Djoni de Vos just got promoted to Principal 🎉 — proof that you can be a stand-up comedy champ, Krav Maga killer, and investment wizard ... all in one! We are thrilled to have her on our team.
Keen Venture Partners
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Amsterdam, North Holland 5,319 followers
The radically human venture capital firm
About us
Keen Venture Partners is a radically human venture capital firm that backs exceptional founders across Europe from Seed to Series B.
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http://www.keenventurepartners.com
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- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 2-10 employees
- Headquarters
- Amsterdam, North Holland
- Type
- Partnership
- Founded
- 2014
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Passeerdersgracht 19a
Amsterdam, North Holland 1016XG, NL
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81 Fulham Road
London, England SW3 6, GB
Employees at Keen Venture Partners
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Robert Verwaayen
General Partner at Keen Venture Partners
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Marleen Nicolai-Vrieze
Marleen (LL.M) | ⚖️ Jurist voor ondernemers 🚀 no nonsense & toegankelijk 💡(juridisch)advies voor ondernemers 🔥helpt jou vanuit rust en vertrouwen…
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Sara McMunn
Operating Partner at Keen Venture Partners
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Djoni de Vos
Principal at Keen Venture Partners
Updates
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🚨 Do you like excel but also have a personality? We're hiring! 🚨 Keen is on the hunt for two smart, hungry, nice people to join as associates in our Amsterdam office. Please put Briehan and Djoni out of their misery and skip the cover letter in favour of succinct, punny emails. Check out the vacancy on our website for all the details 🎁 #VC #Amsterdam #Associate
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Regulatory submission ✅ now let’s goose!! 🪿💪🏼
Pivotal milestone for GOURMEY and the cultivated foods ecosystem. We’re thrilled to announce that over the past few months, GOURMEY has requested market approval in five regions, filing applications with the US FDA, Singapore Food Agency, UK Food Standards Agency, Swiss Federal Food Safety and Veterinary Office FSVO, and the European Commission. This achievement makes us the very first cultivated food company to file for approval in the EU. Complying with the rigorous standards of these world’s most advanced agencies on cultivated foods regulation, including the EU’s stringent novel food framework, is a testament to GOURMEY’s technology leadership, our commitment to safety, and the immense dedication of our team. We want to celebrate a massive team effort from all Gourmates, involving relentless work over the past few years to build a safe, resource-efficient, and commercially viable solution. We’ll first empower our culinary partners with our flagship cultivated duck product, offering a new choice for foie gras enthusiasts, chefs, and restaurants worldwide, followed by further sustainable and delicious foods as we continue to scale up. As Europe aims to boost food security and achieve sustainability goals, we are convinced that cultivated foods have strong potential to complement existing agrifood value chains, enhancing the long-term resilience of our food system. We look forward to continuing our close collaboration with regulatory authorities to introduce our products to the market. Special mention to the leadership of our Regulatory & Food Safety team: Hannah Lester, Brian Chun, Nadine Bongaerts-Duportet, Ph.D., and Victor SAYOUS. We are deeply thankful for all our partners, advisors, investors, and supporters. Thank you for being part of our journey—much more to come! Read more in POLITICO: https://lnkd.in/ejJUH_DW 👉 See our current openings: join.gourmey.com
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📣 Big congratulations to allO on raising their $5m seed round led by 20VC, with participation from a fantastic group of angel investors. Happy to continue backing the superstar trio of Cancan, Teodor, Benedikt and the rest of the team as they help local restaurants thrive 🧡
