henQ

HenQ, established in 2004, is a Dutch venture capital firm headquartered in Amsterdam. It focuses on investing in early-stage (pre-seed to Series A) B2B software startups across Western Europe, with a ticket size ranging from €1M to €10M. The firm is known for backing exceptional European founders and is open to businesses with unique market approaches, atypical business models, or founders with a strong, passionate vision.

Jan Andriessen

Partner

Coen van Duiven

Founding Partner

Mick Mackaay

Partner

Rob Rousseau

Principal

Orphée de Bouard Sarrabezolles

Principal

Past deals in Netherlands

Orderchamp

Series A in 2021
Orderchamp is an online B2B marketplace that connects independent retailers with brands, facilitating wholesale transactions for local communities. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the platform enables creators and shop owners globally to identify suitable sales channels and access a diverse range of unique products. Orderchamp offers a wide selection of categories, including home, living, fashion accessories, beauty, health, luggage, stationery, and kids and baby products. This comprehensive approach allows retailers to discover quality products while providing brands with opportunities to reach new markets.

Orderchamp

Seed Round in 2020
Orderchamp is an online B2B marketplace that connects independent retailers with brands, facilitating wholesale transactions for local communities. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the platform enables creators and shop owners globally to identify suitable sales channels and access a diverse range of unique products. Orderchamp offers a wide selection of categories, including home, living, fashion accessories, beauty, health, luggage, stationery, and kids and baby products. This comprehensive approach allows retailers to discover quality products while providing brands with opportunities to reach new markets.

Gradyent

Seed Round in 2020
Gradyent is an AI cloud platform based in Utrecht, The Netherlands, that specializes in optimizing heating systems for district heating companies. Founded in 2019, Gradyent leverages Digital Twin technology, which involves creating a digital replica of physical heating systems by integrating geographical, weather, and sensor data with physical models and artificial intelligence. This innovative approach allows for real-time optimization of heating systems and facilitates simulations of future scenarios. As a result, clients can achieve significant reductions in heat loss, CO2 emissions, and fuel costs—averaging 20%, 10%, and 5-10%, respectively. Gradyent's platform not only enhances the efficiency of heating networks but also provides dynamic forecasting, real-time status updates, and automatic detection of network changes, allowing clients to securely access vital information from any location at any time.

Bluetick

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Bluetick is a company based in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, that specializes in developing an online search engine tailored for the legal industry. Founded in 2019, Bluetick's platform enhances the efficiency of searching legal documents, such as jurisprudence, by employing advanced natural language processing technology. This innovative approach allows users to find similar court cases based on the context of specific documents, streamlining the legal research process. By providing intuitive access to relevant legal information, Bluetick aims to improve the experience for lawyers and legal professionals, ensuring they can locate necessary details without overlooking critical data.

Orderchamp

Seed Round in 2019
Orderchamp is an online B2B marketplace that connects independent retailers with brands, facilitating wholesale transactions for local communities. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the platform enables creators and shop owners globally to identify suitable sales channels and access a diverse range of unique products. Orderchamp offers a wide selection of categories, including home, living, fashion accessories, beauty, health, luggage, stationery, and kids and baby products. This comprehensive approach allows retailers to discover quality products while providing brands with opportunities to reach new markets.

Studytube

Seed Round in 2014
Studytube B.V. is a Netherlands-based company that operates a social and adaptive learning platform designed to personalize educational experiences for individual learners. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Studytube customizes standardized educational content to meet the unique needs of students. Its platform allows universities, publishers, training companies, and businesses to create, deliver, and sell adaptive courses from the cloud. One of its notable offerings is an online Study Coach for law students, which enables users to practice past exams, receive feedback on incorrect answers, and track their progress in real time. The platform automatically generates tailored learning content, such as video lectures or written explanations, based on the areas where students need improvement. With a growing user base, including over 10,000 active law students in the Netherlands, Studytube is also collaborating with various educational institutions and companies to enhance the delivery of high-quality online courses.

Studytube

Seed Round in 2013
Studytube B.V. is a Netherlands-based company that operates a social and adaptive learning platform designed to personalize educational experiences for individual learners. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Amsterdam, Studytube customizes standardized educational content to meet the unique needs of students. Its platform allows universities, publishers, training companies, and businesses to create, deliver, and sell adaptive courses from the cloud. One of its notable offerings is an online Study Coach for law students, which enables users to practice past exams, receive feedback on incorrect answers, and track their progress in real time. The platform automatically generates tailored learning content, such as video lectures or written explanations, based on the areas where students need improvement. With a growing user base, including over 10,000 active law students in the Netherlands, Studytube is also collaborating with various educational institutions and companies to enhance the delivery of high-quality online courses.

Monolith

Pre Seed Round in 2012
Monolith International BV, founded in 2012 and based in Amsterdam, specializes in retail analytics solutions that enhance understanding of shopper behavior. The company has developed the Monolith Actionboard, an augmented reality advertising device that integrates a hardware component utilizing Kinect technology with a proprietary software platform. This device facilitates the creation, distribution, and measurement of augmented reality advertisements while incorporating pattern recognition software to analyze shopper behavior in retail environments. It tracks various shopper characteristics, including gender, age group, and clothing style, and compiles this data into a set of metrics known as Kinegraphics. The Actionboard's cloud-capable hardware allows for ongoing upgrades and provides insights on which content captures the most attention from potential customers. Monolith's platform empowers retailers to optimize their decision-making processes through real-time, actionable insights.

Videostrip

Series A in 2008
Videostrip is a company that specializes in transcoding video commercials into expendable video banners. It operates an online video advertising network that facilitates the creation and publication of video sites and banners, primarily serving the Netherlands. By integrating its advertisement techniques with a network of video sites, Videostrip streamlines the implementation process for advertisers, allowing for quicker deployment of video advertising solutions.

MADS

Series A in 2007
MADS B.V. is a digital advertising company based in Amsterdam, specializing in mobile marketing solutions for publishers, operators, and advertisers across Europe. The company operates the MADS ONE platform, which offers a comprehensive suite of tools designed to facilitate the creation, management, and monetization of mobile advertising. Key offerings include the Inventory Manager for mobile operators, the Campaign Manager for launching mobile campaigns, and an analytics tool for generating actionable reports. MADS also provides capabilities for user profiling, selling unsold inventory, and creating various types of advertisements, including MMS and interactive rich media ads. The platform processes over 2 billion ad requests monthly and serves more than 150 partners across 31 countries, enabling highly targeted and personalized advertising campaigns. Founded in 2006, MADS continues to empower brands and generate new revenue streams for operators and publishers in the mobile advertising ecosystem.
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