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NP-Hard invests in product-obsessed early-stage European founders creating the building blocks for tomorrow. We back Robotics, AI, and computational infrastructure—advancing resilience, safety, productivity, and foundational technology.


Who are we

Anke Huiskes, Micha Hernandez van Leuffen and Paul Veugen founded NP-Hard to leverage their collective success as operators, builders, and investors to identify and empower the technical teams solving Europe's hardest computational and physical infrastructure challenges.

NP-Hard Ventures Team

Portfolio

Cyscale

Map, secure, and monitor cloud assets across platforms.

Universe Energy

Automated battery disassembly for recycling.

Basement

Ethereum APIs built for speed and scale.

Heedjy

Automating app marketplace operations.

Flipt

Open-source feature flagging for developers.

tldraw

Open source embeddable infinite canvas.

Monumental

Autonomous, on-site construction robots.

Temple

A membership platform for the next era.

Roseman Labs

Secure multi-party computation to collaborate on sensitive data.

Briefly

Software to design lab experiments faster.

eDRV

Electric vehicle charging APIs for operators and developers.

Codédex

Community-driven coding courses.

Narrow AI

Automated documentation with AI for development teams.

Emidat

Climate Intelligence for Construction.

Trail

Create AI products faster with strong governance and compliance.

Rig

Build and grow your backend faster, better, and more securely.

Parseable

Lightweight high-performance log analytics.

WeLoveHumans

Streamline recruiting with instant sourcing and outreach.

Seldon

Component based design tool to generate production-ready code.

ARK

Autonomous robots to protect human lives.

Jazz

Build local-first, collaborative applications fast.

Witty Machines

Physically intelligent robots for industrial tasks.

SpecStory

Accelerate your software composition workflow.

Engrate

Developer-first integration platform for the energy landscape.