2023
Invest-NL invests €11m in Nearfield Instruments (22 May 2023)
IH acted for Invest-NL, which invested through its Deep Tech Fund. Innovation Industries and TNO also invested in this round.
Innovatiefonds Twente and Twente Technology Fund lead investment round in 20Med (22 May 2023)
IH acted for Innovatiefonds Twente and Twente Technology Fund.
Revent, Nucleus Capital and others invest in Farmless (10 May 2023)
IH acted for lead investors Revent and Nucleus Capital. Other investors in the round included Possible Ventures, HackCapital, Sustainable Food Ventures, Voyagers.io Climate-Tech Fund, Tet Ventures and angel investors.
Invest-NL, Infinity Recycling and LyondellBasell invest in Pryme (9 May 2023)
IH acted for Invest-NL.
Graduate Entrepreneur, TenNineVC, Golden Egg Check and others invest in OASYS NOW (3 May 2023)
IH acted for OASYS NOW.
Royal Cosun and Oost NL invest €8m in revyve (2 May 2023)
IH acted for revyve.
Invest-NL invests €10m in Healthy Food Systems Impact Fund, a fund managed by Pymwymic (25 April 2023)
IH acted for Invest-NL.
Yard Energy invests in Big Ass Battery (5 April 2023)
IH acted for Big Ass Battery.
Invest-NL invests €10m in Seenons (5 April 2023)
IH (Matthijs Ingen-Housz, Meelf van Oosten) acted for Invest-NL.
Energy Impact Partners leads €15m investment round in HeatTransformers (4 April 2023)
IH acted for HeatTransformers.
Invest-NL invests €25m in Polestar Capital (4 April 2023)
IH acted for Invest-NL.
Snap acquires Th3rd (24 March 2023)
IH acted for Th3rd and its sellers.
OneThird attracts investment in round led by Pymwymic (23 March 2023)
IH acted for OneThird.
Coolset attracts seed investment in round led by Global Cleantech Capital (20 March 2023)
IH acted for Coolset. Other investors in the round include Shamrock Ventures, Horizon Flevoland and The sharing Group.
Quantware attracts €6m seed investment (9 March 2023)
IH acted for Quantware. The round was led by FORWARD.one
Effect Photonics attracts $40m investment (3 March 2023)
IH acted for co-lead investor Invest-NL.
Doctolib acquires Siilo (2 March 2023)
IH acted for Siilo investor Heal Capital.
Source.ag attracts $23m Series A investment in round led by Astanor (22 February 2023)
IH acted for Source.ag. Other investors in the round included existing investor Acre as well as several of the Netherlands’ leading greenhouse operators.
Xeltis attracts €32m Series D2 investment (21 February 2023)
IH acted for investor Invest-NL. Other investors in the round included DeVita Venture Group as well as current investors EQT Life Sciences and Grand Pharma.
Healthy.Capital leads investment round in Primio (21 February 2023)
IH acted for Healthy.Capital
Oost NL leads investment round in QuinteQ (21 February 2023)
IH acted for Oost NL
Borski Fund leads investment round in AIIR Innovations (8 February 2023)
IH acted for Borski Fund. Other investors in the round are Mainport Innovation Fund and Hearstlab Europe.
Innovation Industries launches its third fund, Innovation Industries Fund III with a first close of €200m (8 February 2023)
IH acted for Innovation Industries, setting up the fund. The fund will invest in deep tech startups. Investors in the fund include PME, PMT, Rabo Investments, BOM, Oost NL and TNO.
Point Nine and Notion Capital invest €5m in Vev (7 February 2023)
IH acted for Vev.
Existing investors invest in e-scooter sharing platform felyx (2 February 2023)
IH acted for felyx.
Invest-NL, ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Ventures and Quadia lead €49m investment in Fairphone (31 January 2023)
IH acted for lead investors Invest-NL, ABN AMRO Sustainable Impact Ventures and Quadia.
ABN AMRO Ventures invest in Hadrian (24 January 2023)
IH acted for Hadrian. The round follows last Summer’s €10.5m investment round in Hadrian led by HV Capital.
Serra Holding and BOM Brabant invest in ReMediZ (16 January 2023)
IH acted for ReMediZ.
Modi Ventures invest in Lapsi Health (11 January 2023)
IH acted for Lapsi Health.
Peak, Dutch Founders Fund and Keen Venture Partners invest in VonWood (10 January 2023)
IH acted for lead investors Peak and Dutch Founders Fund.
Creative Fabrica attracts $61m of funding (9 January 2023)
IH acted for Creative Fabrica. New investors are Alven, TriplePoint and LionTree. Existing investors Felix Capital, FJ Labs, and Peak Capital also invested in this round.
Arthrosave attracts funding (5 January 2023)
IH acted for Arthrosave. The round was lead by new investor Essential Investments and current investor Oost NL.
2022
Icos Capital leads investment round in CarboOro (23 December 2022)
IH acted for CarbonOro.
Posco and Urban Impact Ventures lead investment round in Hardt hyperloop (21 December 2022)
IH acted for Hardt hyperloop.
Health Innovations, LUMO Labs and Oost NL invest in Aiosyn (21 December 2022)
IH acted for Oost NL
Navus Ventures and Oost NL invest in Saia (19 December 2022)
IH acted for Oost NL
Blossom Capital leads €12m Series A round in TheyDo (13 December 2022)
IH acted for TheyDo. 20VC and others also participated in this round.
Newion and APG lead €5.1m investment round in VIKTOR (12 December 2022)
IH acted for VIKTOR. Seed investor InnovationQuarter also participated in this round.
South Central Ventures invests in Pixyle.ai (8 December 2022)
IH acted for Pixyle.ai
Global Campus leads investment round in SUPPLIEZ (2 December 2022)
IH acted for SUPPLIEZ.
Crowdfunding platform OnePlanetCrowd merges with Invesdor (22 November 2022)
IH acted for OnePlanetCrowd shareholder Oost NL.
Index Ventures and Kindred Capital lead €5.5m investment round in Cradle (17 November 2022)
IH acted for Cradle.
Achmea Innovation Fund invests in Clear.bio (9 November 2022)
IH acted for Clear.bio.
Oost NL leads €12m Series A investment round in Enzyre (2 November 2022)
IH acted for Oost NL. Other investors in the round included i&i Biotech Fund, Demcon Ventures, Takeda Ventures and Novalis.
Brightlands Ventures leads investment round in Greencovery (21 October 2022)
IH acted for Greencovery.
imec and Novel-T team up to launch €12m imec.istart Fund (19 October 2022)
IH acted for imec.istart Fund. Investors in the fund include VDL, University of Twente, Oost NL, TNO and others.
KEEN Venture Partners and others invest €75m in Crisp (10 October 2022)
IH acted for KEEN Venture Partners.
Rubio Impact Ventures leads €15m investment round in OpenUp (9 October 2022)
IH acted for Rubio Impact Ventures. Achmea Innovation Fund also participated in this round.
Worldline invests in Online Payment Platform (OPP) (29 September 2022)
IH acted for OPP. Worldline acquires 40% in OPP and also gets a call option to acquire 100%.
Holland Capital leads €4.5m investment round in Channext (27 September 2022)
IH acted for Holland Capital. Graduate Entrepreneur Fund also participated in this round.
DeepTechXL leads investment round in InPhocal (26 September 2022)
IH acted for DeepTechXL. BOM Brabant and TechInvest also participated in this round.
Bosch acquires ItoM (22 September 2022)
IH acted for Ideas to the Market (ItoM), an Eindhoven-based semiconductor company. Buyer is Robert Bosch, the German technology group.
Value Creation Capital new funds created (22 September 2022)
IH acted for Value Creation Capital, setting up the funds
DeepTechXL leads investment round in Alphabeats (16 September 2022)
IH acted for DeepTechXL. LUMO Labs also participated in this round.
Rival Foods attracts €6m funding in Series A round led by Roquette Ventures and Peakbridge (14 September 2022)
IH acted for Rival Foods.
Quatt attracts €2m funding in seed round led by Impact Equity Fund (14 September 2022)
IH acted for Quatt.
Parfumado attracts €3.6m funding in round led by Borski (8 September 2022)
IH acted for Parfumado.
Lightyear attracts €81m in round led by Invest-NL (6 September 2022)
IH acted for Invest-NL.
Placo Therapeutics attracts €17.3m in Series A round (6 September 2022)
IH acted for investor Oost NL.
Socotec acquires CAG Groep from Gate Invest (5 September 2022)
IH acted for CAG Groep management
Elestor attracts €30m Series B investment in round led by Equinor and co-led by Invest-NL (30 August 2022)
IH acted for Elestor. Somerset Capital Partners, and existing shareholders EIT InnoEnergy and Enfuro Ventures also participated in this round.
Gradyent attracts €10m Series A investment in round led by Eneco Ventures (17 August 2022)
IH acted for Gradyent. Existing investors Capricorn, Helen Ventures and ENERGIIQ also participated in this round.
Haermonics attracts €4.3m Series A investment (2 August 2022)
IH acted for new investor Invest-NL. Other investors in the round included existing investors Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (BOM), strategic partner DEMCON Medical Devices and Stepping Stone (a fund managed by healthtech venture builder NLC).
Vosbor attracts $7m seed investment in round led by Lux Capital (28 July 2022)
IH acted for Vosbor. Other investors in the round included FJ Labs, Market One Capital, 7Percent Ventures, Athos Capital and Nucleus Capital.
Cartona attracts $12m investment in Series A round led by Silicon Badia (27 July 2022)
IH acted for Cartona. Other investors in the round included the SANAD Fund for MSME, Arab bank Accelerator and Sunny Side Ventures.
ION+2 and TTT Medtech lead investment round in Predica Diagnostics (26 July 2022)
IH acted for ION+2, a fund managed by Oost NL in respect of this first investment made by the fund. Co-investor Thematic Technology Transfer Medtech Fund is a fund managed by Innovation Industries.
Silicon Badia leads $12m Series A investment round in Cartona (25 July 2022)
IH acted for Silicon Badia. Cartona is an Egyptian B2B marketplace
Thales acquires OneWelcome for €100m (12 July 2022)
IH acted for seller Oost NL.
