Investing in startups is obviously risky. With Golden Egg Check Capital we aim to mitigate these risks in a number of ways with our investment strategy. In this way we believe we can achieve a strong returns for our investors. GEC Capital I is a co-investment venture capital fund, we invest tickets up to €100k together with specialized lead VCs (or highly relevant angels). Here are three reasons why we think this strategy works:  Co-investing with conviction-based specialists Diversification: investing in 30-35 companies Follow-on investments in our winners Let’s dis ..read more

Which companies are set to add to the B2B SaaS sector’s clout in the coming years? Investors from Peak, Frontline Ventures, CapitalT and Visionaries Club share the non-portfolio startups on their watchlists. Not one, but even two of our Golden Egg Check Capital portfolio companies are mentioned by investors as B2B SaaS companies to watch in 2024! (And there are only 13 companies on this list) Orq.ai Orq.ai is a generative AI platform for enterprises that enables teams to integrate with various large language models to build and ship their own GenAI apps. We’ve invested in Orq.ai last year tog ..read more

Golden Egg Check heeft samen met Dealroom en de partners van het Quarterly Startup Report consortium becijfert hoeveel er in het eerste kwartaal in Nederlandse startup en scale-ups is geïnvesteerd. Wij proberen ook altijd in te schatten hoe groot deals zijn waar de omvang niet van is gepubliceerd, schatten wij dat er in Q1 1.08 miljard euro is geïnvesteerd. De belangrijkste bevindingen zijn in het persbericht hieronder weergegeven. De hele lijst met investeringen die we hebben opgenomen is hier te vinden. Wil je meer inzichten voor eigen analyses en scouting? Overweeg dan ons data & d ..read more

We’re proud to announce that Runnr.ai has successfully secured €1 million in funding led by Arched Capital and joined by angel investors Roland Zeller (ex-GetYourGuide), Marnix van der Ploeg (ex-Booking.com) and Hans Pieters, and GEC Capital, the venture capital fund of Golden Egg Check. This round marks a significant milestone in Runnr’s mission to create the best guest communication in the hospitality industry. This financial backing will accelerate our objectives: Enhanced Guest Satisfaction: By using AI, Runnr aims to offer personalized experiences that turn first-time guests into lifelon ..read more

Golden Egg Check, together with Dealroom and the partners of the Quarterly Startup Report consortium, has calculated how much was invested in Dutch startups and scale-ups by 2023. The key findings are presented in the press release below. Because we also try to estimate deals whose size has not been published, we estimate that 620 million euros were invested in Q4 and nearly 2.1 billion euros in 2023.   Amsterdam – January 17, 2024 The startup investments in 2023 ended at a peak by writing down the best quarter of the year in both the number of deals and the total amount invested. Apart f ..read more

Amersfoort, January 17, 2024 Golden Egg Check has announced that their venture capital fund has raised 2.5 million euros from investors. With this fund, GEC Capital I, Golden Egg Check aims to make a total of 30 to 35 investments in tech companies over three years. The fund, which launched in 2022, now has a portfolio of 14 startups, mostly Dutch software companies. At its inception, the fund had an investment budget of half a million euros, at the time the smallest venture capital fund in the Netherlands. With the new capital injection from several (former) tech entrepreneurs and investment c ..read more

Last week, Golden Egg Check co-organized the Dutch New Narrative Lab (DNNL) Founders & Funders Dinner. The purpose of this dinner was to bring underrepresented founders and investors together. It was such an inspiring evening, with so many personal, interesting stories. For example from Mpanzu Bamenga, Human Rights Man of the Year 2021, who was also installed as Member of Dutch Parliament for D66 that same day. Our contribution was to invite the angel investors and venture capital funds that are keen to invest in diverse teams. Thanks all for joining us!     The post GEC co ..read more

Gisteren was Thomas bij De Ondernemer Live in de studio om de AFAS Young Business Award na te beschouwen samen met Marleen Evertsz. Drone-bedrijf Avy werd afgelopen zondag als winnaar gekozen door de jury. Thomas vertelt o.a. over: Hoe Golden Egg Check de kennis en expertise van investeerders heeft betrokken in de voorbereiding voor de jury Een tip voor ondernemers voor pitchwedstrijden De 3 belangrijkste criteria van Golden Egg Check Capital om te bepalen in welke startups ze investeren en geeft opbouwend advies voor de juryleden van de volgende AFAS YBA Kijk de aflevering hier terug: Een ..read more

Slush 2023 is a wrap! Ytsen and Thomas joined the Dutch delegation of startups and investors in cold, snowy Helsinki to meet other VCs, founders and potential LPs for our next fund. We enjoyed all the nice conversations and were very proud to have been in Helsinki together with many of the founders in our Golden Egg Check Capital family! Nima Salami launched OASYS NOW’s first product at Slush   Seun Owolabi (Propel) gave a pitch at the Startup Studio stage of Slush The post Golden Egg Check at Slush 2023 appeared first on Golden Egg Check ..read more

Last Friday we hosted our very first Golden Egg Check Capital community event. We had a blast, hopefully you did too! Our thanks goes out to all the founders, investors, operators, speakers and partners that were there. We already decided to host more of this kind of community events, so do let us know if you’re interested in the next one! Pictures can be found here: https://galleries.page.link/9xztE The post First GEC Capital community event: we had a blast! appeared first on Golden Egg Check ..read more