Episode 8 - Investor spotlight: Maud Vermeulen (Golden Egg Check & AtVenture Platform)

In this episode of AtVenture Dealflow, host Laurie Lancee speaks with Maud Vermeulen, investor at Golden Egg Check, board member at Women in VC NL, and part of the AtVenture Platform Investment Committee.

Maud is deeply involved in connecting founders and investors across Europe. She believes that trust, transparency, and team complementarity are the real foundation for any great deal.

🎯 Why Listen

• How Golden Egg Check invests at pre-seed & seed stage
• Maud’s 3 top tips for fundraising founders
• Why “trust” and “team” outweigh everything else in early-stage investing

💡 Key Metrics – Golden Egg Check

• Focus: B2B Software
• Sector: Agnostic
• Stage: Pre-seed & Seed
• Geography: NL, Benelux, UK, Nordics, Germany
• Ticket size: €50K–250K
• Added value: access to capital, founder network, access to growth
• Fund I: €5M, 35 portfolio companies
• Fund II (2026): €15M target, 40–45 new investments
• Portfolio exits: 2
• Diversity Impact: 14 of 35 portfolio companies (40%) have diverse founding teams (women or non-western background)

👉 Listen now on Spotify or YouTube and see you at the next great deal.

🔗 More: www.atventureplatform.com

Episode 7 - Fundraising Founder: Marianne de Feijter, Awesome Compliance Tech.

In this episode of AtVenture Dealflow, host Laurie Lancee speaks with Marianne de Feijter, co-founder & CEO of Awesome Compliance Tech (ACT).

ACT is a legal & compliance platform that helps companies of any size manage their legal and compliance needs 10× faster and at 20% of the cost of traditional lawyers.

🔹 Key Metrics - Awesome Compliance Tech (ACT):

• Sector: LegalTech / Compliance SaaS
• Business Model: B2B SaaS + subscription & one-off B2C
• Founded: 2022 (HQ NL, scope EU/global)
• Team: 3 founders + early hires
• Traction: €10k MRR, 12 customers (incl. enterprise client), 90% retention
• Round: Raising €1M (already overbooked, but room for fast movers)
• Revenue ambition: €800k ARR end of 2026 (50 clients)
• Market Size: $45B+ legal tech market in 2030
• Impact: Making compliance affordable, scalable & inclusive

👉 Listen to the full episode on AtVenture Dealflow and see if this could be your next great deal!

🔗 More: www.atventureplatform.com

See you at the next great deal!

🎙️ AtVenture Dealflow- Episode 6: Angel Investor Spotlight with Danielle Beijerbergen van Henegouwen

In this episode, Laurie Lancee speaks with Danielle Beijerbergen, angel investor at AtVenture Platform and experienced commercial leader in B2B startups & scaleups.

Danielle shares her journey into angel investing: from thinking it was “only for the rich” to building a portfolio of 6 startups. Her focus: B2B, strong teams, and early traction.

🔑 Key Insights

• Founders: Keep your pitch clear, show traction, and communicate consistently.
• Angels: Start small, invest in what you understand, and have fun by investing together.
• Danielle’s added value: commercial strategy & sales growth playbooks.

💡 Danielle’s Investment Focus

• Geography: Netherlands
• Sectors: Impact-driven startups
• Business model: B2B SaaS & scalable ventures
• Portfolio: 6+ early-stage startups
• Added value: Sales & GTM expertise

📢 Full episode available on Spotify & YouTube.

👉 Want to start angel investing? Join our Angel Accelerator: https://www.atventureplatform.com/angel-accelerator

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Episode 5 – Fundraising Founders: Margot & Martien, Bundle.It

Bundle.It is a mindful tech app helping people reclaim their time by auto-organizing saved content into distraction-free bundles.

From hotels to schools, teams are already piloting the app. The goal? Less screen, more life.

Bundle.It is now raising €450k SAFE to accelerate user growth.

With the global productivity & mindful tech market projected to reach $10B+ by 2030, Bundle.It is tapping into one of the biggest challenges of our time: the attention economy.

🔹 Key Metrics

• Sector: Mindful Tech / SaaS/AI
• Business Model: Freemium B2C + B2B subscriptions (B2B2C)
• Founded: 2023
• Location: HQ = Netherlands, Scope = Global
• Founders: Margot van der Riet & Martien van Loo
• Team size: 4
• Round: €450k SAFE
• Traction: Users in 50 countries, 3 pilots (hospitality & education), 2% conversion → paid
• Market Size: $10B+ mindful tech market
• Revenue Projection: €2.3M annual revenue by 2026

👉 Listen to the full episode on AtVenture Dealflow and see if this could be your next great deal!