Cloudprinter.com attracts €7m investment (12 July 2022)
IH acted for Cloudprinter.com. Investors in the round included Capital Mills and BOM Brabant.
ION+ invests in HTEX (12 July 2022)
IH acted for ION+, the investment fund.
BosNieuwerkerk acquires HeatMatrix (11 July 2022)
IH acted for seller Oost NL.
Oost NL invests in Purgatoria (8 July 2022)
IH acted for Oost NL. Oost NL invested through its ION+ investment fund.
Baserow attracts €5m investment (6 July 2022)
IH acted for lead investor Inkef Capital
Cartona attracts $12m investment (29 June 2022)
IH acted for lead investor Silicon Badia
Bykea Technologies attracts $ 10m investment (27 June 2022)
IH acted for Prosus Ventures.
HV Capital leads € 10,5m seed-investment in Hadrian (24 June 2022)
IH acted for Hadrian. Picus Capital, Slimmer AI and angel investors including Adriaan Mol also invested in this round.
Keen Venture Partners leads investment in Bits of Stock (14 June 2022)
IH acted for Keen Venture Partners. Snap Inc.’s Yellow Accelerator also invested in this round.
Slimmer AI invests in Uncover (13 June 2022)
IH acted for Slimmer AI.
ABN AMRO SIF, Rubio Impact Ventures and others invest in Wakuli (7 June 2022)
IH acted for Wakuli.
CbusineZ, Healthy.Capital and others invester in MS Sherpa (3 June 2022)
IH acted as transaction advisor.
Point72 Ventures leads $15.5m investment in Incognia (2 June 2022)
IH acted for investor Prosus.
Studytube acquires Speakrs (2 June 2022)
IH acted for Studytube.
Speedinvest, Dutch Founders Fund and Mosaic Ventures invest $8m in Smiler (31 May 2022)
IH acted for Dutch Founders Fund.
Navus Ventures, Van eeghen family fund and others invest in 1-2-Taste (31 May 2022)
IH acted for 1-2-Taste.
ASML, Philips and others launch €100m DeepTechXL Fund I (24 May 2022)
IH acted for DeepTechXL Fund I. Investors in the fund include Philips, ASML, BOM Brabant, TNO, PME and Invest-NL.
SHIFT Invest has final close at €110m (24 May 2022)
IH acted for SHIFT Invest. Investors in the fund include KLM, NS, Schiphol, EIF, TNO and Invest-NL.
Atomico and others invest $70m in TestGorilla (19 May 2022)
IH acted for investor Notion Capital.
Global Founders Capital leads investment round in Voicy (19 May 2022)
IH acted for Voicy.
Maki.vc and Carduso Capital invest in QDI Systems (11 May 2022)
IH acted for QDI Systems.
NLC The European Healthtech Venture Builder and Oost NL invest in ARNE (26 April 2022)
IH acted as transaction counsel.
Navus Ventures, Oost NL and ECG Ventures invest in Corvus Drones (25 April 2022)
IH acted for Oost NL.
Fenergo acquires Sentinels (25 April 2022)
IH acted for Sentinels and its sellers. Sentinels is an AI regtech startup VC backed by Slimmer AI, INKEF Capital and PPRO.
Secondstage Ventures invests in Omnimap (21 April 2022)
IH acted for Secondstage Ventures.
The Fabricant raises €12.8m Series A (8 April 2022)
IH acted for The Fabricant. The round was led by Greenfield One, with participation from Ashton Kutcher, pioneers in the crypto industry and existing investors 4impact, Slingshot Ventures and Borki Fund. The Fabricant is a metaverse platform that lets people create digital couture NFT collectibles.
Eneco acquires in Energie in Huis (6 April 2022)
IH acted for Energie in Huis, its founders and selling shareholders.
No Such Ventures invests in blackbear (23 March 2022)
IH acted for No Such Ventures.
Capnamic Ventures, Dutch Founders Fund and others invest €5m in Reverse.supply (17 March 2022)
IH acted for Dutch Founders Fund.
Atomico and General Catalyst lead $50m Series B investment round in ChannelEngine (15 March 2022)
IH acted for ChannelEngine.
Healthy.Capital, INZET and LIOF invest in Pharmi (15 March 2022)
IH acted for Pharmi and its shareholders.
thelatest.ventures, Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital lead $105m Series A2 investment round in Moove Africa (14 March 2022)
IH acted for lead investors thelatest.ventures, Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital. Moove Africa is a mobility fintech that provides vehicle financing to drivers of ride-hailing platforms.
Secondstage Ventures invests in Deepdesk (14 March 2022)
IH acted for Secondstage Ventures.
Effect Photonics raises a further $20m of Series C funding and acquires a business from Viasat (10 March 2022)
IH acted for investor Invest-NL.
Rabobank, Future Food Fund and others invest in Clear. (10 March 2022)
IH acted for Clear and its shareholders. Clear develops a digital health programme to help people deal with type 2 diabetes. Clear was founded in 2019 by Piet Hein van Dam and Madelon Bracke.
Bi/ond raises $4m of funding in round led by FORWARD.one (8 March 2022)
IH acted for Bi/ond. Bi/ond is a Delft-based organ-on-a-chip technology startup founded by Cinzia Silverstri and Nicolas Gaio.
Source.ag raises $10m of funding in round led by Acre (2 March 2022)
IH acted for Source.ag. Source.ag is an Amsterdam-based agri tech company. It develops AI powered software for indoor farms. Other investors in the round included E14 and Astanor.
TargED Biopharmaceuticals raises €39m of Series A funding (22 February 2022)
IH acted for TargED Biopharmaceuticals, a biotech company focused on developing improved treatments for thrombotic diseases. Investors in this round include INKEF Capital, Sunstone Life Science Ventures, Fund+, Andrea Ventures and Hadean Ventures. The financing was joined by existing investors FIRST (Managed by BioGeneration Ventures), Curie Capital and Utrecht Health Seed Fund.
3DTI (What the Future) raises funding (18 February 2022)
IH acted for 3DTI (What the Future). Investors are Helmshoeve, Doen Participaties and Fair Capital Partners Impact fund. 3DTI combines 3D printing and thermoforming to produce footwear using sustainable materials at lightning speed.
Indē Wild raises $3m Seed funding (16 February 2022)
IH acted for Indē Wild.
Infinity Recycling’s Circular Plastics Fund achieves >€40m first close (11 February 2022)
IH acted for Invest-NL, on its €15m investment in the fund.
Insify raises $17m Series A round led by Accel (10 February 2022)
IH acted for Insify. Insify is an insurtech startup. It’s a pure B2B play as Insify focuses on Europe’s small and medium companies.In addition to Accel, Visionaries Club, existing investors Frontline Ventures and Fly Ventures, and several business angels also participated in the round.
TheyDo raises €1.7m Seed round (10 February 2022)
IH acted for TheyDo. The round was led by InnovationQuarter, with participation of Arches Capital and angel investors.
Pro Parents raises Seed round (10 February 2022)
IH acted for Pro Parents.
Context Labs attracts $28m of equity financing (9 February 2022)
IH acted for Context Labs. Context Labs’ platform enables trusted data, cryptographically attested. For example assisting energy companies to provide attested data to track improvements towards ‘net zero’ carbon. Investors in the round included BP Energy Partners, Equinor Ventures, i(x) investments, KPMG, Neglected Climate Opportunities.
Walker & Dunlop acquires GeoPhy for up to $290m (7 February 2022)
IH acted for INKEF Capital, one of the sellers. Geophysical is a commercial real estate technology company.
Studytube attracts $30m of Series B funding and acquires Springiest (3 February 2022)
IH acted for Studytube.
Lumo Labs and Oost NL invest in Aiosyn (3 February 2022)
IH acted for Oost NL, which invested through its iON+ fund. Aiosyn is a spin-out of the Radboud University Nijmegen.
Channable attracts €55m of Series B funding (1 February 2022)
IH acted for Channable. The round was led by Partech. Existing investor Peak Capital participated in the round
Equalture attracts funding from Shoe Investments (1 February 2022)
IH acted for Equalture
Prolira attracts €5m of Series A funding (31 January 2022)
IH acted for investor Oost NL. Oost NL invested jointly with Borski Fund, Health Innovation, Holland Capital and ROM Utrecht.
PriceSpider acquires Hatch (25 January 2022)
IH acted as counsel to Hatch and the sellers, including founders, Vortex Capital Partners and Icecat. Hatch is an Amsterdam-based software-as-a-service company that helps brands drive sales by making products “shoppable”.
RadNet, Inc acquires Aidence (24 January 2022)
IH acted as counsel to Aidence and the sellers, including founders, INKEF Capital, Northzone, Health Innovations, Rabo Ventures and HenQ. Aidence develops AI applications for automated medical image analysis. RadNet’s stock is listed on NASDAQ.
Lachy Groom, Stewart Butterfield, Adriaan Mol and others invest in Rise Technologies (18 January 2022)
IH acted for Rise Technologies.
Dutch Founders Fund leads investment in BuildStream (18 January 2022)
IH acted for Dutch Founders Fund.
Peak Capital leads seed investment in Workwize (18 January 2022)
IH acted for Workwize. Other investors in this round included the founders of Otrium and the CEO/founder of Studocu.
Project A leads $5m Speed round in Origin (13 January 2022)
IH acted for Origin, an Amsterdam based startup developing a travel app providing personalised trip planning services. Cavalry Ventures and angels such as David Rosenthal, cohost of Acquired, and John Johnson, co-founder of Buzzfeed also participated in this round.
Dutch Founders Fund and Rubio Impact Ventures invest in Winc Academy (12 January 2022)
IH acted for Dutch Founders Fund.
Qu & Co, the Amsterdam-based quantum computing startup merges with PASQAL (11 January 2022)
IH acted for Qu & Co, a quantum computing startup backed by Quantonation and Runa Capital.
Arcline Investment Management buys CoreDux from Silverfleet (4 January 2022)
IH acted for management of CoreDux.
