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Investment MeMi Textiles

We’re proud to share a new investment from the AtVenture Angels community: MeMi Textiles GmbH, a Germany-based deep-tech company that is fundamentally rethinking textile innovation for hygiene applications. MeMi Textiles recently closed a €700,000 financing round, backed by a strong mix of business angels and institutional investors. For us at AtVenture, MeMi represents exactly the kind of company and founding team we aim to support: mission-driven, technology-led, and ready

Dec 122 min read

Laurie Wins EIT Changemaker Award

We are incredibly proud to share that our co-founder Laurie Lancee won 2nd place at the EIT Changemaker Award 2025 in Budapest. The Changemaker Award recognizes individuals who are driving meaningful, systemic change across Europe. For Laurie, this recognition reflects years of dedication to a clear mission: closing the funding and wealth gaps by activating more diverse investors and supporting diverse founders. Turning recognition into action In true AtVenture spirit, Laurie

Dec 92 min read

AtVenture Angels Meet Founders (Nov 2025)

10 angels. 4 startups. Strong pitches. Sharp questions. A truly supportive environment. That pretty much captures our November in-person AtVenture Angels Meet Founders event. We came together at Equals with an inspiring mix of angels and founders. What stood out immediately was the quality of the room: powerful pitches, thoughtful questions, and open, constructive conversations. Exactly the kind of environment we are intentionally building at AtVenture. Curious angels. Conf

Dec 32 min read

AtVenture at Slush!

Slush was great this year! Our co-founder Laurie Lancee joined the Dutch delegation with StartupAmsterdam and spent a packed few days connecting with innovators, investors, and ecosystem builders from across Europe. What stood out most was the quality of the conversations. We met familiar faces from the AtVenture community, including Coco Chen and Maud Vermeulen, and welcomed new people who are equally motivated to help reshape how early-stage capital flows. Alongside these o

Nov 251 min read

Men are welcome!

Every now and then, people are surprised when we say this clearly and explicitly: Men are welcome at AtVenture. As angel investors. And as founders. AtVenture is not a closed space only for underrepresented groups. It is a space for people who want to actively contribute to a more diverse, balanced and resilient investment ecosystem. Because the work we are doing, closing funding and wealth gaps and shifting more capital toward diverse founders, doesn’t happen in isolation. I

Nov 201 min read

Why the Netherlands needs Early Stage Investor Relief (ESIR)

Introduction The Netherlands celebrates innovation. We take pride in our research institutes, creative founders and global startups. Yet, when it comes to supporting the people who make this innovation possible: the early stage investors who take the first risk; our policy still falls short. While other European countries have introduced targeted tax incentives to stimulate early-stage investment, the Netherlands remains one of the few without a fiscal framework that recognis

Nov 144 min read

Wealth Building at ABN AMRO

More than 200 women came together for the “Successfully Build Wealth” event hosted by ABN AMRO Leading Ladies , the bank’s internal women’s leadership network. The shared ambition was clear: understanding how we can meaningfully close the wealth and funding gap for women. AtVenture Platform was proud to lead the session on angel investing . Not as a theoretical concept, but as a practical and powerful way to create direct impact on both gaps at the same time. Three perspecti

Nov 112 min read

Unlocking inclusive capital at ImpactFest

When people are shown how they can make an impact even in a small, concrete way, something powerful happens. Small actions add up. Momentum builds. And real change starts to feel accessible. That is exactly what we witnessed at ImpactFest during our session “Unlock Inclusive Capital through Angel Investing.” From insight to experience The session started with the fundamentals. Participants were introduced to the basics of angel investing and the realities of the funding gap.

Nov 62 min read

Show Her the Money

“There is an investor out there for everyone.” A statement from the panel at the Show Her The Money screening and Growth Table event earlier this week that really stuck with us. Because while that may be true in theory, in practice we see that for many founders, it takes a whole lot more effort to find that investor. Especially for those who don’t fit the typical B2B SaaS mold or who come from more diverse backgrounds. At the roundtable on investment that Tessa de Flines h

Oct 91 min read

Learning by Doing Just Got Real

At AtVenture, we’ve always believed that learning to invest should go hand in hand with doing it. Reading about term sheets, valuations, and due diligence is one thing, but truly understanding what it means to back a founder, weigh a risk, and make an investment decision takes real-world experience. That’s why we’re taking the next step. Starting with our very first cohort, AtVenture will reinvest a percentage of the Angel Accelerator program’s revenue into a startup selected

Oct 22 min read

Top five things female angels look for in a pitch

As part of her role as a Supernovas Ambassador, AtVenture co-founder Laurie Lancee engages with Europe’s investment ecosystem and the female investors shaping it. In this article, she shares insights gathered through conversations with female business angels Danielle Beijerbergen, Sacha Martina, and Tessa de Flines. Through these dialogues, five recurring themes emerged about what angels value most in a startup pitch. The investors also highlighted a sixth, less conventional

Oct 25 min read

Angels Come In Many Forms

“But I’m not an entrepreneur… so what value could I possibly add as an angel investor?” We hear this all the time. And our answer is always the same: a lot more than you think. You don’t have to be a founder yourself to be a great angel investor. In fact, many of the most impactful angels we know come from very different backgrounds. Angels come in many forms Some bring decades of corporate experience. Others are experts in finance, law, or academia. Some are community le

Sep 252 min read