🔗 More: www.atventureplatform.com

See you at the next great deal!

In Episode 4 of AtVenture Dealflow, host Laurie Lancee speaks with Sacha Martina; serial entrepreneur, ecosystem builder, and active angel investor at AtVenture Platform.

Sacha proves that you don’t need millions or multiple exits to start angel investing. With six deals already made, she shares how she chooses founders, what angels really look for, and why diversity in the ecosystem matters.

✨ Key Insights from Sacha Martina:

• Portfolio: 6 angel investments (goal = 10 before reflecting)
• Focus: founders with delusional obsession and clarity of vision
• Background: HR, team building, diversity & inclusion
• Lessons: “Angels bring more than money: they bring networks & expertise”

🎯 For founders: how to prepare for tough investor questions, what angels expect, and why honesty matters.

💡 For aspiring angels: how to start small, avoid common mistakes, and build your first portfolio.

👉 Join the movement: https://www.atventureplatform.com

Episode with Aga Kopytko – Co-founder & CTO of Smabbler

In this episode of AtVenture Dealflow, we speak with Aga Kopytko, co-founder and CTO of Smabbler, an early-stage AI company based in Poland with global ambitions.

Smabbler is developing AI-powered natural language processing tools that help machines understand human context, not just words. Their flagship platform, Galaxia, transforms structured and unstructured data into explainable, connected knowledge; tackling two of the biggest challenges in AI today:

❌ Hallucinations caused by lack of structure

⚡ Lack of explainable, transparent context

With a team of 10 spanning Europe, Smabbler has already achieved impressive milestones:

• Won the Deep Tech Momentum Award by Techstars
• Selected for the prestigious Endless Frontier Labs Accelerator (NYU)
• Secured over €1M in funding, including angel backing and EU innovation grants
• Validated its technology with $1M in commercial contracts

Smabbler is now raising €600k in a convertible round (over 50% already committed) to accelerate go-to-market and expand the team.

With the explainable AI market projected to reach $20–25B by 2040, Smabbler is building the foundation for a new AI creator economy.

• Sector: AI / Deep Tech
• Business Model: SaaS + marketplace
• Founded: 2020
• Location: HQ= Poland & Scope= Global
• Founders: Aga Kopytko, Luke Pytel, Przemek Bierut
• Team size: 10
• Round: Pre-seed convertible (€600k, >50% committed)
• Traction: $1M commercial contracts validated, users doubling MoM
• Market Size: $20–25B Explainable AI (by 2030)
• Revenue projection: €150M+ annual revenue within 5 years

See you at the next great deal!

Episode with Tessa de Flines – Angel investor & co-founder of AtVenture Platform

In this episode of AtVenture Dealflow, host & co-founder Laurie Lancee and co-founder Tessa de Flines discuss the fundamentals of angel investing, the key factors to consider when investing in startups, and the mission of their new initiative, AtVenture Platform.

They emphasize the importance of building a diverse investment community and provide insights into the membership criteria and investment strategies. Tessa shares her personal experiences as an angel investor and offers valuable advice for both founders seeking funding and aspiring angel investors.

Tessa's Investment Focus:

• Sector Focus: Agnostic
• Business Model Focus: Agnostic
• Geographical Focus: Europe
• Founder Focus: diverse teams
• Current Portfolio: 36 companies
• Ticket sizes: € 5-15k
• Value-add as an investor: Fractional COO (order to chaos), biggest supporter, network

Episode with Dieuwertje Drexhage – Co-founder of Layco Medical Devices. Layco designs reusable vacuum pumps that save people, planet and costs.

In this episode, we have the pleasure of speaking with Dieuwertje Drexhage, co-founder of Layco Medical Devices, a MedTech company offering sustainable and reusable medical equipment to improve healthcare accessibility. Based in the Netherlands, Layco provides a B2B HealthTech solution that is both cost-effective and environmentally friendly. Dieuwertje and her company have earned several awards, including the Albert Schweitzer Award, and she was recognized as an FD Talent 2024. With their innovative solution, Layco can prevent 500,000 stillbirths, reduce CO2 emissions from vacuum deliveries by 40%, and cut waste from these deliveries by an impressive 98%.

Key metrics:

● Sector: MedTech

● Business Model: B2B

● Start Date: 2020

● Location : NL

● Founders: Dieuwertje Drexhage & Thom Weustink

● Team size: 9

● Round: Pre-seed

● Round size: €2M

● Traction: pre-revenue (revenue expected in 2026)

● Market Size: TAM ~€ 10B Obstetric Devices

● Current Funding: AtVenture Platform, Rabobank Innovation Loan, Donor Impact Invest Fund, Innovatiefonds NH, RVO subsidies