Firms
Curiosity VC
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Curiosity VC is a community-driven early-stage venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, founded in 2021 by Herman Kienhuis and Maurice Beckand Verwée. It invests in AI-native B2B software companies across the Benelux, Nordics, and Baltics, backing founders at the pre-seed and seed stages across verticals including finance, legal, real estate, energy, and cybersecurity.
- Founded
- 2021
- Type
- Venture capital
Team
 Karol Fels Curiosity VC, Analyst | $1M$1M – $3M | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
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 Akshata Agarwal Curiosity VC, Principal | —— – — | |
 Elliot Schouten Curiosity VC, Investment Manager & CFO | —— – — | |
 Eva Formica Curiosity VC, Investment Analyst | —— – — | |
 Herman Kienhuis Curiosity VC, Founder & Managing Partner | —— – — | |
Lisa Brouwer Curiosity VC, Principal | —— – — | |
 Maurice Beckand Verwee Curiosity VC, Founder & Managing Partner | —— – — | |
 Sebastian Johansson Curiosity VC, Investment manager | —— – — |
Co-investing
No co-investors on record yet.
Investments
| $—2025-12-03 |  orq.ai | Curiosity VC |
| $—2025-06-09 |  Altura | Curiosity VC |
| $—2024-08-20 |  Moonlit | Curiosity VC |
| $600K2024-02-23 |  Because | Curiosity VC |
| $—2023-06-20 |  Deeploy | Curiosity VC |
| $—2022-06-28 |  IISY Oy | Curiosity VC |
| $24M2021-01-27 |  Lynk | Curiosity VC |
| $7M2019-07-19 |  Cloudify | Curiosity VC |
| $1MUnknown date |  ValidFor | Curiosity VC |
| $—Unknown date |  Neople | Curiosity VC |
| $—Unknown date |  Epicbrief | Curiosity VC |
| $—Unknown date |  Display | Curiosity VC |
| $100KUnknown date |  Clubee | Curiosity VC |
| $16M2023 | Nosto | Curiosity VC |
| $—2022-06-23 | Freesi | Curiosity VC |
| $—Unknown date | Telescope | Curiosity VC |
| $—Unknown date | Orq | Curiosity VC |
| $—Unknown date | Orq | Curiosity VC |
| $3MUnknown date | Objectiv | Curiosity VC |
| $100KUnknown date | Nimbles | Curiosity VC |
| $1MUnknown date | Epum | Curiosity VC |
| $—Unknown date | Display.dev | Curiosity VC |