2021
OMERS Ventures leads $60m Series C investment round in Medal.tv (14 December 2021)
IH acted for Medal.tv. Medal.tv is a video clipping service for gamers.
Fortino Capital and Dutch Founders Fund make €1.5m pre-seed investment in Reveall (14 December 2021)
IH acted for lead investor Fortino Capital and Dutch Founders Fund.
PhotonFirst attracts €11m of funding in round led by PhotonDelta and Active Capital Company (2 December 2021)
IH acted for PhotonFirst. PhotonFirst unlocks the power of the photon to measure temperature, strain, pressure and shape.
Tagworks attracts funding in round led by Meneldor and Oost NL (27 November 2021)
IH acted for Tagworks Pharmaceuticals. The proceeds of the financing are being used for the clinical translation of Tagworks lead program.
Arches Capital leads seed investment round in TheyDo (22 November 2021)
IH acted for TheyDo.
Slimmer AI and Village Global lead €2.5m pre-seed investment round in Hadrian (16 November 2021)
IH acted for Slimmer AI. Other investors in this round included various renowned angel investors.
Clear attracts seed funding from Healthy.Capital, impact investor MSM and others (3 November 2021)
IH acted as legal counsel to impact investor MSM and VC fund Healthy.Capital.
Guidewire invests in FRISS (2 November 2021)
IH assisted FRISS with this investment. FRISS is the most widely adopted provider of AI-powered end-to-end fraud prevention and detection solutions for P&C insurers worldwide. This investment is an extension of the $65m Series B investment round in FRISS led by Accel-KKR announced 28 July 2021.
Assessio acquires Eelloo (28 October 2021)
IH acted as counsel to the sellers. Eelloo is a Dutch HR tech company. Assessio is a Swedish HR tech company backed by Main Capital.
Dutch Founders Fund and others invest in Yourcampus (27 October 2021)
IH acted as counsel to lead investor Dutch Founders Fund.
Investment round in Area of People (26 October 2021)
IH acted as counsel to Area of People.
Thuja Capital, Waterman Ventures and Oost NL invest in Alveron Pharma (8 October 2021)
IH acted as transaction counsel. In this extended seed round €3.9m is invested. Alveron Pharma develops a drug to treat certain types of bleeds. The round follows seed financing of €6.5m in 2019.
Invest-NL and Project Sandwater invest €10m in Delft-IMP (6 October 2021)
IH acted for Delft IMP. Delft IMP develops technology that radically extends battery life.
BOM Brabant Ventures leads investment round in Chain Cargo (30 September 2021)
IH acted for BOM Brabant Ventures.
Slimmer AI leads €5m investment round in Vesper (30 September 2021)
IH acted for lead investor Slimmer AI. Other investors in this round included Adriaan Mol, co-founder of unicorns Mollie and MessageBird
Flow Traders makes strategic investment in shape Q (27 September 2021)
IH acted for Flow Traders, the Euronext-listed company. shape Q develops a pan-European Request-for-Quote market place for energy.
Sentinels attracts investment from unicorn PPRO (22 September 2021)
IH acted for Sentinels in this transaction. Sentinels is an AML and transaction monitoring startup. Earlier this year, Sentinels attracted a €5.7m Seed investment in a round led by INKEF Capital
Pulsecath attracts investment and enters into strategic collaboration with Huadong Medicine (17 September 2021)
IH acted for shareholder Oost NL in this transaction. Huadong Medecine is a leading Chinese medicine company. The investment includes both a significant upfront investment and milestone based payments
Crane vc, Northzone, Notion Capital and others invest €7.5m in Fiberplane (15 September 2021)
IH acted for Fiberplane in this seed round. Fiberplane offers a collaborative notebook to help companies/DevOps engineers deal with software incidents/outages.
SoftBank Vision Fund 2 leads €150m Series C funding round in Sendcloud (15 September 2021)
IH acted as lead counsel for SendCloud. L Catterton and HPE Growth also participated in the round. Sendcloud helps online businesses optimize their shipping process.
Nobel Capital invests in Proforto (14 September 2021)
IH acted for Proforto. Proforto operates a B2B workwear (werkkleding) platform.
Xenikos attracts €40m funding from Veloxis (8 September 2021)
IH acted for Xenikos. In connection with the financing, Veloxis acquired call options to acquire the company. Xenikos develops a therapy for immune related disorders.
MindAffect attracts funding from Oost NL and others (7 September 2021)
IH acted for Oost NL.
Insight Partners leads $36m Series A funding round in Trengo (1 September 2021)
IH acted for Trengo. Trengo’s platform combines all communication channels in one environment, boosting customer service and internal team collaboration of organizations.
The Next Closet attracts €3m of equity funding (1 September 2021)
IH acted for The Next Closet. The round was led by Borski Fund and 4Impact. The Next Closet provides an online market place and app for designer clothes.
LeydenJar Technologies attracts €22m of Series A funding (31 August 2021)
IH acted for co-lead investor Invest-NL. LeydenJar Technologies has developed a novel battery technology.
Apple acquires Primephonic (30 August 2021)
IH acted for founders and management of Primephonic. Primephonic is a classical music streaming service.
CM.com invests in Phos (24 August 2021)
IH acted for CM.com, the Euronext listed company. Phos enables merchants to easily convert mobile devices into a payment terminal.
Yummygums attracts €1.2m seed funding (13 August 2021)
IH acted for YummyGums. Yummygums offers vitamins in the form of fruity gummies.
Qu & Co attracts Series A funding in a round led by Quantionation (9 August 2021)
IH acted for Qu & Co. Other investors in this round included Runa Capital. Qu&Co, is a quantum computational software developer.
Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital lead $26m Series A investment round in Moove Africa (9 August 2021)
IH acted for Speedinvest and Left Lane Capital. Moove Africa democratises vehicle ownership in Africa.
Invest-NL and others invest €10.5m in Series B of Onera Health (29 July 2021)
IH acted for Invest-NL. Onera Health is a leader in sleep diagnostic and monitoring solutions. The round was led by Innovation Industries in close cooperation with Invest-NL
Accel-KKR leads $65m Series B investment round in FRISS (28 July 2021)
IH assisted FRISS with this investment round. FRISS is the most widely adopted provider of AI-powered end-to-end fraud prevention and detection solutions for P&C insurers worldwide.
Slimmer AI and Mollie/Klarna alumni launch Biller (27 July 2021)
IH assisted with this pre-seed investment round.
Noordhoff and Studytube enter into joint venture (26 July 2021)
IH assisted Studytube. The joint venture focuses on learning and development tools for healthcare professionals.
Invest-NL invests €15m in SCW Systems (20 July 2021)
IH acted for Invest-NL. SCW develops and exploits waste-to-energy and carbon capture technologies.
iWelcome and Onegoni merge (20 July 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to iWelcome investor Oost NL.
Detail Technologies attracts $5m Seed investment round (15 July 2021)
IH acted for Detail Technologies. The investment round was led by Point Nine, with participation from Adjacent, TQ Ventures and others.
Taager attracts $6.4m Seed investment round (15 July 2021)
IH acted for lead investor 4DX Ventures. RAED Ventures, Beco Capital, Breyer Capital and others also participated in the round.
QuantWare attracts €1m Seed investment round (15 July 2021)
IH acted for QuantWare. The investment round was led by FORWARD.one and UNIIQ, with participation from Rabobank and Quantum Delta.
Castor attracts $45m Series B investment round (14 July 2021)
IH acted for Castor. The investment round was led by Eight Roads and 7Prime, with participation from existing investors Two Sigma and INKEF Capital.
Invest-NL and others invest €26m in ISA Pharmaceuticals (13 July 2021)
IH acted for Invest-NL. ISA Pharmaceuticals is developing immunotherapies.
Time-Travelling Milkman (TTM) attracts Seed financing from SHIFT Invest and Oost NL (7 July 2021)
IH acted for TTM. Time-Travelling Milkman will now be scaling up its plant-based fat ingredient for creamier, healthier dairy alternatives.
TestGorilla attracts $10m of Seed financing (1 July 2021)
IH acted for Notion capital, the lead investor in this round.
Trella attracts $42m of Series A financing (21 June 2021)
IH acted for 4DX, one of the investors.
Invest-NL invests €5m in CapitalT (17 June 2021)
IH acted for Invest-NL.
TicketSwap attracts €8.2m investment round (14 June 2021)
IH acted for TicketSwap. The investment round was led by Million Moneys.
Invest-NL leads €17.5m Series B investment round in Nearfield Instruments (3 June 2021)
IH acted for Invest-NL.
INKEF Capital leads €5.7m seed investment round in Sentinels (2 June 2021)
IH acted for Sentinels and its initial shareholders.
Orikami attracts funding from CbusineZ and Healthy.Capital (31 May 2021)
IH acted for the investors. Orikami has developed digital biomarkers to enable personalised healthcare.
Workwize attracts €0.55m of seed funding (28 May 2021)
IH acted as transaction counsel. Workwize helps companies adjust to the new ‘hybrid work’ world by offering a procurement platform for ‘work-from-home’ products.
Surfix attracts €8.5m of Series A funding (27 May 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to investor Oost NL. Surfix provides a healthcare diagnostics platform.
PHYSEE attracts €8m of Series A funding (20 May 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to PHYSEE. Real estate tech company PHYSEE (physics + seeing = PHYSEE) use technology to create a more sustainable, comfortable and healthy world.
ABN AMRO, 4Impact, Impact Ventures and Operator Exchange invest in Envision (19 May 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to Impact Ventures. Envision aims to empower visually impaired people to become more independent through its AI assistive technology.
Rabobank spins-off TreasurUp. Simultaneously TreasurUp attract Series A funding (18 May 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to TreasurUp and its management. The Series A round was lead by Australian listed cross border payments specialist OFX. Rabobank remains a shareholder. TreasurUp founders/management co-invested in this round.
Speedinvest, High-Tech Gründerfonds and others invest €2 million in Qphox (11 May 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to Qphox. Qphox and its founders developed the Quantum Modem, a breakthrough device that will allow quantum computers to talk to one another by unlocking the potential of the ‘quantum internet’.
