Mart de Haar

Mart de Haar is a Principal and founding team member at Dutch Founders Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He established the investment vehicle alongside prominent European technology entrepreneurs and investors, including Laurens Groenendijk, Patrick Kerssemakers, and Bas Beerens. In his current capacity, de Haar leverages his three years of institutional investment experience to deploy capital across the broader EMEA region. He manages transaction structuring and sourcing for the fund, writing initial pre-seed and seed check sizes ranging from €250,000 to €3 million. The firm is actively building its initial portfolio under his guidance, having executed investments in five early-stage technology startups to date. His current investment focus centers on identifying vertical software as a service platforms, business to business marketplaces, and digital solutions designed to modernize legacy industries through strong network effects.