Venture capital firm

Nascent Ventures

Dutch seed fund that creates and builds high-tech start-ups from university and research institute technology

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Nascent Ventures is a seed fund in the Netherlands that sets up high-tech companies itself rather than only funding them. It draws on ground-breaking technology from Dutch research institutes and universities, especially physics.

What Nascent Ventures offers

Find: scouts promising technologies coming out of research in the Netherlands.
Found: creates the start-up, with the fund manager acting as its chief executive in the early years.
Fund: supplies pre-seed and seed capital.
Share structure: takes founder shares at nominal value, which helps limit dilution in later rounds.

Who it works with

The fund works with universities, technology transfer offices and researchers who hold commercial technology. It targets inventions that could disrupt existing markets or open new ones. Its two partners, Hans Brouwer and Steven Tan, have a long working relationship.

Key facts

Based in: the Netherlands
Stage: pre-seed and seed
Partner experience: around 50 years combined in high-tech and start-ups

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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Nascent Ventures is ranked on 1 TrustList ranking at #25.

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Venture capital firm · 1 ranking

#25of 35
Amsterdam
It is one of 3 here listing pre seed and seed stage.
Of the 35 here, 7 also cover fintech and 4 also cover series a; 12 also work in London and 9 also work in New York City.
Behind Metavallon VC, ahead of Norgine Ventures.

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