DKV Mobility makes strategic investment in Route42 (11 May 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to Route42. Route42 is a transport intelligence software provider, and a portfolio company of Peak Capital.
Studocu attacts US$50 million Series B funding from Partech (10 May 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to Studocu. Ed-tech StuDocu has built a business by way of a platform to help source and share the best student-created class notes.
Prosus Ventures leads US$5 million Series A investment round in DappRadar (7 May 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to Prosus Ventures. Other investors in the round include Blockchain.com, Lightspeed Venture Partners and NordicNinja VC
Prime Ventures leads US$20 million investment round in Orderchamp (6 May 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to Orderchamp.
VenturesOne leads investment in OnePlanetCrowd (4 May 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to Oost NL, an investor in OnePlanetCrowd.
Invest-NL leads €30 million investment round in ONWARD (22 April 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to Invest-NL on this investment round. The round was co-led by Olympic Investments (Onassis Foundation), and included existing investors LSP, INKEF, Gimv and Wellington Partners. ONWARD develops a therapy whereby an implantable system stimulates the spinal cord to restore movement for people with spinal cord injury.
Bloom & Wild acquires Bloomon (22 April 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to Bloomon and its selling shareholders including Fortino, Partech, INKEF Capital and founders on the sale and partial roll-over. The floral designs of Bloomon have literally changed how bouquets look like all around the Netherlands. The combined company is the biggest online florist in Europe.
Effect Photonics completes US$42 million Series C investment round (21 April 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to Invest-NL, one of the investors in this round. The round was led by Smile Invest.
4impact, Borski Fund and Slingshot Ventures invest in The Fabricant (21 April 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to the Fabricant on this investment round in the world’s leading digital fashion house.
Sofina leads €70 million Series B investment round in Dott (20 April 2021)
IH acted as counsel to Prosus Ventures on the €70 million Series B investment in Dott. Dott is an Amsterdam-based e-scooter startup.
OneThird acquires AI specialist firm Impact Analytics (20 April 2021)
IH acted as counsel to Impact Analytics. The Dutch Food Tech company OneThird simultaneously also raises funding of 1.5 million euro from investors SHIFT Invest and Oost NL. The equity raised will be used to accelerate the development of OneThird’s fresh produce quality prediction platform and expand pilots with retail customers.
CM.com acquires Yourticketprovider (19 April 2021)
IH acted for CM.com, the Euronext-listed company, on its acquisition of Yourticketprovider.
Friss fraudebestrijding acquires Terrene Labs (13 April 2021)
IH acted for the company on the company’s acquisition of US-based Terrene Labs.
ION+ invests in QuinteQ Energy (8 April 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to iON+ on this investment by iON+, a fund managed by Oost NL.
InMotionNow acquires Lytho (7 April 2021)
IH acted for the company and its shareholders on the company’s acquisition by US based InMotionNow.
BOND and Index Ventures lead $120M Series C investment in Otrium (31 March 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to one of the investors.
MessageBird acquires 24sessions (30 March 2021)
IH acted for 24sessions and its shareholders on the company’s acquisition by MessageBird.
APG, Shell Ventures and EDP Ventures make Series B investment in Net2Grid (22 March 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to lead investor APG, the Netherlands’ largest pension fund.
4DX Capital, Justin Mateen and others invest $4.8m in Koinz (8 March 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to 4DX Capital on the equity investment in Koinz. Koinz is a Cairo, Egypt-based customer acquisition and retention platform for restaurants.
Connect Ventures and others invest in Detail (8 March 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to Detail and its founder Paul Veugen on this investment led by Connect Ventures. Producing professional live video is hard. Detail wants to put a production crew into your hands. Detail raised $2M in pre-seed funding from Connect Ventures and a group of investors, including Hustle Fund, Alexander Ljung, Arthur Kosten, Hiten Shah, Sten Tamkivi, Märt Kelder, Elodie Jamous & Tony J., Micha Hernandez van Leuffen, Othman Laraki, Anke Huiskes, Jānis Krūms, and Omri Amir.
ION+ invests in Pleco Therapeutics (1 March 2021)
IH acted as legal advisor to iON+ on this investment by ION+, a fund managed by Oost NL. Pleco is creating a new category of cancer medicines which do not only attack the cancer itself, but also target the underlying cause. The first set of products is being developed for patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML).
Providence Strategic Growth invests in Recruitee (16 February 2021)
IH acted for Recruitee and its shareholders on its merger with Sympa HR, a Providence Strategic Growth (PSG)-backed company.
Straumann invests in Promaton (12 February 2021)
IH acted for Promaton and its shareholders on a strategic investment by Straumann. Promaton is leading in B2B dentistry automation. Artificial Intelligence is opening up a new era in dentistry diagnostics and treatment workflows. Promaton is a frontrunner, turning imaging data into clinical insights.
Felix Capital leads $7M Series A investment in Creative Fabrica (21 January 2021)
IH advised Creative Fabrica BV on the equity investment led by Felix Capital with FJ Labs acting as co-investor
INKEF Capital leads €5M Series A investment in ChannelEngine (19 January 2021)
IH advised ChannelEngine BV on the equity investment led by INKEF Capital with Airbridge Equity Partners acting as co-investor
PHYSEE attracts Series A funding (14 January 2021)
IH acted as counsel to the company in this funding round. Investors in this round are Timeless Investments, SHAPE Capital, DWI Grundbesitz and the European Research Fund. PHYSEE develops coatings, solar technology en sensor technology
2020
SHIFT Invest and the ION+ fund invest in SAIA Agrobotics (17 December 2020)
IH acted as counsel to the company in this funding round. SHIFT Invest invests through its technology transfer fund. ION+ fund is a fund managed by Oost NL. Existing investors in SAIA Agrobotics include Innovation Industries. SAIA Agrobotics develops technologies for greenhouse robotics.
KIKK Capital leads €4.4M investment round in Pepscope (14 December 2020)
IH acted as counsel to the company in this funding round. Oost NL and the Netherlands Enterprise Agency also participated in this round. Pepscope is a Dutch biotechnology company.
Permira invests €150M in Catawiki (7 December 2020)
IH acted as counsel to Catawiki’s earliest investor Peak Capital in this investment round. Catawiki is a curated online auction site targeting wealthy consumers with high-end collectibles from classic cars to art and movie memorabilia. Catawiki will use the €150M Permira investment to hire more specialist buyers, who select items for listing, and to return cash to early investors and employees. The Catawiki investment is made by Permira’s Growth Opportunities Fund, a Permira fund that takes minority stakes in tech businesses and has previously invested in Klarna, the Swedish buy-now-pay-later start-up used by online retailers.
Final close of henQ IV, a €103M VC/growth capital fund (3 December 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to the fund manager on certain aspects relating to setting up the fund. henQ IV invests in B2B software companies
€20M Series C investment round in EclecticIQ (1 December 2020)
IH acted as counsel to InvestNL in this funding round. Invest-NL is a large Dutch VC and growth capital impact investor, backed by the Dutch State. EclecticIQ helps governments and companies to identify, protect against and address cyber security threats. Other investors in EclecticIQ include Ace Management, Capricorn Partners, Arches Capital, INKEF Capital, Keen Venture Partners and KPN Ventures.
4Impact invests in Satelligence (24 November 2020)
IH acted as counsel to the company in this funding round. Satelligence combines satellite data, AI and local expertise to help monitor deforestation.
AXA Venture Partners leads 12.6M Series B investment round in Sendcloud (17 November 2020)
IH acted as counsel to Sendcloud. The funding round was led by AXA Venture Partners with participation from existing investors BOM Brabant Ventures, Bonsai Partners and accompanied by a loan from Rabobank. Prior investors also include HenQ, TiiN Capital and Startupbootcamp. Sendcloud strengthens the market position of online stores by optimising their shipping- and returns process.
Newion Investments and others invest in Objective Platform (16 November 2020)
IH acted as counsel to the company’s founder Wilem van de Weide in this €2M equity funding round.
Thuja Capital announces Thuja Capital Healthcare Fund III (TCHF III), a VC fund (11 November 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to TCHF III, setting up the fund. Initial capital providers to TCHF III include the European Investment Fund (EIF). The fund so far raised EUR 43M. It expects to raise a total of EUR 75M to EUR 100M.
Rubio Impact Ventures and others invest in Wakuli (10 November 2020)
IH acted as counsel to Wakuli in this equity funding round.
DN Capital, SmartFin Capital and others invest $17M in Zivver (28 October 2020)
IH acted as counsel to Zivver in this equity funding round.
CM.com announces the acquisition of RobinHQ.com (12 October 2020)
IH acts as legal advisor to CM.com, the Euronext-listed company.
Spark Capital leads $200M Series C investment round in MessageBird (8 October 2020)
IH acted as counsel to lead investor Spark Capital, alongside US counsel Gunderson Dettmer. The investment round gives MessageBird a $3B valuation. The round includes participation from Bonnier, Glynn Capital, LGT Lightstone, Longbow, Mousse Partners and New View Capital. Existing investors Accel, Atomico and Y Combinator also followed on. MessageBird is a cloud communications company, offering an Omnichannel Platform as a Service (OPaaS). The idea is to easily enable medium and smaller sized companies to communicate with customers on any channel of their choosing.
Kingfish Company contemplates IPO (announced 5 October 2020)
IH acts as counsel to shareholder Rabo Corporate Investments in respect of the contemplated IPO of shares on Merkur, Oslo.
Prosus Ventures leads $13M Series B investment round in Bykea (30 September 2020)
IH acted as counsel to lead investor Prosus Ventures. Bykea leads the ride-hailing market in Pakistan.
Holland Capital, Waterman Ventures and others invest €5M of growth equity in U-Needle (28 September 2020)
IH acted as counsel to lead investor Holland Capital. U-Needle designs and manufactures very small needles created for intra-dermal (within the skin) drug delivery.
NextGen Ventures, Oost NL Utrecht Holdings and others invest €10M in AMT Medical (23 September 2020)
IH acted as counsel to the lead investor. AMT Medical will use the funds to bring the ELANA bypass system to the market, replacing open-heart coronary bypass surgery with a minimally invasive procedure.
