We've seen the cycles

Markets move. Companies adapt.

Our conviction comes from experience applied with care. Case by case.

How we built 

the way we invest

Newion is a venture firm from Amsterdam that has invested for over 25 years. That’s long enough to see how quickly markets change, and how good companies are built.

Those two speeds, how markets move, and how companies mature, create a familiar dynamic: growth can hide weak foundations, and tough markets surface them. Over time, the job becomes less about reacting to movement and more about understanding what will still work when conditions stop cooperating.

That’s the lens we bring to every conversation. We start with curiosity, then pressure-test coherence between the problem, the product, and a credible path to selling it. We look for compelling logic at the base of every company story: an underlying market shift, and people who can lead the journey.

And we stay close after the investment, too: not to run companies, but to help founders make the early calls that shape the next year: sequencing, trade-offs, perspectives. In the first 12–18 months, those decisions compound fast.

We invest at Seed and Series A, typically €1–10M, in rounds up to €20M, across European digital tech. Our team is compact and dedicated, so responsibility stays close to the work: we debate until the reasoning is clear, align, and move.

We use experience as leverage, not legacy.

Mathijs de Wit

Pieter Welten

Fatin El Azear

Lora Orlando

Dorus Olgers

Leopold Lindner

Anton Keller

Giacomo Benatelli

Nina Concannon

Nick Herts

Geert Zanting

Patrick Polak

Frank Claassen

The standards we bring

We invest with the long term in mind.

That means putting in the effort early, not after the round.

We prioritize what helps the company win: not optics, not ego, not preference.

Expect straight answers.
A yes is a commitment.

A no is clear.

Strong opinions, formed collectively and held responsibly.