NP-Hard Ventures
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Seed · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Early-stage fund partnering with technical, product-focused founders building core infrastructure (dev tools, industrial automation, APIs) across Europe and US; led by repeat founders/ex-angels and acting as non-lead collaborative partners.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website
Anke Huiskes is an operator-turned-investor who scaled Pebble, returned to the Netherlands to bridge Twente and Silicon Valley, and is known in Dutch media as the woman of 10 million.
Micha Hernandez van Leuffen is a serial founder-operator who leads Fiberplane, built and sold Wercker to Oracle, and brings DevOps expertise, developer-first observability leadership, and scaling-to-exit pattern recognition.
Paul Veugen is a serial founder who built and sold Usabilla and Human and, as an operator-investor, backs delightful Trojan-horse products that inspire behavior change and champions early marketing.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does NP-Hard Ventures invest at?
- NP-Hard Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is NP-Hard Ventures's typical check size?
- NP-Hard Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $500K.
- What sectors does NP-Hard Ventures focus on?
- NP-Hard Ventures focuses on Crypto & Web3.
- Does NP-Hard Ventures lead rounds?
- NP-Hard Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
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