NP-Hard Ventures
NP-Hard Ventures
Investing in product-obsessed founders, creating the building blocks of tomorrow.
Investing in product-obsessed founders, creating the building blocks of tomorrow.
We support early teams in Europe and the US to build the infrastructure, tools, and decentralized platforms that simplify the way we work, by making technology more accessible and unlock creativity.
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Anke, Mies & Paul
Anke, Mies & Paul
Who are we?
Anke Huiskes, Micha Hernandez van Leuffen and Paul Veugen started NP-Hard Ventures to bundle their experience as operators and founders to fund the best teams who are changing the way we work.
Paul Veugen
Partner
Paul is the founder & CEO of Detail, an early-stage startup that makes it easy to produce high-quality, cinematic video.

In the past 2 years, Paul invested in 30 pre-seed and seed companies in Europe and the US, primarily focusing on the business of creativity, data-driven productivity, and developer tools. He is an LP in early-stage funds like 500, Adjacent, Cavalry, Plural, and MCJ Collective.

Anke Huiskes
Managing Partner
Anke is the founding partner of angel syndicates ANGELS.vc, Planet Positive and Aletta Angels and spent the last eight years as an operator at early-stage startups in San Francisco.
Anke has made 10 direct investments in early stage startups, and 40+ indirect investment via syndicates. She is an LP in Union Square Ventures, 776, FJ Labs, and Jetstream.
Micha Hernandez van Leuffen
Partner
Mies is the founder & CEO of Fiberplane, a collaborative notebook product that helps developers and DevOps engineers debug their infrastructure. He previously was the founder & CEO of Wercker which was acquired by Oracle to augment their cloud-native strategy.
Mies has invested in almost 30 deals focusing on infrastructure, developer productivity and design tools. He is an LP in Basecase Capital, Cocoa, Adjacent, and Cavalry Ventures.
Portfolio
Investment themes
As angels we've invested in over 40+ early-stage companies in Europe and the US in the past 24 months. We're proud to be trusted by a diverse group of amazing founders to support them in growing their business from the earliest days.
Layer 1: The Infrastructure of Tomorrow
The developer infrastructure that powers the software services of tomorrow.
Continued innovation in building blocks and infrastructure is the foundation to all software products and services we use today. We want to invest in new layers of abstraction that power the products we'll be using tomorrow.
Angel investments include:
Build & deploy your ideas on the universe's most developer friendly cloud platform.
Build & deploy your ideas on the universe's most developer friendly cloud platform.
A fast and secure WebAssembly runtime that enables super lightweight containers to run anywhere: from Desktop to the Cloud, Edge and IoT devices.
A fast and secure WebAssembly runtime that enables super lightweight containers to run anywhere: from Desktop to the Cloud, Edge and IoT devices.
Layer 2: Developer & Creative Tools
New developer and creative tools will lower the barrier and inspire a new generation of makers, builders, and creatives.
A next generation toolbox to enable professionals to output high-quality work faster and collaborate more easily.
Angel investments include:
Our investments as angels
A design and prototyping tool to design interactive prototypes of websites and applications using production components and real data.
A design and prototyping tool to design interactive prototypes of websites and applications using production components and real data.
Tech suite of integrated accessibility tools for your product design and developer team. Making the world's products accessible.
Tech suite of integrated accessibility tools for your product design and developer team. Making the world's products accessible.
Create product demos, tutorials, presentations, and more - all in your web browser. Record your screen, camera, or slides and share instantly.
Create product demos, tutorials, presentations, and more - all in your web browser. Record your screen, camera, or slides and share instantly.
Record and stream cinematic video, using your iPhone, webcam, or external camera. Making it easier to produce high-quality video. Paul's company.
Record and stream cinematic video, using your iPhone, webcam, or external camera. Making it easier to produce high-quality video. Paul's company.
Automated carbon software for retailers to measure, monitor and reduce their carbon footprint in real-time.
Automated carbon software for retailers to measure, monitor and reduce their carbon footprint in real-time.
A developer tool that copies a postgres database, transforming personal information, so that they can safely code against actual data.
A developer tool that copies a postgres database, transforming personal information, so that they can safely code against actual data.
A creative software development platform for VR, web, and native-rendering for Rust.
A creative software development platform for VR, web, and native-rendering for Rust.
Layer 3: Platforms for Ownership & Access
Decentralized platforms enable more people to contribute and benefit from their creativity.
We believe the new generation of workers will have the opportunity to hold ownership of their own work and increase their leverage. Decentralized platforms are taking away the need for 'the middle-man' and advance accessibility. It will put any community on steroids and create opportunities to build better products, enable individual contributors to turn their work into income-generating projects, and distribute wealth.
Angel investments include:
Next generation software that breaks down barriers between applications, gives back privacy and data ownership to users.
Next generation software that breaks down barriers between applications, gives back privacy and data ownership to users.
Open-source privacy project that empowers everyone to take full control over their data. Memri digital assistent helps to organize and manage data from a single place.
Open-source privacy project that empowers everyone to take full control over their data. Memri digital assistent helps to organize and manage data from a single place.
A fresh take on password management.
© NP-HARD VENTURES B.V. 2022
© NP-HARD VENTURES B.V. 2022