About The Whites Holding
The Whites Holding is a venture capital firm founded in 2016. It is primarily based out of Rotterdam, Netherlands. It primarily invests in Switzerland based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from High Tech to Blockchain Technology and Consumer. Overall, The Whites Holding portfolio has seen 2 IPOs and 1 acquisition, namely Uber, Tesla and Chainlink. The Whites Holding has team of 3 people including 3 partners.Key Metrics
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The Whites Holding's List of Top Investments
The Whites Holding has a portfolio of 19 companies. Their most notable investments include Uber and Tesla.Their portfolio spans across Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States and 6 more locations. They have invested in High Tech, Blockchain Technology, Consumer and 16 other sectors. Here is the list of top investments by The Whites Holding:
1. Uber
Network providing on-demand transportation, delivery, and business management solutions. It facilitates ride requests and connects individuals with transportation providers. Additionally, it offers delivery services for food and other goods. The network extends to business solutions, providing tools for managing rides, meals, and local deliveries for organizations.
Key facts about Uber
- Founded Year: 2009
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $13.2B
- Employee Count: 167,388 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: TrueBridge, InvestX and 192 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Dec 19, 2020, $*****
- Highlight: Public
2. Tesla
Electric vehicle and clean energy solutions provider. It manufactures electric vehicles and energy storage systems for consumers. The company designs, develops, manufactures, and sells electric vehicles. It also produces energy generation and storage systems. These products are offered to residential, commercial, and utility-scale customers. The company operates a network of service locations and charging stations.
Key facts about Tesla
- Founded Year: 2003
- Location: Austin (United States)
- Annual Revenue: $1B+ as on Dec 31, 2025
- Stage: Public
- Total Funding till date: $408M
- Employee Count: 134,785 as on Dec 31, 2025
- Investors: Sprout Capital Partners, Silver Lake and 74 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Post IPO, Feb 05, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Public
3. Chainlink
Decentralized Oracle network to support smart contracts. It provides inputs and outputs of data for smart contracts on a blockchain. Smart contracts can connect with API and datasets. It also facilitates the smart contract to send payments to bank accounts and payment networks.
Key facts about Chainlink
- Founded Year: 2017
- Location: Cayman Islands
- Stage: Acquired
- Employee Count: 679 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: 2020 Ventures, Bauhaus Group and 43 Others
- Latest Funding Round: ICO, Sep 18, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
4. Ethereum
Blockchain-based public network for decentralized applications. It is a blockchain-based distributed computing platform and operating system featuring smart contract functionality. It provides a decentralized virtual machine, the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), which can execute scripts using an international network of public nodes. It enables developers to build and deploy decentralized applications.
Key facts about Ethereum
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Toronto (Canada)
- Stage: Series B
- Employee Count: 979 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: 2020 Ventures, 27th Street Capital and 109 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Oct 21, 2021, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Tezos
Developer of blockchain network infrastructure with decentralized governance and tools. The platform provides documentation, software libraries, and tutorials for building decentralized applications. It features on-chain governance for protocol upgrades and scaling solutions for decentralized networks. The ecosystem includes resources for developers to implement smart contracts and interact with the network using various programming languages. It supports multiple frameworks and libraries designed to facilitate the creation and operation of applications on the blockchain.
Key facts about Tezos
- Location: Zug (Switzerland)
- Stage: Funding Raised
- Employee Count: 58 as on Sep 30, 2026
- Investors: Boost VC, Draper and 30 Others
- Latest Funding Round: ICO, Jul 14, 2017, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
IPOs and Publicly Listed companies in The Whites Holding's Portfolio
2 of The Whites Holding's portfolio companies have become public. Uber got listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), in May 2019 at marketcap of $8.1B and Tesla got listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (NASDAQ) at marketcap of $226M.Here are The Whites Holding's portfolio companies that went public:
Filter this listCompany | IPO Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
May 09, 2019 | - | - | 4114 | |
Jun 29, 2010 | - | - | 6118 |
Acquired companies in The Whites Holding's Portfolio
1 company from The Whites Holding's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Chainlink in Sep 2021 by Hyphen for $*****.Here are The Whites Holding's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sep 12, 2021 | - | - | 1817 |
Team profile of The Whites Holding
The Whites Holding has a team of 3 members including 3 Partners located in Brazil. The Whites Holding's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Here is a list of all team members in The Whites Holding:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Partner | - | - | ||
Partner | Rio de Janeiro | - | - | |
Partner | - | - |
