Brooklyn Ventures

Brooklyn Ventures is a venture builder headquartered in the Netherlands. Rather than only investing, it takes an active operating role in the young companies it works with, aiming to help them reach the next stage of growth.

Products and services

• Executive support: one of its partners joins a company's leadership team.
• Temporary operational cover: associates fill gaps in key operating areas.
• Specialist expertise: funding, finance, legal, business development, online marketing, data analysis and IT architecture.
• Introductions: contacts and partnerships with international industry figures.

Customers and markets

Start-ups and scale-ups led by at least two capable founders with technical and market knowledge, scalable products and international ambitions. It prefers teams with a strong vision and intellectual property but limited senior execution capacity.

Key facts

• Based in: the Netherlands
• Founded: 2011
• Team: three owner-partners plus associates
• Portfolio offices: Johannesburg, Dubai, Lagos, London, Houston, New Delhi and Kuala Lumpur