Investor
Navus Ventures
Corporate venture investor · South Holland
The investment arm of a Dutch family office in Maassluis, an independent sister company of the agricultural robotics firm Lely, backing food and energy technology.
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Its money comes from a family office rather than a fund with a fixed life, so it says it can hold an investment longer than a usual venture fund, which matters if you do not want to be on an exit clock.
About
Navus Ventures is the investment arm of a Dutch family office and describes itself as an independent sister company of Lely, the firm behind agricultural and dairy robots. It works from the Lely campus in Maassluis. It invests in high technology companies working on sustainable food and energy production, and looks for hardware and software with a clear intellectual property element. It puts money in at three stages: seed, where a startup is validating and prototyping; market entry, where the technology works and the company is ready to sell; and growth, where a company is ready to scale. Because the money comes from a family office rather than a fund with a fixed life, it says it can hold an investment for longer than a usual fund would. It then acts as an active shareholder, helping with strategy and daily operations, market validation, product development, further funding and introductions to industry partners, research institutes and other investors, drawing on Lely's experience in engineering, manufacturing and international supply chains.
What they offer
- Long term shareholding, held beyond the life of a usual venture fund
- Active shareholder support on strategy and daily operations
- Help with market validation and product development
- Introductions to industry partners, research institutes and other investors
Good to know
- Its scope is sustainable food and energy production, and it looks for a clear intellectual property element in the hardware or software.
- It is closely tied to one industrial group, whose experience it offers as part of the package. That is a strength for a company in the same field and a consideration for one that is not.
- It works with companies. It provides nothing connected with relocation, residence permits, registration or finding work.
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