VP Capital

Name

VP Capital

Legal name

VP Capital

Website

https://vpcapital.eu/en

Company type

Private

Founded year

1951

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Family Office Investment Services

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Investors, Nec (6799)

akta.pro primary industry

Family Office Investment Platforms & Direct Investing (PE/VC/Co-Invest) (FSAAADAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Strategic / Balance-Sheet CVC (On-balance-sheet investing) (FSANAHAA), Alternative Investments for Private Wealth (Hedge Funds, PE/VC Access, Private Credit) (FSAAABAI)

Keywords

• Family office investing
• Impact investment management
• Venture capital funding
• Sustainable portfolio management
• Early-stage venture funding

Headquarters

HQ city

Netherlands

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns: VP Capital generates returns through capital appreciation and distributions from their investment portfolio, which includes ventures, funds, listed equity, real estate, and direct participations across impact-focused sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

VP Capital is a private family office of the Van Puijenbroek family that invests patient capital in ventures, funds, listed equity, real estate, and direct participations with an impact-first strategy. Core offerings include early-stage venture funding through VP Ventures (pre-seed, seed, and Series A with ticket sizes from €100K to €2.5M), co-investment partnerships with other family offices and institutional investors, support services for peer family offices embarking on impact investing, and consolidated direct participations in textile (VP Textile), agriculture (VP Landbouw), and real estate (VP Vastgoed).

Product overview

VP Capital is a family office investment company managing a broad investment portfolio across ventures, funds, real estate, and direct participations. The company operates an impact-first investment strategy focused on three key challenges (biodiversity, climate, social equality) and six transformative solutions (biobased, regenerative, toxicity-free, circular, net zero, inclusive). Core offerings include Direct Ventures (early-stage venture investment), Co-investors (partnership model), Family Offices (collaboration services), and Impact Funds. The company also maintains direct participations in VP Textile, VP Landbouw, and VP Vastgoed, alongside real estate investments focused on sustainability and societal functions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• VP Ventures: A venture investment arm focused on investing in start-ups and scale-ups in pre-seed, seed, or series A phases with ticket sizes from €100K to €2.5 million.
• VP Textile
• VP Landbouw
• VP Vastgoed

Products and services

• VP Ventures (Direct Venture Investments) Early-stage venture investment vehicle targeting impact ventures at pre-seed, seed, and Series A phases, with ticket sizes ranging from €100K to €2.5M and active engagement through board participation. Focused on Western Europe including the Nordics and UK, targeting ventures addressing biodiversity, climate, and social equality challenges across textile, agrifood, energy, built environment, and clean technology domains.
• Co-investment Program Partnership model enabling VP Capital to co-invest alongside other family offices, institutional investors, and ecosystem partners to drive sustainable progress through shared expertise, network, and long-term commitment in larger funding rounds.
• Family Office Advisory Services Support and collaboration services for peer family offices interested in impact investing, including guidance on impact strategies, sustainability screening frameworks, and due diligence processes developed through VP Capital's 150+ year heritage.
• Impact Funds Program Investment in impact-focused funds aligned with VP Capital's six strategic solutions (biobased, regenerative, toxicity-free, circular, net zero, inclusive) across various asset classes including greentech venture building funds, social equality inclusion funds, and real estate funds.
• VP Textile (Direct Participation) Wholly-owned direct participation subsidiary focused on textile industry sustainability, including investments in circular and lower-impact textile solutions, alternative fibers, and material efficiency across the textile value chain.
• VP Landbouw (Direct Participation) Wholly-owned direct participation subsidiary focused on biodiversity-driven and lower-impact agriculture, exploring regenerative farming practices and supporting agricultural innovation aligned with the regenerative solution framework.
• VP Vastgoed (Direct Participation) Wholly-owned direct participation subsidiary focused on real estate development, emphasizing energy-efficient buildings, sustainable real estate investment decisions, and properties meeting Science Based Targets or having societal functions such as affordable housing and retirement facilities.
• Real Estate Investments Real estate investments focused on properties meeting Science Based Targets or having societal functions such as affordable housing and retirement facilities, including co-investments with Schroders Capital in the Senectute Real Estate Fund and direct stakes in sustainable real estate developers like Triginta N.V.

Quantifiable outcome

• 56% of capital allocated to impact solutions
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• We Are Impact CollectivecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAstrid Leyssens acts as long-standing impact sounding board, trusted adviser and sparring partner on sustainability strategy.
• Dune PartnersminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerImpact advisory firm specialising in systemic analysis, impact measurement and decision-making at intersection of strategy and capital allocation.
• Telos ImpactcoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerStrategic adviser for philanthropic giving, providing guidance and conducting due diligence on charitable organisations.
• CO2logic (South Pole)minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerEnvironmental and carbon consultancy supporting carbon footprinting, validating source data and calculating emissions.
• Pré SustainabilityminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerData-driven consultancy supporting biodiversity dependencies analysis across investments.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Invest-NL: Invest-NL is the Dutch national development bank that co-leads early to growth-stage impact rounds in the Netherlands. They co-led BYBORRE's €16.9M Series B alongside VP Capital, sharing a similar impact mandate and ticket-size range.
• High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF): HTGF is a German seed-stage deeptech investor that co-invested with VP Capital in Hypersoniq and Zymofix. They share similar seed-stage ticket sizes, sector exposure (cleantech/biotech), and European geographic focus.
• Phitrust Partenaires: Phitrust Partenaires is a French impact investment manager whose Inclusion fund received capital from VP Capital. Both firms operate impact-first investment strategies focused on measurable social and environmental outcomes across European portfolios.
• LUMO Labs: LUMO Labs is a Dutch VC fund focused on sustainable innovation with comparable seed-stage ticket sizes. They co-led HULO's €2.3M seed round alongside VP Capital, sharing sector focus on clean technology and impact.
• SHIFT Invest: SHIFT Invest is a Dutch impact investor focused on early-stage sustainable ventures, directly overlapping with VP Ventures on ticket sizes, geography, and sector themes. They co-invested in BYBORRE's Series B alongside VP Capital.
• Korys: Korys is the Belgian family office of the Colruyt family, structurally near-identical to VP Capital as a Belgian/Netherlands-based multi-generational family office deploying capital across ventures, funds, and direct participations with an impact lens. Both firms co-invested in Trunkrs' Series B.
• SET Ventures: SET Ventures is an Amsterdam-based energy transition VC that co-invested in Trunkrs with VP Capital. They operate at similar Series A/B ticket sizes within VP Capital's energy domain, providing a comparable early-growth impact thesis.
• Future Tech Ventures: Future Tech Ventures is a Dutch deeptech/cleantech investor that co-invested in Mariva Materials alongside VP Capital. They share VP Capital's focus on Western European early-stage sustainable technology ventures.
• BigCircle Ventures: BigCircle Ventures is a venture-building fund focused on greentech that received investment from VP Capital. They share VP Capital's focus on early-stage European cleantech and the intersection of venture building with impact.

Regional players

• Oost NL: Oost NL is a Dutch regional development agency providing venture capital in the east Netherlands region. They co-led Affix Labs' €1M round with VP Capital, sharing a developmental/impact mandate but with a narrower geographic remit than VP Capital's broader European approach.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/vpcapital-familyoffice

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries20 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments9 records

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