Amsterdam Academic Ventures
aav.nl Direct investor
Amsterdam Academic Ventures manages the holding companies of three Amsterdam knowledge institutes and invests in spin-off companies based on their academic research. It offers venture-building support and pre-seed and seed funding through several funds under management.
Amsterdam Academic Ventures is an investor headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, founded in 2025. It invests directly in companies, from pre-seed to seed, in AI, life Sciences, social Sciences and quantum Physics. Its stated cheque size is €50k and €500k. 41 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“AAV can make pre-seed and seed investments in the most promising spin-offs.”
— Amsterdam Academic Ventures, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Other
- Headquarters
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Invests in
- Amsterdam
- Sectors
- AI, Life Sciences, Social Sciences, Quantum Physics, Biotechnology, Medical Technology, Therapeutics, Diagnostics
- Cheque size
- €50k and €500k
- Founded
- 2025
- Portfolio
- 41 companies
Team, as Amsterdam Academic Ventures publishes it
- Nasim Tavakoli Investment manager – Physics, Quantum & Chemistry
- Marc Roelofs Investment manager – Life Science & Health
- Ross Gordon Investment manager – Chemistry, Biotech & AI
Names and roles exactly as listed on aav.nl. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Amsterdam Academic Ventures publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://aav.nl/name, hq_country, hq_city, status
- https://aav.nl/about/is_investor, layer, type, invests_in_geographies, stage_min, stage_max, sectors, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, founded
- https://aav.nl/portfolio/portfolio_count
- https://aav.nl/team/people
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Record 17634 · added 2026-10-26 · link last verified 2026-10-26 · confidence high
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