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819 Capital (operators-first micro VC)

VC
Austin, TXWebsite
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.0M

AUM

$85M

Portfolio

11+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage micro-fund investing in pre-seed/seed software with an operator-angel network approach.

Meet the Team

WS

Wim Smit

Partner & Co-Founder

entrepreneurship
venture / private equity investments
buy-and-build strategy
leisure
healthcare
information technology
JC

Joris C. Bokkes

Venture Partner

deep-tech
med-tech
growth
engineering
biomedicine
growth advisory
SK

Sven Kempers

Partner & Co-Founder

venture capital
deep-tech
med-tech
healthcare
technology
leisure

Industry Focus

Invests In

Enterprise
SaaS
Marketplace

Portfolio Companies (11)

Other

ME

Medici? (N/A)

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AS

Astrape Networks

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Astrape Networks is a Dutch deep-tech startup (founded in 2022) that develops high-performance, energy-efficient optical networking solutions for data centres.

SA

SAIA Agrobotics

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

SAIA Agrobotics is a Dutch ag-tech scale-up revolutionizing greenhouse farming with an “inverted automation” system: instead of robots traveling through the greenhouse, plants are moved to.

TR

TracXon

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

TracXon is a deep-tech scale-up from Eindhoven (spin-out from TNO Holst Centre) that specializes in hybrid printed electronics (HPE), using sheet-to-sheet and roll-to-roll printing to produce.

LI

LionVolt

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

LionVolt is a startup (spin-out from research institute TNO at its Holst Centre) based in Eindhoven, working on next-generation battery technology through a proprietary 3D-structured solid-state.

MA

MantiSpectra

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

MantiSpectra is a spin-out from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU Eindhoven) that develops miniaturized, chip-based spectral sensing devices. Their sensors embed full near-infrared spectrometer functionality.

CA

Carbyon

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Carbyon is a climate-tech startup focused on capturing carbon dioxide directly from the air using its proprietary fast-swing thin-film technology. The company aims to make direct.

RE

Relement

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

Relement is a spin‑off from TNO / Biorizon, specializing in converting non‑food biomass residues into high‑quality, bio‑based aromatic chemical building blocks. Their first product — “bio‑MPA”.

XS

XS Innovations

"Discovered via firm_website (high confidence)"

XS Innovations is a medical‑device startup (spin‑out of Leiden University Medical Center & Delft University of Technology) that develops an implantable vascular access solution for patients.

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