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Equator Partners

VC
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Equator Partners is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands investing in Other, SaaS, Healthcare. The firm typically writes $200K–$1.5M checks and has 11 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$200K–$1.5M
Portfolio
11 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$55M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, SaaS, Healthcare
HQ
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Last verified: 2026-07-07

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$200K – $1.5M

AUM

$55M

Portfolio

11+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Equator Partners focuses solely on early-stage European startups leveraging technology to support productivity, employee wellbeing, and workplace transformation.

How Equator Partners invests

Equator Partners is a vc firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, SaaS, Healthcare. It does not invest in Media, Retail.

Equator Partners typically writes checks of $200K–$1.5M per investment, backed by approximately $55M in assets under management.

Equator Partners has backed 11 companies in our records, including Workify, Mindletic, A technology company based in Kenya that helps small-scale farmers maximise their profits.

Partners & Team

JW

Joel Wanjohi

Investment Director

JD

Jamie Doyen

Chief Financial Officer

PT

Phuthi Tsatsi

Senior Associate

NJ

Nijhad Jamal

Managing Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
SaaS
Healthcare

Does Not Invest In

Media
Retail

Portfolio Companies (11)

Other

WO

Workify

Future of Work
MI

Mindletic

Mental Wellness
A

A technology company based in Kenya that helps small-scale farmers maximise their profits

DI

Digital monitoring, reporting, and verification (dMRV) platform that measures soil organic carbon and allows farmers, landowners and project developers to maximize the potential of their land

DE

Designs and delivers affordable parametric insurance solutions to help businesses and communities, in particular smallholder farmers, bounce back from climate disasters

A

A logistics tech company that helps optimize the movement of goods for businesses to reduce costs and minimize climate impact

AN

An all-in-one platform to develop, finance, and manage distributed energy projects

A

A platform that automates the matching of generation and consumption loads, allowing seamless energy transactions between private and public electricity networks

BU

Built-for-purpose electric motorcycles and buses for the road conditions of Africa

SO

Solar-powered irrigation systems for farmers in Africa to grow high-quality crops and generate more income

How to pitch Equator Partners
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, SaaS, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $200K – $1.5M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Joel Wanjohi, Investment Director.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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