Our Mission
Accelerating equal opportunities for female founders
We believe in the untapped potential of female entrepreneurs. We invest in bold female founders building tech-enabled, scalable businesses — and back the founders the market has structurally overlooked.
What we offer
Project Venus: a tailored 9-month programme to scale your business
When we invest, the work begins. With Project Venus we turn capital into capability: an intensive nine-month build phase across strategy, marketing, team, supply chain, finance and compliance — pairing every founder with 1:1 partner mentorship, tailored learning, and the New Girls Network for capital, customers and operators.
Investment Approach
What we look for
We back female founders solving meaningful problems through scalable, technology-enabled businesses. Four filters guide every decision:
Founder-Market Fit
Deep domain expertise, intrinsic motivation and lived understanding of the problem. We back complementary, diverse teams that execute under pressure and build with long-term conviction.
Tech-enabled Scalability
Technology drives operational leverage and differentiated value creation, without requiring linear growth in cost or headcount.
Real Problem, Large Market
Companies solving urgent, high-value problems with clear customer demand, strong market potential and willingness to pay.
Value-Add Fit
Where our Big 4 expertise adds proven value: strategy, transformation, finance, value creation, risk and modelling.
Investment Mandate
How we invest
Stage
Pre-seed & Seed
Geography
Netherlands focus, EU reach
Sectors
Sector agnostic
Our Team
The people behind the mission
Marleen Tuijl
Co-Founder
Quantitative modelling, data & AI, financial services and insurance expertise
Arthur Kramer
Co-Founder
Finance & value creation, finance transformation & CFO leadership, energy & industrials expertise
Iris Bosma
Co-Founder
Technology and cyber strategy & transformation, defense and security expertise
Suzanne Wisse-Huiskes
Chair Investment Committee
InvestEU fund, family office advisor, investment committee expertise
Martine Rooth
Advisor & founder coach
Serial health tech entrepreneur, board member, fractional CEO/CCO
Michiel de Rijk
Advisor & founder coach
Serial entrepreneur energy & technology
Our Partners
Portfolio
Currently seeking bold ventures
We are actively investing in female-led, tech-enabled startups solving real problems in large markets. Think you're a fit?
Get in Touch
Let's start a conversation
Whether you're a founder, investor, or potential partner, we'd love to hear from you.