About Graduate Ventures
Graduate Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2021. It is primarily based out of Rotterdam, Netherlands. As of Aug 2026, Graduate Ventures is an active investor, having invested in 58 companies, with 5 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in Netherlands based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to High Tech and Life Sciences. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of VitalFluid A lot of funds co-invest with Graduate Ventures, with names like Rockstart sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Graduate Ventures has team of 14 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed & Series A
Deals in last 12 months
Graduate Ventures' List of Top Investments
Graduate Ventures has a portfolio of 58 companies. Their most notable investments are in Magneto and DuckDuckGoose.Their portfolio spans across Netherlands, United States, Italy and 2 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Life Sciences and 20 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by Graduate Ventures:1. ROCSYS
Provider of charging station automation solutions. It offers self-parking and charging stations and enables an increase in electric vehicle charging station asset utilization.
Key facts about ROCSYS
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Delft (Netherlands)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $55.7M
- Employee Count: 59 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: SEB, Superangel and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 30, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. QuantWare
Developer of superconducting quantum processors, amplifiers, and foundry services for quantum computing. They design and fabricate quantum hardware, offering a range of quantum processing units with varying qubit counts and coupler designs. Their amplifier products enhance qubit readout capabilities. Foundry services provide custom fabrication, from resonators and junctions to fully assembled quantum processing units.
Key facts about QuantWare
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Delft (Netherlands)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $211M
- Employee Count: 107 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: ETF Partners, InnovationQuarter and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 05, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. VitalFluid
Developer of plasma activated water technology for sustainable crop protection. It provides growers with an alternative to chemical fungicides by developing technology to produce Plasma Activated Water (PAW) on-site. The technology uses water, air, and electricity as inputs to create a solution that protects crops from fungal diseases without leaving harmful residues. The company's system is designed to be effective, easy to integrate, and cost-efficient for greenhouse, orchard, and open field growers.
Key facts about VitalFluid
- Founded Year: 2014
- Location: Eindhoven (Netherlands)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $27.6M
- Employee Count: 19 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: EIC Fund, Innovation Industries and 9 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 27, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Eddy Grid
Provider of energy storage solution. It provides solutions such as storing solar energy, decentralized network of batteries for green energy storage, smart energy management for these batteries, and more.
Key facts about Eddy Grid
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Utrecht (Netherlands)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $9.2M
- Employee Count: 69 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Rockstart, Volve and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 28, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Sparqle
On-demand delivery services for businesses and customers. It provides last-mile delivery solutions, interactive communication solutions for grocery store chains. It offers services such as same-day delivery, next-day delivery, and more.
Key facts about Sparqle
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Arizona City (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $3.06M
- Employee Count: 13 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: European Innovation Council and Graduate Ventures
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Feb 27, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Graduate Ventures' Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Graduate Ventures has invested in 58 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 11 new investments annually in the last 5 years. In 2025, it made 9 investments, while as of Aug 2026, it has made 7 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in MagiQware and most recent follow-on round was in VitalFluid.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 3 | 4 | 7 |
2025 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
2024 | 12 | 0 | 12 |
2023 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
2022 | 15 | 0 | 15 |
2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Graduate Ventures' Investments by Stage
Graduate Ventures has made 50 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $1.19M and 5 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $11.1M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 50 |
Series A | 5 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Graduate Ventures' Investments by Sector
Graduate Ventures has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, High Tech, Sustainability Tech, Consumer and Environment Tech. Notably, it has invested in 52 Tech companies, 48 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 33 Software companies and at least 16 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 24 |
High Tech | 15 |
Sustainability Tech | 10 |
Consumer | 9 |
Environment Tech | 8 |
Others | 65 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Graduate Ventures' Investments by Geography
Graduate Ventures has made most investments in Netherlands (50), followed by United States where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Netherlands | 50 |
United States | 2 |
Italy | 1 |
Lithuania | 1 |
Spain | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Graduate Ventures' recent investments
Graduate Ventures has made 7 investments in 2026 so far. VitalFluid and MagiQware are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Graduate Ventures:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Aug 27, 2026 | Netherlands | Series B | 6215 | [+7] | |
Jul 06, 2026 | Netherlands | Seed | 3156 | [+1] | |
May 28, 2026 | Netherlands | Series A | 1152 | ||
May 08, 2026 | Netherlands | Seed | 3041 | [+2] | |
May 05, 2026 | Netherlands | Series B | 7762 | [+5] |
Team profile of Graduate Ventures
Graduate Ventures has a team of 14 members including 2 Partners and 6 Principals located in Netherlands. Graduate Ventures' team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of top team members in Graduate Ventures:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | Amsterdam | - | - | |
Partner | Amsterdam | - | ||
Principal | Netherlands | - | ||
Principal | Amsterdam | - | ||
Principal | Amsterdam | - | ||
Principal | Delft | - | ||
Principal | Rotterdam | - | ||
Principal | Delft | - |
Co-investors of Graduate Ventures
Over the past 5 years, 106 investors have co-invested in Graduate Ventures's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Graduate Ventures: UNIIQ, Rabobank and 12 others have invested in rounds before Graduate Ventures. There are 3 companies where UNIIQ has invested before Graduate Ventures and 3 companies where Rabobank has invested before Graduate Ventures.
- Top Co-investors of Graduate Ventures: 51 investors entered a company along with Graduate Ventures. These include investors like Rockstart (4 companies).
- Invested after Graduate Ventures: A total of 41 investors have invested in Graduate Ventures's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Invest-NL (2 companies), EIC Fund (2 companies) and Rockstart (2 companies).
Recent News related to Graduate Ventures
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MagiQware Raises €575K Pre-Seed to Optimize Quantum Magic State Factories with AIQuantum Computing Report•Jul 06, 2026•MagiQware, Graduate Ventures, LUMO Labs
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Dutch Energy Startup Eddy Grid Raises €7.5M After Rapid Revenue GrowthStartup Rise EU•May 28, 2026•Graduate Ventures, Eddy Grid
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New Nordic Compass Initiative Brings Together Major Nordic Companies to Accelerate GrowthEuropaWire•May 12, 2026•SEB, Graduate Ventures, ROCSYS, FORWARD.one and 2 others
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FrostByte Raises €1.3 Million for Quantum Computing Cryogenic ElectronicsStartup Rise EU•May 08, 2026•Graduate Ventures, InnovationQuarter, FrostByte, Innovation Quarter and 2 others
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QuantWare Raises $178M in Series B Funding with In-Q-Tel Joining as InvestorTrending Topics•May 05, 2026•QuantWare, Intel Capital, QDNL Participations, Graduate Ventures and 5 others
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Rocsys Raises $13M Series A Extension and Unveils World's First Multi-bay Hands-Free Charging SolutionStartup Rise EU•Apr 30, 2026•ROCSYS, Capricorn Partners, Graduate Ventures, FORWARD.one and 2 others
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QuantWare raises USD 20 mln Series A to develop large quantum processorsTelecompaper•Mar 04, 2025•QuantWare, Invest-NL, InnovationQuarter, European Innovation Council and 5 others
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QuantWare raises €20 million to power the world's largest quantum computersEU-Startups•Mar 04, 2025•QuantWare, Graduate Ventures, QDNL Participations, FORWARD.one and 3 others
