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Investment thesis
henQ is a European venture capital fund focused on early-stage B2B startups, describing itself as 'funding for the odd ones out.' It backs companies that are a little different, whether operating in markets others find boring, using atypical business models, or led by obsessively passionate founders. The firm invests in founders rather than markets and deliberately concentrates its bets, backing only about two companies per year and never investing in competitors of its portfolio. henQ emphasizes a fast, low-friction process, working with founders' own metrics rather than polished decks, and moving from first meeting to term sheet in days. It supports portfolio companies in hiring, fundraising, and goal setting while respecting founder autonomy.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 27, 2026.
Team · 9 people
from the firm's website & public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 18 of 25 portfolio companiesSaaS ×16AI & Machine Learning ×10Enterprise Software ×9Marketing Tech ×5Cloud Computing ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3HR Tech ×3Developer Tools ×2
HQs:Netherlands×6United States×3Czechia×1Germany×1European Union×1France×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 11 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×32 founders×63 founders×2
Where their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with education data
Fontys University of Applied Sciences ×2Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with field-of-study data
Business & Management ×6Economics ×3Computer Science ×2
Investments · 25 tracked
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Aidence, founded in 2015 in Amsterdam, was a radiology AI company that built clinical applications to help radiologists and physicians interpret medical images, focused on pulmonary nodule management and lung cancer screening.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechMedical DevicesAmsterdam, NL
Co-investorsHENQ InvestInkefNorthzoneRabo Corporate VenturingRabo Ventures
CloudTalk provides an AI voice platform for global calling used by sales and support teams, offering features like parallel dialing, call routing, inbound and outbound AI voice agents, international SMS/WhatsApp messaging, and call analytics.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingSaaSSales TechNew York, US
Martin Malych(Co-founder)inViktor Vanek(Co-founder)inMichael Hershfield(Executive Officer)Morley Ivers(Executive Officer, Director)Isaac Levy(Executive Officer)Jonathan Frankel(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Co-investorsBHM GroupHENQ InvestKPN VenturesPoint NinePresto VenturesLead Ventures+1 more
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Cronofy provides a scheduling and calendar infrastructure layer that unifies availability control, coordinates the scheduling lifecycle, and surfaces meeting intelligence for teams, SaaS products, and AI agents.
Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechSaaS
Adam Bird(CEO & Co-founder)inGarry Shutler(CTO & Co-founder)in
Co-investorsFirestartrHENQ Invest
Freeday builds AI "digital employees" — autonomous agents that handle tasks like customer service, invoice processing, document handling, and KYC verification end-to-end across channels such as webchat, WhatsApp, email, and voice.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSRotterdam, NL
MarcusMathijs
Co-investorsHENQ Invest
imagino builds customer engagement platform (CEP) software that lets organisations use their existing customer data in place — accessing data for specific use cases and writing updates back to source systems rather than building a separate customer database.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSCachan, FR
Stéphane Dehoche(Founder)inThomas Boudalier(CTO)in
Co-investorsCathay InnovationHENQ Invest
A personal blog focused on motivational and inspirational messaging centered on positive reinforcement and praise.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSWellness & FitnessAmsterdam, NL
Bas Kohnke(Founder/CEO, at Impraise)inFilipe Dobreira(Founder/CTO)in
BoardDebra A. Perry
Co-investorsHENQ InvestY CombinatorChina Growth CapitalFuture Capital DiscoveryKeen Venture PartnersPalm Drive Capital
Gainsight provides customer community software that enables businesses to build branded online spaces where customers connect, share knowledge, and access resources.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsHENQ InvestVentech China
Kanpla offers a combined app and point-of-sale system built for contract catering, linking customers' credit cards to their accounts for automatic stamp cards and receipts.
Enterprise SoftwareFoodTechRetail TechSaaS
Peter Baech(Founder)inRobert Wolf(Founder)in
Co-investorsHENQ Invest
Malou is a unified platform that helps restaurant groups improve local discovery and visibility across 50+ platforms including Google and AI search engines.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Louiza
Co-investorsBleu CapitalHENQ InvestKima VenturesSonorcap
Mendix offers a low-code application platform for building, deploying, and governing enterprise applications and AI agents on top of existing systems like ERP, CRM, and OT.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSBoston, US
Roald Kruit(Co-founder)inDerek Roos(Co-founder)inDerckjan Kruit(Co-founder)inRaymond Kok(Chief Executive Officer)inFrank Baalbergen(Chief Information Security Officer)inArno Burggraaf(Chief Information Officer)in
Co-investorsBattery VenturesHENQ InvestKarma VenturesPrime VenturesRuna Capital
Mews is a cloud-based hospitality platform and property management system (PMS) for hotels, covering booking, pre-arrival, check-in, in-stay purchases, point of sale, and check-out.
