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Round One Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($25K–$75K Checks)

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Eindhoven, NetherlandsWebsite

Round One Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Eindhoven, Netherlands investing in Other, Consumer, SaaS. The firm typically writes $25K–$75K checks and has 1 portfolio company in our records.

Check size
$25K–$75K
Portfolio
1 company on record
Partners
10 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, Consumer, SaaS, Marketplace
HQ
Eindhoven, Netherlands
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-09-08

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$25K – $75K

Portfolio

1+ companies

Team

10 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Round One Ventures is a student-run pre-seed VC fund that invests in high-potential, technology-driven student or recent-graduate founders (up to 4 years post-graduation), based in the Netherlands, using convertible notes (CLAs), focusing on scalable, early-phase startups.

How Round One Ventures invests

Round One Ventures is a vc firm based in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Consumer, SaaS, Marketplace. It does not invest in Media, Crypto.

Round One Ventures typically writes checks of $25K–$75K per investment.

Round One Ventures has backed 1 company in our records, including ShelfAware.

Partners & Team

TP

Tom Paffen

Investment Committee Member

deal review
investment decisions
student startup funding
BV

Bob van der Meulen

Shareholder

founding
strategic direction
governance of fund
RS

Rikke Schrauwen

Investment Committee Member & Shareholder

student ventures
strategy
governance
GP

Gijs Pot

Principal

financial oversight
investment structuring
student startups
JW

Jasper Wennink

Shareholder

founding
strategic oversight
student startup incubation
JV

Jur van Bergen

Shareholder

founding
shareholder oversight
student startup ecosystem
HH

Henrieke Hoftijzer

Investment Committee Member

deal evaluation
student founder support
LS

Linn Smetsers

Managing Partner

student startups
pre-seed
technology-driven scalable early-phase startups
NS

Nick Stokman

Investment Committee Member

investment decision making
student startup mentoring
KM

Kendra Marks

Managing Partner

Retail Tech
Gig Economy
B2B SaaS

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Consumer
SaaS
Marketplace

Does Not Invest In

Media
Crypto

Portfolio Companies (1)

Other

SH

ShelfAware

Retail Tech
How to pitch Round One Ventures
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, Consumer, SaaS — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $25K – $75K check.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Tom Paffen, Investment Committee Member.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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