Investments
47Portfolio Exits
2Funds
1Partners & Customers
1About SHIFT Invest
SHIFT Invest is a Dutch venture capital fund that invests in food & agriculture, clean (bio-based) technologies, circularity, and smart materials. Through its investments, SHIFT strives to create environmental impact alongside financial return. Together with the fund partners, it offers entrepreneurs a broad network and knowledge of the sector. SHIFT Invest is managed by New Balance Impact Investors (NBI). It was founded in 2014 and is based in Amstelveen, Netherlands.
Latest SHIFT Invest News
Sep 8, 2023
volytica diagnostics, a German battery analytics pioneer, announced the successful closing of a €5.5 million investment round led by one of Europe’s leading impact investors, Netherlands-based SHIFT Invest and the investment arm of one of Germany’s largest utilities, EnBW New Ventures. Further investors include Dutch TN Ventures (VC firm of founders of e-bus management company […] The post Dresden-based volytica closes €5.5 million to refine battery analytics ahead of new era of electrification appeared first on EU-Startups.
SHIFT Invest Investments
47 Investments
SHIFT Invest has made 47 investments. Their latest investment was in Scope Biosciences as part of their Seed VC on October 10, 2023.

SHIFT Invest Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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10/23/2023 | Seed VC | Scope Biosciences | $0.53M | Yes | 1 | |
9/12/2023 | Pre-Seed | Astrape Networks | $1.72M | Yes | 5 | |
9/7/2023 | Seed VC | volytica diagnostics | $5.88M | Yes | 2 | |
7/11/2023 | Convertible Note | |||||
6/26/2023 | Unattributed VC |
Date | 10/23/2023 | 9/12/2023 | 9/7/2023 | 7/11/2023 | 6/26/2023 |
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Round | Seed VC | Pre-Seed | Seed VC | Convertible Note | Unattributed VC |
Company | Scope Biosciences | Astrape Networks | volytica diagnostics | ||
Amount | $0.53M | $1.72M | $5.88M | ||
New? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
Co-Investors | |||||
Sources | 1 | 5 | 2 |
SHIFT Invest Portfolio Exits
2 Portfolio Exits
SHIFT Invest has 2 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Pieter Pot on February 17, 2023.
Date | Exit | Companies | Valuation Valuations are submitted by companies, mined from state filings or news, provided by VentureSource, or based on a comparables valuation model. | Acquirer | Sources |
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2/17/2023 | Acquired | 1 | |||
Date | 2/17/2023 | |
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Exit | Acquired | |
Companies | ||
Valuation | ||
Acquirer | ||
Sources | 1 |
SHIFT Invest Fund History
1 Fund History
SHIFT Invest has 1 fund, including Shift III.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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5/26/2022 | Shift III | $117.74M | 3 |
Closing Date | 5/26/2022 |
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Fund | Shift III |
Fund Type | |
Status | |
Amount | $117.74M |
Sources | 3 |
SHIFT Invest Partners & Customers
1 Partners and customers
SHIFT Invest has 1 strategic partners and customers. SHIFT Invest recently partnered with StartLife on March 3, 2020.
Date | Type | Business Partner | Country | News Snippet | Sources |
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3/11/2020 | Partner | Netherlands | SHIFT Invest and StartLife Prolong Impact-driven Investment Partnership - SHIFT Invest Tech startups which help make the agrifood value chain more sustainable can rely another three years on the strategic partnership between StartLife and SHIFT Invest , the largest seed and early-stage impact investor for agrifood , biobased and circular sectors in the Netherlands . | 1 |
Date | 3/11/2020 |
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Type | Partner |
Business Partner | |
Country | Netherlands |
News Snippet | SHIFT Invest and StartLife Prolong Impact-driven Investment Partnership - SHIFT Invest Tech startups which help make the agrifood value chain more sustainable can rely another three years on the strategic partnership between StartLife and SHIFT Invest , the largest seed and early-stage impact investor for agrifood , biobased and circular sectors in the Netherlands . |
Sources | 1 |
SHIFT Invest Team
2 Team Members
SHIFT Invest has 2 team members, including current Managing Partner, Guus Verhees.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Guus Verhees | Rabo Private Equity, Wannahaves, and ING | Managing Partner | Current |
Name | Guus Verhees | |
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Work History | Rabo Private Equity, Wannahaves, and ING | |
Title | Managing Partner | |
Status | Current |
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