Graduate Ventures Seed Fund II — Company Profile & Funding History

Product

Graduate Ventures Seed Fund II provides early capital to technology startups linked to universities and university medical centres in the Netherlands. It focuses on areas including AI, deep tech, health and climate technology.

The fund combines investment with access to experienced entrepreneurs and alumni who can support commercial development and market introductions. It operates within Graduate Ventures’ wider platform alongside a separate pre-seed fund.

Funding history

1 round · 1 with disclosed amounts

Announced	Round	Amount	Investors
Oct 6, 2026	Second seed fund first close	~€100M	Frank Slootman — ParticipantInvest-NL — ParticipantJonas Ruyter — ParticipantMichiel Muller — ParticipantOost NL — ParticipantPeter Wennink — Participant

Investors

Frank SlootmanJoined Second seed fund first close Invest-NLJoined Second seed fund first close Jonas RuyterJoined Second seed fund first close Michiel MullerJoined Second seed fund first close Oost NLJoined Second seed fund first close Peter WenninkJoined Second seed fund first close

Coverage

Oct 6, 2026Graduate Ventures Seed Fund II · Second seed fund first close

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Sources

graduate.nl ↗invest-nl.nl ↗loyensloeff.com ↗