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Nascent Ventures

Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Chicago, United States
Countries of investment
  • USA
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
  • Series B
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    About
    Nascent Ventures is an active seed fund that specializes in creating and building hightech startups based on groundbreaking technologies from Dutch research institutes and universities. The firm is unique as it sets up the startup company and provides both seed Capital and management in one go. By sourcing high potential technologies from worldleading physics research in the Netherlands, Nascent Ventures focuses on disruptive technologies that can create new markets. With a vision rooted in the spectacular advances in fundamental and applied physics, the firm prides its unique investment approach of 'Find, Found, Fund'. Managed by serial entrepreneurs and venture Capital professionals, Hans BrouTheyr and Steven Tan, the firm ensures an effective strategy to navigate the critical pre-seed phase of startups, aiming for superior returns on investment.
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    $1M
    Max check size
    $10M
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    Nascent Ventures focuses on creating and building hightech startups based on groundbreaking technologies from Dutch research institutes and universities, with a specific interest in disruptive technologies in the fields of nanotechnologies, optics, photonics, nanobiology, advanced instrumentation, components and circuits, mechatronics, embedded systems, and advanced materials.
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