DFF Ventures Fund III | 2018 VC Fund

DFF Ventures

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Status

ACTIVE

Global HQ

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Countries of investment

Netherlands
Germany
France
United Kingdom
Spain
Italy
Belgium
Sweden
Denmark
Turkey
United Arab Emirates

Investment stages

Pre-Seed
Seed

Industries

Marketplaces
Vertical SaaS
Vertical AI
Recommerce
Tech-enabled Services
Fintech
Logistics
Insurance

About
DFF Ventures, formerly Dutch Founders Fund, is an Amsterdam-based early-stage venture capital firm founded by entrepreneurs behind WeTransfer, Just Eat, Treatwell, and fonQ. The firm invests from inception through seed stage with ticket sizes between €250,000 and €2.5 million, focusing on Vertical AI, recommerce platforms, and marketplaces across Europe and globally. DFF operates lean funds intentionally, emphasizing speed, distribution, and capital discipline.

Min check size: $500K
Max check size: $3M
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Investment Thesis

DFF Ventures focuses on backing founders building digital solutions for underdigitized physical industries, with a thesis centered on marketplaces, vertical SaaS, and recommerce models. They take a founder-first, hands-on approach, often investing before a product exists.

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Manager's Experience

The leadership at DFF Ventures combines three founding partners — Laurens Groenendijk, Patrick Kerssemakers, and Hidde Hoogcarspel — each with operator backgrounds building category-defining European consumer and marketplace businesses. Laurens previously co-founded Just Eat, Treatwell, Miinto, and Hiber, while Patrick was an early founder of fonQ with 20+ years in e-commerce and online marketplaces. Hidde brings finance and platform-building expertise, backed by venture partners Bas Beerens (WeTransfer founder) and Remco van Zanten (BCG, Booking, Zalando, Vinted).