Key Takeaways
- • Amsterdam-based Marktlink Capital has raised more than €100 million for Venture Capital Fonds IV, its fourth venture capital fund-of-funds, according to Dealroom, which cites Mena.
- • The fund is described as the largest and fastest-filled venture capital fund in the firm's history, with capital drawn from hundreds of Dutch entrepreneurs and families.
- • The firm's third venture capital fund closed last year at €90 million, and Marktlink Capital has passed €3 billion in committed capital five years after its 2020 founding.
- • The fund page now lists Fonds IV as closed, with a waitlist open for a fifth fund.
- • Managing partner Bouke Marsman attributes demand to innovative companies staying private longer, and the share allocated to newer, emerging venture funds has risen from about 10% to 25%.
Summary
According to Dealroom, which cites a report by Mena, Amsterdam-based Marktlink Capital has raised more than €100 million for Venture Capital Fonds IV, its fourth venture capital fund-of-funds. Mena reports the vehicle is the largest and fastest-filled venture capital fund in the firm's history, with capital coming from hundreds of Dutch entrepreneurs and families. The firm's own fund page now lists the fund as closed and has opened a waitlist for a fifth fund.
Marktlink Capital provides private investors with access to private equity, venture capital and private credit funds in Europe and North America. According to Mena, the firm's third venture capital fund closed last year at €90 million, and the firm has passed €3 billion in committed capital, a milestone reached five years after its founding in 2020.
Managing partner Bouke Marsman told Mena that Dutch entrepreneurs' interest has grown because innovative companies are staying private for longer, so more of their growth and value creation occurs before a listing. He said: "That we filled our fourth fund in record time underlines that interest."
Marsman said the firm invests in, among others, Y Combinator and Point Nine. Through these and other funds, he said, Marktlink Capital has indirect exposure to Anthropic, SpaceX, Revolut and OpenAI. He also stated that SpaceX listed earlier this year and that Anthropic is preparing an IPO. The share allocated to newer, emerging venture funds has risen from about 10% to 25% compared with earlier funds, including an investment in Saga Ventures, founded by Max Altman, brother of OpenAI founder Sam Altman. "Among these young funds are the Y Combinators of the future," Marsman said.
Marktlink Capital provides private investors with access to private equity, venture capital and private credit funds in Europe and North America. According to Mena, the firm's third venture capital fund closed last year at €90 million, and the firm has passed €3 billion in committed capital, a milestone reached five years after its founding in 2020.
Managing partner Bouke Marsman told Mena that Dutch entrepreneurs' interest has grown because innovative companies are staying private for longer, so more of their growth and value creation occurs before a listing. He said: "That we filled our fourth fund in record time underlines that interest."
Marsman said the firm invests in, among others, Y Combinator and Point Nine. Through these and other funds, he said, Marktlink Capital has indirect exposure to Anthropic, SpaceX, Revolut and OpenAI. He also stated that SpaceX listed earlier this year and that Anthropic is preparing an IPO. The share allocated to newer, emerging venture funds has risen from about 10% to 25% compared with earlier funds, including an investment in Saga Ventures, founded by Max Altman, brother of OpenAI founder Sam Altman. "Among these young funds are the Y Combinators of the future," Marsman said.
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