Panakes and INKEF Capital lead €26M Series A in Salvia BioElectronics (22 September 2020)
IH acted as counsel to Salvia BioElectronics in this Series A round. The round was led by Panakès Partners, INKEF Capital, and SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement with participation from BOM Capital, Thuja Capital, and Dolby Ventures. Salvia BoElectronics is a neurostimulation platform company targeting chronic migraine.
Second close of SHIFT III, a €70M impact investment VC fund (18 September 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to SHIFT III, setting up the fund, and now for the second close of the fund whereby the European Investment Fund, Corbion and others invested another €23m. SHIFT III is a multi-stage impact investments venture capital fund.
ICOS Capital leads €6.5M Series B in Nutrileads (3 September 2020)
IH acted as counsel to the company in this Series B round. Goeie-Grutten Impact Fund and existing shareholders DSM Venturing, Oost NL, SHIFT Invest and Thuja Capital acted as co-investors in this round. Nutrileads develops innovative natural food ingredients with clinically proven health benefits for application in dietary supplements and functional foods.
Two Sigma Ventures leads $12M Series A in Castor EDC (19 August 2020)
IH acted as counsel to the company in this Series A round. Castor is a cloud based clinical data management system which enables researchers to easily capture and integrate data from clinicians, patients and devices.
Heal Capital, Philips Health Technology Venture Fund and EQT Ventures invest $10.5M in Siilo (30 July 2020)
IH acted as counsel to the lead investor in this Series A round. Siilo is a collaboration platform for medical professionals.
Cafeyn acquires Blendle (30 July 2020)
IH acted as legal counsel to Blendle and its shareholders (sellers). Blendle is an online news platform.
Verdane Capital invests €10M in StudyTube (14 July 2020)
IH acted as counsel to Studytube. StudyTube is an online education platform
Peak Capital and Nimbus Ventures invest €1.25M Seed funding in Open Social (14 July 2020)
IH acted as transaction counsel.
Healthy.Capital leads investment round in Alii (29 June 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to Healthy.Capital.
Helen Ventures, Capricorn Partners and ENERGIIQ invests in Gradyent (16 June 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to Gradyent on €1.9m equity investment round in Gradyent. Gradyent developed a AI cloud platform that helps improve the management and efficiency of district heating networks.
ION+ invests in AMT Medical (2 June 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to iON+ on this first investment by ION+, a fund managed by Oost NL. AMT Medical develops the ELANA heart bypass system, which aims to make bypass operations secure and simple, minimising the risk of complications
CM.com announces the acquisition of CX Company (26 May 2020)
IH acts as legal advisor to CM.com, the Euronext-listed company. The transaction comprises a consideration of € 15.5 million (excluding a capped earn-out). The agreed consideration of € 15.5 million will be paid via a combination of cash and shares.
HenQ announces HenQ IV, a €60M VC fund (26 May 2020)
IH acted as one of the legal advisors to HenQ IV, setting up the fund. HenQ invests in European B2B software companies.
€10.5M Series B funding in GATT technologies (18 May 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to GATT Technologies. The €10.5M series B financing was led by NGI LLC, a US based healthcare investor, along with the participation of Johnson & Johnson Innovation – JJDC, Inc., and Oost NL. GATT Technologies developed a breakthrough patented synthetic technology intended to address severe and problematic surgical bleedings and organ leakages.
Ampersand Capital Partners invests in Tjoapack (28 April 2020)
IH acted for the founder of Tjoapack. Tjoapack is a global contract packaging organization (CPO) for the pharmaceutical industry. Tjoapack has received a majority investment from Ampersand Capital Partners, a private equity firm that specializes in partnering with entrepreneur-led healthcare companies.
VenturesOne, Innovatie Fonds Rabobank and others invest €0.5M Seed funding in Wakuli (28 April 2020)
IH acted as transaction counsel. Wakuli cuts out the middlemen between coffee farmers and consumers, selling and delivering coffee directly to consumers
Peak Capital and BOM invest €0.7M Seed funding in Route42 (21 April 2020)
IH acted as transaction counsel. Route42’s ‘transport intelligence platform’ tracks and leverages data to provide services to the transport and logistics sector
NBI closes SHIFT III, a €65m VC fund (31 March 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to SHIFT III, setting up the fund. Investors in the fund include cornerstone investor Rabo Corporate Investments. SHIFT III is a multi-stage impact investments venture capital fund.
OLX leads $120 million investment round in OfferUp/letgo (25 March 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to OLX Group relating to Dutch law aspects. OfferUp and letgo, two of America’s most popular apps to buy and sell locally, have announced their intention to combine their US businesses. OLX Group – the classifieds business of Prosus and letgo’s majority investor – will own 40% of the combined entity. The agreement includes a new $120 million investment round led by OLX Group along with existing OfferUp investors, including Andreessen Horowitz and Warburg Pincus
PeakSpan invests $9m Series A funding in Oaky (27 February 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to PeakSpan. PeakSpan is a US-based growth stage VC fund focused on the B2B software arena. Oaky is an automated up-selling platform that helps hoteliers capture incremental revenue.
Peak Capital invests €1.75M Seed funding in Trengo (27 February 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to Peak Capital, the VC fund. Trengo streamlines customer requests into a shared team-inbox
Innovation Industries closes Innovation Industries II, a €175M VC fund (27 February 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to Innovation Industries, setting up the fund. Investors in the fund include PME, PMT and Rabo Corporate Investments. Innovation Industries is a venture capital fund that invests in high-tech, med-tech and agri-food-tech companies in The Netherlands.
KBC Focus Fund leads investment round in Axign (26 February 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to Axign. Innovation Industries and Oost NL acted as co-investors in this round. This investment round enables Axign to mass produce and launch their new audio devices worldwide.
Healthy.Capital leads €780k Seed investment round in Clear (24 February 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to Healthy.Capital. Other investors participating in the round included Adeline Lee (worked at Clue and Framer), Omri Amir (founder, Easytobook), Paul Veugen (founder, Usabila and Human), Wouter Broekhof (founder, Wakoopa), and Peter Driessen (founder, Spil Games). Clear is a tech startup that designs personalised nutrition for better health scores
CM.com lists on Euronext Amsterdam following business combination with Dutch Star Companies ONE (21 February 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to CM.com’s founders. CM.com is a global Conversational Commerce platform that provides enterprises full-scale CPaaS (Communication Platform as a Service) services with integrated payment solutions
4Impact and InnovationQuarter invest in Equalture (14 February 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to Equalture on the investment by 4Impact and InnovationQuarter. 4Impact is a VC fund investing in Dutch digital tech4good start-ups focusing on societal and sustainable impact and financial return. Equalture’s predictive hiring platform uses neuroscience and AI to help scaleups prevent mishires and efficiently create optimal team composition
Oost NL invests in Sieplo (14 February 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to Oost NL on the investment by Oost NL.
Innovation Industries invests in ATO-GEAR (29 January 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to ATO-GEAR on the investment round led by Innovation industries. BOM Brabant Ventures and a consortium of business angels co-invested in this round. ATO-Gear has developed a device that analyzes the performance of runners and running shoes, providing real time coaching guidance and feedback (B2B and B2C).
Oost NL invests in VSGM (23 January 2020)
IH acted as legal advisor to Oost NL on its investment in VSGM. VSGM developed an innovative circular CO2 and nitrogen efficient ‘sludge to building material’ method.
2019
Health Innovations, Oost NL and others invest in Gannet (19 December 2019)
IH acted as legal advisor to lead investors Health Innovations and Oost NL on the Series A investment in Gannet. Gannet has developed a hip implant that strongly reduces hip fracture complications, simplifies hip fracture surgeries and saves costs.
Rabo Corporate Investments, Creadev and others invest in Kingfish Zeeland (3 December 2019)
IH acted as legal advisor to lead investor Rabo Corporate Investments on the Series A investment in Kingfish Zeeland. Jingfish Zeeland produces yellowtail kingfish.
IbanFirst acquires NBWM (20 November 2019)
IH acted as legal advisor to fintech company Nederlandsche Betaal- en Wissel Maatschappij (NBWM) and its shareholders on the sale of NBWM to IbanFirst.
Filsa Capital and Oost NL invest in Textmetrics (14 November 2019)
IH acted as legal advisor to lead investor Oost NL on the financing round of Textmetrics.
Innovatie- en Energiefonds Gelderland invests in Zonneakker Voorst (3 October 2019) and in Zonneakker Eerbeek (16 December 2019)
IH acted as legal advisor to Innovatie- en Energiefonds Gelderland on their investment in Zonneakker Voorst respectively Zonneakker Eerbeek.
Healthy.Capital invests in Orikami (2 October 2019)
IH acted as legal advisor to Healthy.Capital on the seed equity investment by Healthy.Capital
Announced IPO of CM.com (30 September 2019)
IH acted as legal advisor to CM.com’s founders on the announced IPO of CM.com
Q8 and others invest €8m in SnappCar (26 September 2019)
IH acted as legal advisor to SnappCar on the €8m equity investment by Q8 (Tango) and others
4DX Capital, Beco Capital and others invest $6.2m in MaxAB (25 September 2019)
IH acted as legal advisor to 4DX Capital and Beco Capital on the $6.2m equity investment in MaxAB. Others co-investors included 500 Startups, Endure Capital and Outlierz Ventures. B2B e-commerce company MaxAB looks to optimize the supply-chain network for Egypt’s food and grocery retailers. MaxAB has built a digital platform to manage procurement and delivery of grocery products to shops in Egypt.
HenQ Capital invests in Orderchamp (11 September 2019)
IH acted as legal counsel on the €3,000,000 investment by henQ Capital in Orderchamp
Oost NL and Energiefonds Overijssel invest in RC Panels (5 September 2019)
IH acted as legal counsel to Oost NL on their investment in RC Panels.
Battery Ventures leads $33m Series B investment round in Mews Systems (29 August 2019)
IH acted as legal counsel to investors Notion Capital and HenQ Capital on the Series B investment round in Mews Systems led by Battery Ventures. Mews operates a cloud based hotel management platform, an open platform automating check-ins and payments and covering booking management.
