Led · Equity · Jul 2020

Ace & Tate is an Amsterdam-based direct-to-consumer eyewear brand that sells frames through physical stores and online channels. The company offers omnichannel services including virtual styling, online optician appointments, an online eye test (available in the Netherlands and Germany), and a Virtual Try-On slated to add facial analysis. It has grown 60% year-on-year for the past two years and recorded its first operationally profitable months in 2019; the brand expects to more than double revenue over the next two years. Ace & Tate plans to use the €14.25M funding to expand retail into new European markets, invest in technologies to advance its omnichannel model, and pursue environmental responsibility initiatives. The company is committed to opening 16 stores in 2020 to reach a total of 70 stores across 10 countries. Existing investors include Rinkelberg Capital LTD (lead), Global Founders Capital, Investion and various angel investors; the round brings total funding to €57.5M.

Led · Equity · May 2020

Growth Tribe delivers digital skills training through classroom and corporate programs covering growth marketing, UX, data science and machine learning. Founded in 2015, the company says it has trained over 15,000 people and 900 companies to date. It operates campuses in the UK, France, Finland, Denmark and Norway and serves enterprise clients including Philips, Ahold, Thuisbezorgd and Rabobank. After five years of bootstrapping, Growth Tribe plans to expand and digitise its course selection and move classroom-based training online. The shift to online courses is intended to accelerate international expansion and make it easier to reach new markets. CEO and co-founder Peter van Sabben framed the funding as enabling the company’s next phase of growth and development of its learning experience platform.