Curiosity Venture Capital
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Countries of investment
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Luxembourg
- Denmark
- Sweden
- Norway
- Finland
- Estonia
- Latvia
- Lithuania
Investment stages
- Pre-Seed
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- Artificial Intelligence
- B2B SaaS
- FinTech
- PropTech
- LegalTech
- MarketingTech
- Cybersecurity
- ClimateTech
- Enterprise Software
About
Curiosity Venture Capital is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm focused on backing European founders building the next generation of AI software. Their focus spans B2B AI software, FinTech, PropTech, and Cybersecurity across Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The firm supports AI founders from pre-seed through Series A stages.
Curiosity Venture Capital is an Amsterdam-based venture capital firm focused on backing European founders building the next generation of AI software. Their focus spans B2B AI software, FinTech, PropTech, and Cybersecurity across Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The firm supports AI founders from pre-seed through Series A stages.
Investment Thesis
Curiosity Venture Capital is a pre-seed to Series A stage venture capital firm deploying capital across B2B AI software sectors including FinTech, PropTech, LegalTech, and Cybersecurity. They invest in European founders building responsible AI software companies that serve the world. The firm differentiates itself through its community-driven model where portfolio founders become co-owners in the fund.
Manager's Experience
Led by Herman Kienhuis (Managing Partner), Maurice Beckand Verwee, and Loïc Struyvelt. Herman brings deep operational and investment experience from the European AI and B2B software ecosystem. The team has built a portfolio of 44 companies including Strise, Dreamdata, Altura, and orq.ai with a distinctive community-driven model where portfolio founders become co-owners in the fund.
Team
Herman Kienhuis - Managing Partner
Maurice Beckand Verwee - Partner
Loïc Struyvelt - Partner
Portfolio
Sentiance
Cloudify
Scoupy
XFA
Validfor
Lynk
Strise
Dreamdata
Altura
orq.ai
Version Lens
QA.tech
Epum
Onesurance
Telescope