Peak Capital invests in Dyme (27 August 2019)
IH acted as legal counsel on the investment by Peak Capital in Dyme
OneFit merges into Urban Sports Club (8 August 2019)
IH acted as legal counsel to INKEF Capital, Peak Capital, founders and other shareholders of OneFit on the merger of OneFit with Urban Sports Club
Bonsai Partners invests in SendCloud (23 July 2019)
IH acted as legal counsel to SendCloud on the investment round led by Bonsai Partners in SendCloud
Peak Capital invests in Happyprinting (16 July 2019)
IH acted as legal counsel on the investment by Peak Capital in Happyprinting
EQT Ventures and Naspers Ventures lead a €30 million Series A investment round in Dott (4 July 2019)
IH acted as lead counsel to the investors on the Series A investment co-led by EQT Ventures and Naspers Ventures in Dott. Dott is an Amsterdam-based e-scooter startup.
Healthy.Capital leads Seed investment round in Reducept (3 July 2019)
IH acted as counsel to venture capital fund Healthy.Capital on its equity investment in Reducept
Healthy.Capital leads investment round in Saar aan Huis (18 June 2019)
IH acted as counsel to venture capital fund Healthy.Capital on its equity investment in Saar aan Huis
Valor Capital and Unbox Capital lead $20m Series B investment round in In Loco (6 June 2019)
IH acted as advisor to In Loco on its $20m Series B investment round. In Loco helps brands to advertise more effectively based on an accurate location technology.
Thuja Capital, Waterman Ventures and Oost NL invest €6.5m in Alveron Pharma (16 May 2019)
IH acted as advisor to Thuja Capital, Waterman Ventures and Oost NL. Alveron Pharma will use the new funding on programs to develop drugs that reverse the effects of anticoagulants (blood thinners).
Naspers sells Buscapé to Zoom (14 May 2019)
IH acted as advisor to Naspers on Dutch law aspects of the sale of Buscapé to Zoom. Buscapé is trusted by 15 million unique monthly visitors to compare prices online before shopping. The sale is consistent with Naspers’ focus on its core businesses in the online classifieds, food delivery, and payments and fintech sectors.
Mercy Corps Ventures invests in Meridia (3 May 2019)
IH acted as advisor to Meridia (Landmapp B.V.) on the investment by Mercy Corps Ventures. Based in the Netherlands and Ghana, Meridia is an end-to-end solution for land and property documentation for individuals and communities in emerging markets.
Thuja Capital, BOM, CD3 and Gemma Frisius Fund invest in Cytura Therapeutics (23 April 2019)
IH acted as advisor to Cytura Pharma BV. Cytura Therapeutics will use the new funding to advance its proprietary small molecule program and to expand their pipeline of new disruptive drugs, targeting genomic instability.
OLX sells classifieds business in certain African countries to Jiji (1 April 2019)
IH acted as advisor to OLX BV on the sale to their main competitor on the African market of their classifieds businesses in Kenya, Ghana, Uganda and Tanzania.
Anthemis Group and INKEF Capital invest in Provable Labs (announced 2019)
IH acted as advisor to Provable Labs BV on the investment round by Anthemis and INKEF.
HenQ invests in Airsquire (6 March 2019)
IH acted as advisor to Airsquire on the equity investment by HenQ.
Aidence raises €10 million Series A (20 February 2019)
IH acted as advisor to Aidence on its €10 million Series A funding round. The round was led by INKEF Capital and co-investor Rabo Ventures, alongside Aidence’s existing investors Northzone, HenQ and Health Innovations. Aidence will use the funds to revolutionise the medical imaging industry
Oost NL, MSB Isala and Frans Van Duikeren invest in Protinhi Therapeutics (13 February 2019)
IH acted as advisor to Oost NL on their investment in Protinhi Therapeutics. Protinhi Therapeutics develops drugs that fight viruses like zika and dengue. It received the investment to work on their proof of concept.
OMRON invests in Luscii (17 January 2019)
IH acted as advisor to OMRON, the Japan-based medical equipment multinational on its investment in Luscii, the Netherlands-based e-health company. Simultaneously, OMRON and Luscii start a strategic cooperation.
INKEF Capital and others invest in Polarsteps (16 January 2019)
IH acted as advisor to Polarsteps on the Series A investment round in Polarsteps led by INKEF Capital. Polarsteps is on a journey with a clear destination: it wants to create the best travel app in the world. Without any paid marketing it already achieved 1 million users.
2018
Oost NL and MSB Isala invest in ArthroSave (29 December 2018)
IH acted as counsel to Oost NL on the Series A investment in ArthroSave, a UMCU spin-off which has developed a medical device for a joint saving surgical treatment
EQT Ventures, Naspers Ventures, Axel Springer Digital Ventures, Felix Capital and others invest €20 million in Dott (14 December 2018)
IH acted as lead counsel to the investors on the investment co-led by EQT Ventures and Naspers Ventures in Dott. Dott is an e-scooter start-up.
Naspers commits to invest US$500 million in iFood (13 November 2018)
IH advised Naspers on certain Dutch law aspects related to its commitment to invest $500M of new capital into iFood.
Nimbus Ventures invest in Lone Rooftop (7 November 2018)
IH advised Lone Rooftop BV on the equity investment by Nimbus Ventures
Airbridge Equity Partners invests in ChannelEngine (7 November 2018)
IH advised ChannelEngine BV on the equity investment by Airbridge Equity Partners
Oost NL, Holland Venture and Health Innovations invest in Prolira (1 November 2018)
IH advised Oost NL on the equity investment in Prolira BV
Ambatana acquires shares in letgo for US$189m (announced 30 September 2018)
Ambatana Holdings B.V. (Ambatana) acquired the shares not yet owned by it in the capital of Letgo USA B.V. (letgo) for US$189m. IH advised Ambatana on this acquisition.
P101 invest in Wonderflow (25 September 2018)
IH advised Wonderflow BV on the equity investment by P101, the Italian VC fund.
Holland Venture, Oost NL and Health Innovation Fund invest in LivAssured (20 September 2018)
IH advised lead investor Holland Venture, on the equity investment by its new fund Holland Venture Zorg Innovaties II in LivAssured BV. Holland Venture invested jointly with Innovatie- en Energiefonds Gelderland (Oost NL) and Health Innovation Fund III (Health Innovations). LivAssured’s NightWatch detects clinically urgent epileptic attacks and warns the carers.
€10.5m investment round in SMART Photonics (15 September 2018)
IH advised SMART Photonics and its stakeholders on the €10.5M investment round in SMART Photonics BV. SMART Photonics is the world’s first pure-play foundry for Indium Phosphide photonics semiconductors.
Naspers commits to invest US$500 million in letgo (8 August 2018)
IH advised Naspers on its commitment to invest $500M of new capital into letgo. letgo is the biggest and fastest growing app to buy and sell locally.
Swanbridge Capital invests in IPaDiC (20 July 2018)
IH advised on an investment round in IPaDiC by Swanbridge Capital. IPaDiC develops an implantable insulin pump for diabetes type 1 patients with an insulin resistance.
INKEF Capital and others invest US$ 6.25m in Castor EDC (29 June 2018)
IH acted as advisor to Castor EDC on an investment round in Castor EDC led by INKEF Capital. Castor EDC operates a cloud-based Electronic Data Capture platform that enables every researcher worldwide to easily capture high quality, reusable data.
Notion Capital, henQ and Thayer Ventures invest € 6m in Mews Systems (4 June 2018)
IH acted as advisor to Notion Capital on an investment round in Mews Systems led by Notion Capital with participation from henQ and Thayer Ventures. Mews operates a cloud based hotel management platform, an open platform automating check-ins and payments and covering booking management.
OLX Ventures invest US$ 89m in Frontier Car Group (24 May 2018)
IH acted as advisor to OLX Ventures on Dutch law aspects of an investment round in Frontier Car Group (FCG). FCG operates an online and offline used car marketplace.
Medicxi Ventures and RA Capital invest US$ 30m in Xenikos (15 May 2018)
IH acted as advisor to Xenikos BV on a US$ 30m Series B investment round in Xenikos by Medicxi Ventures and RA Capital. The funds will enable Phase 3 clinical testing of a therapy for treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease (aGVHD)
MindAffect attracts further funding (14 May 2018)
IH acted as advisor to MindAffect on a 1m euro investment round in MindAffect by various investors. MindAffect has developed a unique ‘brain computer interface’ which enables among others ALS patients to communicate again.
Blendle attracts further funding (14 May 2018)
IH acted as advisor to Blendle on a 4m euro investment round in Blendle by Bookspot (Novamedia) and Morten Strunge. Blendle is reinventing the way people consume journalism.
INKEF Capital and Peak Capital invest in OneFit (2 May 2018)
IH acted as advisor to OneFit on the investment round in OneFit led by INKEF Capital. OneFit is a platform that gives people access to many different studios and gyms on a subscription basis.
Innovatiefonds Twente invests in 360 Sports Intelligence (30 April 2018)
IH acted as advisor to Innovatiefonds Twente (IFT) on the investment round led by IFT in 360 Sports Intelligence
ELSGF, Cathay Venture, Aglaia, Korys and others invest US$ 20.5m in Mimetas (11 April 2018)
IH acted as advisor to Mimetas on the US$ 20.5m Series B investment round by European Life Sciences Growth Fund, Aglaia, Korys, Cathay Venture, Oost NL and InnovationQuarter in Mimetas. Mimetas provides organ-on-a-chip products for compound testing, screening and fundamental research.