In the next couple of months, we are going to make the life of thousands of local restaurants in Germany better! And that starts with a small milestone today: We are thrilled to announce our over-subscribed $5m Seed Round led by 20VC, with the participation from Keen Venture Partners, NL Startup Fund, 20Growth and 20Product. We are also extremely proud of the Business Angels that have shown strong conviction in allO: Daniel Khachab (Founder of Choco) Claire Hughes Johnson (COO of Stripe) Mario Götze (Professional Athlete & Business Angel) Dr. Martin Enderle (Chairman of Delivery Hero) Navid Hadzaad (Founder of Zapp) Patrick Cummins(Captain of Australian Cricket Team) Igor Tikhturov & Oleg Tikhturov (Founder of TrueSight Ventures) Ernst Ludes, PhD - CVCapital Michael Herbst ...and more 💪 We are grateful to all of our restaurants and partners, who made everything possible for us. And we are excited to bring our frontier restaurant system into every local restaurant. #restauranttech #gastrotech #startup #germanstartup #fundraising #vc
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Congratulations to Crisp on achieving B-Corp certification! 🌍✨ At Keen, we always knew you were on a "roll," but this is the icing on the croissant! 🥐🎉 We're proud to support Crisp in their mission to deliver fresh, local, and seasonal food directly to customers' doorsteps. This milestone is a testament to their commitment to sustainability and ethical practices. Here's to a more tasteful and sustainable tomorrow! 🌿💚 #BCorp #Sustainability #FarmToTable #CrispSupermarket #KeenVenturePartners #BetterFoodChoices
Crisp verkoopt aardappelen en asperges van regeneratieve boeren: ‘Moeten er steeds meer worden’ | Change Inc.
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Excited to announce Feather's €6m raise to make the buying of insurance simpler, honest and more transparent. Happy to be backing the stellar duo of Rob Schumacher and Vincent Audoire as well as the rest of the fantastic team as they execute on their vision of building a sustainable pan-European insurer for expats 🇪🇺 cc: Plural and Entrepreneur First
So, so happy to be able to announce Feather's Series A raise. There are many reasons to not invest in consumer insurtech and most investors we spoke to told us so. Sadly, there were many more reasons to invest in Rob, Vincent and the rest of the team ❤️ Their understanding of insurance at an atomic level, building Feather sustainably, and serving customers with a beautifully honest and transparent product are just a few reasons. Happy to be backing their mission at Keen Venture Partners along with Plural and Entrepreneur First. 🗞 https://lnkd.in/evnXma-e CC: Alexander Ribbink & Taavet Hinrikus
Feather raises €6M to go Pan-European with its insurance platform for expats | TechCrunch
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mika AI raised €800k in preseed financing to eliminate bureaucratic overhead for small businesses in Germany by automating accounting and tax filings. The happy news: we've led the round, it's our third investment through Samen Slimmer - the AI ventures alliance Thrilled to be partnering with Agnieszka M. Walorska 🇺🇦 and looking forward to seeing her free German entrepreneurs from their Sisyphus-like curse 🌋 Below Djoni de Vos with our write-up and of course an AI-generated image
Bureaucracy vs AI — our investment in mika
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At Keen, we ❤️ SME tech and 🇮🇹. So we're thrilled to be partnering with Mattia Montepara, Dario Prencipe, Lorenzo Liguori and the Sibill team on their €6.2m raise. Italy has the largest concentration of SMEs in Europe but they lack critical tools like treasury and liquidity planning in their financial operations. Sibill's platform fixes this, providing valuable insights to thousands of business owners whilst helping them save time and money. CC: Exor Ventures @Founders, Plug and Play Tech Center
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Coming out of stealth mode, please meet Rutger van Engelenhoven. We're thrilled to have him on the field dodging 'heads down building' messages. Come meet this bubbly Keener at: * 29th KPN's Scale Up Afternoon - April 11 * Founders Mesh #7 | Founders Networking Event - 18 April * Saastock Amsterdam - 24 April
Rutger van Engelenhoven
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Are you a Berlin-based startup founder? Scale-up CMO? This one’s for you. After co-hosting with Dentsu Creative in Amsterdam last year, Marked returns. This time in Berlin on April 24. A bespoke masterclass on how your brand can help you build your business. Hosted by Dentsu Creative, N26, Moss, luca, t3n Magazin, RCKT., and yours truly. Sign-up is open 👉 https://lnkd.in/eG-k93vp
Bespoke branding masterclass for start- and scaleups
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