Managing Partner
Graduate VenturesCheck size: €75K-€2M published investment range across pre-seed and seed.
The official roster identifies Auke van den Hout as Managing Partner. This profile applies Graduate Ventures's published strategy and does not infer undisclosed personal signing authority or a narrower individual mandate. Relevant founder fit follows the firm's thesis: Back Dutch founders from day zero, especially alumni and university-linked teams, with capital, operating support and access to an experienced national alumni network.
At firm level, Graduate Ventures is aligned with back Dutch founders from day zero, especially alumni and university-linked teams, with capital, operating support and access to an experienced national alumni network. This is firm-level guidance, not an invented personal preference.
No personal pass list is public. Opportunities outside Graduate Ventures's stated stages, sectors, geography or team criteria should be treated as lower fit rather than a confirmed personal rejection rule.
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Auke van den Hout is currently Managing Partner at Graduate Ventures, as listed on the firm's official roster. Where the roster does not publish a longer biography, this profile avoids inferring prior employers, education, deals or decision authority.