Thuja Capital invests in Cardiac Booster (2018)
IH acted as advisor to Thuja Capital on the investment round in Cardiac Booster
Innovation Industries invests in Microsure (29 March 2018)
IH acted as advisor to Microsure on the investment round by VC fund Innovation Industries
Makerstreet acquires an equity stake in Big Shots (20 February 2018)
IH acted as advisor to Big Shots on the sale of shares in Big Shots to Makerstreet
TSS acquires Divide (8 February 2018)
IH acted as advisor to the seller on the sale of shares in Divide to Total Specific Solutions
Creation of Health Innovation Fund III (26 January 2018)
IH acted as advisor to Topfonds Gelderland BV and Ontwikkelingsmaatschappij Oost Nederland NV on their investment in Health Innovation Fund III
Topfonds Gelderland, Innovatiefonds Overijssel and Oost NL invest in Connected Capital (25 January 2018)
IH acted as advisor to three investment funds on their investment in Connected Capital, a €50 million venture capital fund
Oost NL invests in ATRO Medical BV (25 January 2018)
IH acted as advisor to Oost NL on the extended Series A investment in ATRO Medical
Axians acquires SecureLayers (19 January 2018)
IH acted as advisor to the seller on the sale of SecureLayers, the cyber security company, to Vinci Energies / Axians
2017
Euroma acquires Intertaste (21 December 2017)
IH acted as advisor to a seller on the sale of Intertaste to Euroma
European Investment Bank (EIB) provides €10m loan to CM (15 December 2017)
IH acted as advisor to CM on the 10m euro subordinated loan by the EIB
BlackFin and Acquiline invest in Friss Fraudebestrijding (12 December 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Friss Fraudebestrijding on the 15m euro investment by venture capital investors BlackFin Capital Partners and Aquiline Capital Partners
Prime Ventures invests in Tripaneer (1 December 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Tripaneer on the investment by Prime Ventures in Tripaneer
Connected Capital and Capnimic Ventures invest in iWelcome (27 November 2017)
IH acted as advisor to investor Oost NL on the investment round in iWelcome
Nascent Ventures, TechNano Fund and others invest in Amsterdam Scientific Instruments (16 November 2017)
IH acted as advisor to lead investor Nascent Ventures on the investment by a consortium of investors in Amsterdam Scientific Instruments
KIKK Capital and Oost NL invest in Tractus 3D (9 November 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Oost NL on the investment in Tractus 3D
Investment round in 20Med (6 November 2017)
IH acted as advisor on the investment by Innovatiefonds Twente, Twente Technology Fund and others in 20Med
Van Lanschot Participaties spun out of Van Lanschot Kempen (3 November 2017)
IH acted as advisor to the fund manager on the spin out of Van Lanschot Participaties from Van Lanschot Kempen and the creation of a new fund
Peak Capital invests in United Wardrobe (1 November 2017)
IH acted as advisor on the investment by Peak Capital in United Wardrobe
Investment round in OnePlanetCrowd (1 November 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Energy & Environment Investment (a Japanse VC fund) and Oost NL on their investment in OnePlanetCrowd, the crowdfunding platform
Innovatiefonds Twente and others invest in Phix (October 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Innovatiefonds Twente (IFT) and others on the investment by IFT and others in Phix
Innovatie- en Energiefonds Gelderland and others invest in Implementation IQ (October 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Innovatie- en Energiefonds Gelderland (IEG) on the investment by IEG and others in Implementation IQ
Investment round in Axign (6 October 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Innovatiefonds Overijssel and Innovatiefonds Twente on the investment jointly with Innovation Industries Fund in Axign
Investment round in Mellon Medical (2 October 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Mellon Medical and existing shareholders on the €6m investment by BioGeneration Ventures, David E.I. Pyott Trust and others
Investment round in Inno4Life (4 September 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Inno4Life on the investment by Holland Venture, Brabant Development Agency, TIIN and Zeeuws Investeringsfonds
Investment round in Synple (September 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Synple on the investment by Newion Investments and Mainport Innovation Fund II
Investment round in SendCloud (29 August 2017)
IH acted as advisor to SendCloud on the €5m investment by HenQ, TIIN and BOM
Investment round in Polarsteps (2 August 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Polarsteps on the investment in Polarsteps by a number of successful Dutch internet entrepreneurs
DSM Ventures, Thuja Capital, BOM and Radboud umc invest in ATRO Medical BV (July 2017)
IH acted as advisor to the investors on the Series A investment in ATRO Medical
Innovatie- en Energiefonds Gelderland and Triodos invest in AVRI Solar (July 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Innovatie- en Energiefonds Gelderland (IEG) on the investment by IEG and Triodos Bank in AVRI Solar
Acquisition by CM of Dodata Payments from Ingram Micro (July 2017)
IH acting as advisor to CM on the acquisition of all shares in Docdata Payments from Ingram Micro
Innovation Industries on the creation of their €75m investment fund (June 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Innovation Industries and its fund manager on the creation of the €75m investment fund Innovation Industries Fund Coöperatief U.A., including the investments in the fund by, among others, the European Investment Fund (EIF), Pensioenfonds van de Metalektro (PME), the universities of van Twente, Eindhoven and Wageningen, PPM Oost, Topfonds Gelderland and Innovatiefonds Overijssel.
Europcar and others invest €10m in SnappCar (June 2017)
IH acted as advisor to SnappCar on the €10m equity investment by Europcar, AutoBinck and others
BioGeneration Ventures, INKEF Capital and OSI invest in Scenic Biotech (June 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Scenic Biotech on the €6.5m Series A equity investment by Biogeneration Ventures, INKEF Capital, Oxford Sciences Innovation in Scenic Biotech, a spinout from Oxford University and the Netherlands Cancer Institute
Northzone and others invest in Aidence (May 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Aidence on the equity investment by Northzone, Health Innovation Fund II, HENQ and others in Aidence
Oost NL and B.E. Imaging GmbH invest in SPL Medical (May 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Oost NL and others on the equity investment by Oost NL and B.E. Imaging GmbH in SPL Medical BV
LIOF invests in Desolenator (May 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Desolenator on an investment by LIOF
Sale of all shares in Wercker to Oracle (April 2017)
IH acted as advisor to INKEF Capital, Notion Capital, Vitulum Ventures and other shareholders of Wercker Holding BV on the sale of Wercker to Oracle Corporation
Nikkei and INKEF Capital invest in Blendle (April 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Blendle on the Series equity investment by Nikkei and INKEF Capital in Blendle
DSM Ventures and others invest in Nutrileads (March 2017)
IH acted as advisor to DSM Ventures, Thuja Capital, SHIFT Invest and PPM Oost on their Series A investment in Nutrileads
Rabobank invests in Peaks (March 2017)
IH acted as advisor to Rabobank Fintech Ventures on Rabobank’s equity investment in Peaks
Landmapp BV on investment by Omidyar Network and others (February 2017)
IH acted for Landmapp on the investment by Omidyar Network, the impact investment fund of the eponymous eBay founder
Sale of all shares in Ojah BV to Korys (February 2017)
IH acted as advisor to StartGreen Ventures, PPM Oost, Holland Food Ventures, management and all other sellers on the sale of all shares in Ojah BV to Korys and the management of Ojah BV. Ojah is a pioneer in the production of the latest generation of textured meat alternatives
Tripaneer on investment by Point Nine Capital (February 2017)
IH acted for Tripaneer on the investment by Point Nine Capital, the Berlin-based venture capital firm
US$175 million investment round in letgo (January 2017)
IH acted for letgo, a Dutch BV company, as lead counsel on the US$175 million investment round by Naspers, Accel, New Enterprise Associates, Insight Venture Partners, 14W and others in letgo, the mobile classifieds app
Capital Mills invests in PressPage (January 2017)
IH acted for Capital Mills Invest on its investment in PressPage
Participatiemaatschappij Oost Nederland invests in Dovideq Medical (January 2017)
IH acted for Participatiemaatschappij Oost Nederland on its investment jointly with Zeeuws Investeringsfonds in Dovideq Medical
2016
sale of KappersFoods to Lamex Food Group (December 2016)
IH acted for sellers on the sale of KappersFoods to Lamex Food Group ltd
investment in Channable (December 2016)
IH acted for Peak Capital on its investment in Channable
Karmijn Kapitaal and others invest €10m in Five Degrees (November 2016)
IH acted for Five Degrees on the investment round bij Karmijn Kapitaal, 5square and Velocity Capital in Five Degrees
investment bij large bank in start-up (completed November 2016)
IH acted for a large financial institution on its undisclosed investment in a start-up
Participatiemaatschappij Oost Nederland invests in VitalneXt (November 2016)
IH acted for Participatiemaatschappij Oost Nederland on its investment in VitalneXt
Innovatiefonds Twente invests in Security of Things Fund (October 2016)
IH acted for Innovatiefonds Twente on its investment in Security of Things Fund
Los Angeles-based BlackLine acquires Runbook (September 2016)
IH acted for PPM Oost on the sale of all shares in Runbook to BlackLine
€5m Series B investment in Mint Solutions led by BOM, LSP and Seventure (August 2016)
IH acted for Mint Solutions on the €5m Series B investment in Mint Solutions led by BOM, LSP and Seventure
Seed investment in Your Superfoods by 500 Startups (August 2016)
IH acted for Your Superfoods on the seed investment by 500 Startups (one of the leading global VC seed fund and accelerators)
Investment round in IME Technologies (August 2016)
IH acted for IME Technologies on certain aspects of the investment by BOM and TIIN
AVL List GmbH acquires Dacolt International (July 2016)
IH acted for the shareholders of Dacolt International on the sale to AVL List GmbH
Bitmain Technology acquires Blocktrail (July 2016)
IH acted as Dutch counsel in an international team of lawyers for Bitmain Technology, a China based operator of one of the bitcoin network’s largest mining pools, on its acquisition of Blocktrail, a Netherlands based bitcoin data and analytics startup
€25m investment in Biogeneration Ventures III (July 2016)
IH acted for InnovationQuarter and Topfonds Gelderland, the regional investment companies, on their investment in BioGeneration Ventures III
