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Slingshot Ventures
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Slingshot Ventures is a Dutch VC fund solely backed by successful entrepreneurs that invests in the future of digital consumer life. The firm backs ambitious founders building strong brands with happy customers and healthy margins — primarily B2C and B2B2C businesses operating scalable, international, online-focused models across Western Europe. Slingshot describes itself as 'entrepreneurs-for-entrepreneurs,' leveraging a network of ~70 entrepreneur LPs to provide smart growth capital alongside hands-on operational support in brand, talent, and finance. The firm invests from seed through growth, with initial tickets of €500k–€3m and the ability to follow on up to €10m per company across three fund vehicles (SVI, SVII, and the current €60m SVIII).
Notable quotes
“We investeren niet in wat we hier intern 'heteluchtballonnen' noemen: we stappen niet in op basis van waarderingen, maar in echte bedrijven die op termijn op eigen benen kunnen staan. Ook bij het nieuwe fonds beoordelen we elke onderneming op drie pilaren: branding, happy customers en healthy margins.”
“We proberen echt een 'one-stop shop' te zijn voor onze deelnemingen en kunnen daarmee ondernemingen financieren tot Sint Juttemis. We willen in ieder geval altijd de mogelijkheid hebben om mee te kunnen blijven doen.”
“Onze gedachte was altijd om een ondernemende achterban aan te trekken die onze aantrekkingskracht zou doen versterken, maar naar nu blijkt zijn de voordelen van het hebben van die achterban nog vele malen groter dan we zelf ingeschat hadden.”
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ToothFairy | Series A | $10m | 2025-09-17 |
| Hey Holy | Seed | — | 2025-07-15 |
| XOXO | Seed | — | 2025-04-11 |
| Unravel | Seed | — | 2025-01-09 |
| Spacegoods | Seed | $3m | 2024-02-14 |
| Yepoda | Early Stage VC | — | 2023-11-22 |
| KatKin | Early Stage VC | — | 2023-11-08 |
| Wild | Seed | $2m | 2020-01-01 |
| Boldking | Seed | — | — |
| Check | Growth | — | — |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| V3 Ventures (Verlinvest) | 3 |
| Active Partners | 2 |
| Five Seasons Ventures | 2 |
| Redrice Ventures | 2 |
| Octopus Ventures | 2 |
| Perwyn | 1 |
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