Graduate Ventures
Venture capital
RollingLast verified 6 Nov 2026
Graduate Ventures is a Dutch venture capital firm providing up to €3M in pre-seed and seed funding to ambitious alumni founders, backed by an extensive university alumni network.
3 deals in the last 24 months, latest 1 Sep 2026. From its website and its deals in the news.
Key facts
- Stages
- Pre-seed, Seed, Series A, Series B
- Sectors
- Agrifood, Foodtech, Other deeptech, Climate & energy
- Ticket
- €100K–€3M
- Typical round size
- €17.2M (median of its recent deals, not a ticket)
- Leads rounds
- 0% of recent deals with a known role
- Eligible countries
- Netherlands
- Provider based in
- Netherlands
- Timing
- Rolling applications
- Focus
- alumni founders
- How to apply
- Apply route unknown · Apply on their site
Recent deals
| Company | Round | Sectors | Amount | Role | Announced |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VitalFluid | Series A | Agrifood, Climate & energy, Cleantech | €17.2M | participant | 1 Sep 2026 |
| VitalFluid · Netherlands | Series B | Agrifood, Water, Cleantech | €17.2M | participant | 27 Aug 2026 |
| QuantWare | Series B | Quantum, Hardware & IoT, Semiconductors | €159.4M | participant | 10 May 2026 |
Funds
- second seed fund · €125M · closed 6 Oct 2026
- tweede seedfonds · €125M · closed 6 Oct 2026
Evidence
Short excerpts from the sources, in their original language, that back the facts above.
- Apply link
https://www.graduate.nl/funding | Explore funding
https://www.graduate.nl/ - Kind
Pre-seed & seed VC for alumni founders
https://www.graduate.nl/ - Kind
Graduate Ventures mentioned among the most active VCs in Europe
https://www.graduate.nl/insights/graduate-ventures-launches-wageningen-pre-seed-fund-to-accelerate-university-spin-outs - Sectors
Each region contributes its expertise, from deeptech to food and agritech.
https://www.graduate.nl/insights/graduate-ventures-launches-wageningen-pre-seed-fund-to-accelerate-university-spin-outs - Stages
at the Pre-Seed and Seed stage.
https://www.graduate.nl/ - Stages
Graduate Ventures makes pre-seed investments averaging €100,000 and seed investments ranging from €500,000 to €2 million.
https://www.graduate.nl/insights/graduate-ventures-launches-wageningen-pre-seed-fund-to-accelerate-university-spin-outs - Ticket
We invest up to €3M in ambitious founders at the Pre-Seed and Seed stage.
https://www.graduate.nl/ - Ticket
Graduate Ventures makes pre-seed investments averaging €100,000 and seed investments ranging from €500,000 to €2 million.
https://www.graduate.nl/insights/graduate-ventures-launches-wageningen-pre-seed-fund-to-accelerate-university-spin-outs - Ticket
We invest up to €3M in ambitious founders at the Pre-Seed and Seed stage.
https://www.graduate.nl/ - Ticket
Graduate Ventures makes pre-seed investments averaging €100,000 and seed investments ranging from €500,000 to €2 million.
https://www.graduate.nl/insights/graduate-ventures-launches-wageningen-pre-seed-fund-to-accelerate-university-spin-outs
Status history
- 6 Nov 2026: Rolling → Uncertain (freshness: investor activity)
- 6 Nov 2026: Rolling (first extraction)
- 6 Nov 2026: Uncertain → Rolling (profiles: investor activity)
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