Cloud ComputingPropTechSaaSTravel & HospitalityPrague, CZ
Richard Valtr(Founder)in
Co-investorsAtomicoBattery VenturesColumbia Lake PartnersHENQ InvestKinnevikNotion Capital+5 more
Modash provides a platform for influencer marketing teams to automatically track creator content and campaign performance across social media, with integrated Shopify sales attribution to measure ROI without manual data collection.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMarketing TechSaaS
Avery Schrader(Founder)in
Co-investorsChange VenturesHENQ Invest
Sendcloud provides a shipping and parcel tracking platform for e-commerce businesses, offering branded tracking pages and automated delivery notifications via SMS, WhatsApp, and email across multiple carriers.
E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSEindhoven, NL
Rob van den Heuvel(Founder)inBas Smeulders(Founder)inSabi Tolou(Founder)in
Co-investorsBOMBonsai Partners SGEIC, SACuriosity VCHENQ InvestLiquidity CapitalSoftBank Vision Fund+5 more
Stravito is an AI platform that helps large enterprises search, interact with, and validate business decisions against their existing research and market intelligence data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSStockholm, SE
Thor Olof Philogène(CEO and Co-founder)Sarah Lee(Chief of Staff and Co-founder)in
Co-investorsEndeit CapitalHENQ InvestInventureInventure
StudyTube is a platform that facilitates knowledge sharing and information exchange within organizations to improve employee learning and organizational efficiency.
EdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsHENQ InvestVortex Capital PartnersEnergy Impact PartnersVerdane
Tanso provides software for calculating Product Carbon Footprints (PCF) using automated processes, a TÜV-certified methodology and ISO 14067 compliance.
CleantechClimate TechSaaS
Co-investorsCapnamicHENQ InvestPICUS CAPITALUVC PartnersFortino Capital
Wemolo provides a camera-based, barrier-free parking management system using automatic license plate recognition to monitor, operate, and monetize private parking areas for operators such as retailers, shopping centers, healthcare facilities, municipalities, and residential/office properties.
AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationSaaS
Co-investorsHENQ Invest
Zivver provides secure information sharing and data management solutions for organizations to safely exchange and manage sensitive information.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLegalTech
Co-investorsDawn CapitalDN CapitalHENQ InvestSmartFin
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
EnergyworxFormulateFunding for theOpenliSeoshopTomorro (ex Leeway)
Exits · 5
5 acquisitions · showing 3Formulateacq. by RELEX SolutionsOpenliacq. by Triple (RISMA Systems / ComplyCloud / Wired Relations group)Seoshopacq. by Lightspeed POS
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesCloudtalk · cloudtalk.io · Jul 23, 2026
Tanso · thesaasnews.com · Aug 6, 2025
Cronofy · finsmes.com · May 14, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has henQ vc made?
- henQ vc has 25 tracked investments, 5 of which have exited.
- What stage does henQ vc invest at?
- henQ vc invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is henQ vc's typical check size?
- henQ vc typically writes checks of $1.1M – $10.8M.
- What sectors does henQ vc focus on?
- henQ vc focuses on Enterprise Software, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is henQ vc located?
- henQ vc is headquartered in Amsterdam, NL.
- Does henQ vc lead rounds?
- Yes, henQ vc leads investment rounds.
- Who does henQ vc co-invest with?
- henQ vc most often shares deals with HENQ Invest, Battery Ventures, Prime Ventures, among 47 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 2
Backed is a European seed-stage venture fund that leads and invests early in founders building companies in frontier technology.
SuperSeed is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in software startups, typically supporting companies through their initial growth phase toward £1m in revenue. The firm provides capital and operational guidance to early-stage founders.
Firms observed investing alongside henQ vc, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with henQ vc's recorded portfolio.
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