€12.5m Series B investment in Nightbalance led by INKEF and Gilde Healthcare (July 2016)
IH acted for Thuja Capital and other existing shareholders on the €12.5m Series B investment in Nightbalance led by INKEF and Gilde Healthcare
Follow-on investment round in Stroke2Prevent by PPM Oost and DFZ Participaties (June 2016)
IH acted for Stroke2Prevent on the follow-on (Series D) investment round in Stroke2Prevent by Participatiemaatschappij Oost Nederland and DFZ Participaties
Creation of Thuja Capital Healthcare Fund II (June 2016)
IH acted for Thuja Capital management on the creation of Thuja Capital Healthcare Fund II, a venture capital fund with a fund size of 34,000,000 euro
Merger letgo with Wallapop and investment round of US$100 million in letgo (May 2016)
IH acted for letgo on its merger with Wallapop and another investment round of US$100 million in letgo, the mobile classifieds app
follow-on investment (completed May 2016)
IH acted for a start-up on an undisclosed investment round by various investment funds and entrepreneurs
Series B investment (completed April 2016)
IH acted for a venture capital fund on an undisclosed Series B round
Series A investment round in G-Therapeutics B.V. (April 2016)
IH acted for G-Therapeutics B.V. on the 36,000,000 euro Series A investment round by Life Sciences Partners, INKEF Capital, Wellington Partners and Gimv
Capital Mills invests in Zipjet (April 2016)
IH acted for Capital Mills Invest on its investment in Zipjet, a Rocket Internet portfolio company
Forbion Closes Third Life Sciences Fund (FCF III), raising over US$200 million (April 2016)
IH acted for a regional investment company on its investment in Forbion Capital Fund III
US-based multinational company acquires Dutch company (undisclosed, April 2016)
IH acted for a US-based multinational company on its acquisition of a Dutch company active in the food sector
Investment round in Tespack (completed April 2016)
IH acted for Arkley VC, the Polish/US investment fund on its investment in Tespack
European Investment Fund (EIF) and PPM Oost launch DVI II, a second 200 million euro fund of fund for SMEs in The Netherlands (March 2016)
IH acted for PPM Oost on the launch by EIF and PPM Oost of Dutch Venture Initiative II
Series A investment round in Tiqets (March 2016)
IH acted for Capital Mills Invest as lead Investor on the Series A investment in Tiqets
Series A investment round in Sendcloud (February 2016)
IH acted for Sendcloud on the Series A investment by TIIN and BOM
Fund in fund investment in SHIFT Invest (February 2016)
IH acted for Topfonds Gelderland on its investment in SHIFT Invest
Fund in fund investment in SET Fund III (January 2016)
IH acted for BOM on its fund in fund investment in SET Fund III
Investment round in Snocom (January 2016)
IH acted for PPM Oost on an investment round in Snocom
Investment round in Wercker (January 2016)
IH acted for Wercker on the investment by INKEF Capital and Notion Capital
2015
Investment in StuDocu (December 2015)
IH acted for StuDocu and its founders on investment round by Peak Capital and Point Nine Capital
Investment in SnappCar (November 2015)
IH acted for SnappCar on the investment by AutoBinck
Investment in Sentia (disclosed November 2015)
IH acted for Sentia on the investment by Waterland Private Equity
Investment in Groen Gas Gelderland (November 2015)
IH acted for Innovatie en Energiefonds Gelderland (IEG) on the investment by IEG and GDF Suez in Groen Gas Gelderland
Sale of IMT to Tideland Signal Corp (November 2015)
IH acted for PPM Oost on the sale of IMT to Tideland Signal Corp
Seed investment round in Nutrileads (November 2015)
IH acted for Thuja Capital, SHIFT Invest, DSM Venturing and PPM Oost on their investment in Nutrileads
Investment in LetGo (September 2015)
IH acted for Naspers on its US$ 100 million investment in LetGo
Investment in TechNano Fund (September 2015)
IH acted for Innovatiefonds Twente on its investment in TechNano Fund
Investment in AGM (September 2015)
IH acted for MKB Fonds on its investment in AGM
Project finance investment in Windpark Nijmegen-Betuwe (July – December 2015)
IH acted for Innovatie- en Energiefonds Gelderland (IEG) on its equity and debt investment in Windpark Nijmegen-Betuwe
Undisclosed Series A investment (June 2015)
IH acted for a listed large cap high tech company on a Series A investment
Acquisition of 75% stake in Euretco (April 2015)
IH acted for Euretco on the sale of 75% of its shares by Avedon to EK
Investment round in WHVV Holding (April 2015)
IH acted for BOM Capital on its investment through Innovatiefonds Brabant in WHVV Holding (WijHoudenVanVers.nl)
Various transactions by ING Corporate Investments (2014 – 2015)
IH acted for ING Corporate Investments on various undisclosed transactions
Investment round in Iceleads (March 2015)
IH acted for Iceleads BV and its shareholders on the investment by Vortex Capital Partners
Investment in a private equity fund (February 2015)
IH acted for a limited partner on an investment in a private equity fund
Investment round in Hemics (January 2015)
IH acted for DFZ Participaties and Thuja Capital on the Series B Investment in Hemics
2014
Investment round in Cristal Therapeutics (December 2014)
IH acted for Cristal Therapeutics on certain key aspects of its €6m Series investment round
Investment round in EnCare (November 2014)
IH acted for Thuja Capital on certain aspects of the 5.5m Series investment round together with Index Ventures in EnCare
Investment round in Polarsteps (November 2014)
IH acted for Polarsteps and its founders on the investment by TMG
Investment round in Blendle (October 2014)
IH acted for Blendle and its founders on the investment by Axel Springer and The New York Times
Investment round in Metal Membranes (October 2014)
IH acted for ICOS Capital on its investment in Metal Membranes
Investment round in DCPrime (October 2014)
IH acted for DCPrime on the investment in DCPrime by SkylineDx
Acquisition of Hague and London Oil N.V. by Wessex Exploration plc (October 2014)
IH acted for Wessex Exploration plc on the acquisition of Hague and London Oil N.V.
Selected transaction track record of Matthijs Ingen-Housz prior to founding INGEN HOUSZ:
Acquisition of Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation by Medtronic (2014)
acted for Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation on certain key aspects in relation to its 150m euro acquisition by Medtronic
Fund in fund investments by Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij (2014)
acted for for Brabantse Ontwikkelings Maatschappij on its fund in fund investments
Formation of Thuja Capital Healthcare Seed Fund II and Thuja Capital Healthcare Fund II (2014)
acted for Thuja Capital on various matters including the formation of their new funds Thuja Capital Healthcare Seed Fund II (TCHSF II) and Thuja Capital Healthcare Fund II (TCHF II)
Various transactions by PPM-Oost (2014)
acted for PPM-Oost on various transactions, including its investment – jointly with Truffle Capital and Shell Technology Ventures – in 2-B Energy (2014), its investment – jointly with Dutch Greentech Fund, Sirius Venture Partners and Dürr AG – in HeatMatrix (2014) and the Series C round – jointly with Health Innovation Fund – in Stroke2Prevent (2014)
Investment round in Mint Solutions (2014)
acted for Mint Solutions on its €4.425 Series A investment round led by Life Sciences Partners (LSP) and Seventure Partners
Investment round in Wercker (2014)
acted for Wercker on its Series A investment round by Notion Capital, Tola Capital and others
Various transactions by HB Capital (2013 and 2014)
acted for HB Capital (previously named Breedinvest) on various undisclosed transactions
2013
Various transactions by ING Corporate Investments (2013)
acted for ING Corporate Investments on various transactions including its investment in Euroscan
Acquisition of Timer B.V. (2013)
acted for DFZ Participaties, Active4Care and Talant on the acquisition of Timer B.V. (Beeldhorloge)
Sale by CVC of Univeg (2013)
acted as Dutch law counsel to the purchaser on the sale by CVC of Univeg
Creation of Schooltas/PulseOn joint venture (2013)
acted for ING Corporate Investments, ThiemeMeulenhoff, Luminis, 2hold4 and Lopexs on the creation of their Schooltas/PulseOn joint venture
Investment round in Mellon Medical BV (2013)
acted for Thuja Capital, IIG (PPM-Oost), Life Sciences & Health Fund (BOM) and Mellon Medical BV on an investment round in Mellon Medical B.V.
Management buy-out of De Schutter’Neroc (DSN) Group (2013)
acted for management and buyers on the management buy-out of De Schutter’Neroc (DSN) Group from Bencis Buy-Out Fund I
Acquisition of ICTS Europe (2013)
acted for private equity house Groupe IPE as lead counsel on the acquisition of ICTS Europe, an airport security group with more than 10,000 employees
Investment round in Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation (2013)
acted for Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation on the 7.5m euro extended Series A investment by INKEF Capital
Investment round in Wercker BV (2013)
acted for Wercker BV on the investment by leading Silicon Valley VC firm Greylock Partners (Facebook, LinkedIn, etc), Shamrock Ventures and Vitulum Ventures
2012
Acquisition of Human Inference (2012)
acted for Neopost on the acquisition of Human Inference from private equity houses including Gimv
Merger of Intres with Euretco (2012)
acted for Intres on its merger with Euretco, an Avedon portfolio company
Investment round in Paques (2012)
acted for Paques’ shareholder on the investment by SKion
Spin-off of Cergentis from the KNAW (2012)
acted for Cergentis on its spin-off from the KNAW
Various M&A transactions by CM (2011-2017)
acted for CM on its M&A transactions
2011
Sale of PBG to Mediq (2011)
acted for Mentha Capital on the sale of PBG to Mediq
Sale of De Regt Marine Cables to Fugro (2011)
acted for Vision Capital on the sale of De Regt Marine Cables to Fugro
Spin-off of Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation from Philips and its Series A investment round (2011)
acted for Sapiens Steering Brain Stimulation on its spin-off from Philips and the Series A investment by Wellington, Edmond de Rothschild, Life Sciences Partners and Wellcome Trust
Merger of Cheaptickets with Vliegwinkel and creation of Travix, with BCD (2011)
acted for the owners of Cheaptickets on the merger with Vliegwinkel and creation of Travix, with BCD, ING Corporate Investments, Bluefield and the owners of Beins Travel Group as shareholders
Investeringsronde in EuroSystems (2011)
trad op voor EuroSystems op de investering van Main Capital
Founding partner Matthijs Ingen-Housz at INGEN HOUSZ assists with shareholders agreements in the corporate field, winning praise for his negotiation skills. His practice covers M&A transactions, joint ventures and corporate matters, acting on behalf of entrepreneurs, financial institutions and multinationals. Interviewees describe him as “very sharp with a calm demeanor, and able to pick up on the little details.”‘
Chambers & Partners, 2016 Global edition