HighTechXL
hightechxl.com Direct investor
HighTechXL is a deep-tech venture builder based in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It runs a 12-month program to build ventures from technologies sourced from research institutions, and manages the PreSeedXL Fund to invest in its own startups.
HighTechXL is a venture studio headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It invests directly in companies, at pre-seed, in deep tech, photonics, quantum and AI. Its stated cheque size is €175k investments per venture, linked to 3 clear milestones; €125k follow-on financing. €11 million under management and 102 portfolio companies, as it reports.
“We invest early so you can focus on building your proposition.”
— HighTechXL, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Venture studio
- Stage
- Pre-seed
- Headquarters
- Eindhoven, Netherlands
- Invests in
- global
- Sectors
- deep tech, photonics, quantum, AI, advanced materials, med tech, clean tech, health care
- Cheque size
- €175k investments per venture, linked to 3 clear milestones; €125k follow-on financing
- Assets under management
- €11 million
- Portfolio
- 102 companies
Team, as HighTechXL publishes it
- John Bell CEO at HighTechXL
- Patricia de Kort CFO HighTechXL | Fund Manager PreSeedXL
- Sofia Marakis Marketing & Community Manager
Names and roles exactly as listed on hightechxl.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page HighTechXL publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.hightechxl.com/name, type, hq_country, hq_city, description, portfolio_count, people, status, layer, stage_min, stage_max
- https://www.hightechxl.com/pre-seedxl-fund/is_investor, layer, stage_min, cheque_size, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, aum, people
- https://www.hightechxl.com/investors/invests_in_geographies, stage_max, sectors
- https://www.hightechxl.com/partners/people
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Record 1128 · added 2026-08-28 · link last verified 2026-10-21 · confidence high
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