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Golden Egg Check
Golden Egg Check finds, evaluates, supports, introduces and invests in the best tech startups. It has moved from a founder community to a VC fund.
Golden Egg Check
Golden Egg Check finds, evaluates, supports, introduces and invests in the best tech startups. It has moved from a founder community to a VC fund. GEC Capital II is a €15M pre-seed venture capital fund focused on early-stage founders in frontier AI, software and deeptech. The firm invests in early-stage digital and deeptech startups in Europe.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
2012
Location
Region
Europe
Country
Netherlands
City
Enschede
Corporate office
Enschede, Netherlands
Principals
Thomas Mensink
CEO of Golden Egg Check and partner of Golden Egg Check Capital
Ytsen van der Meer
GEC Capital
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Golden Egg Check?
Golden Egg Check operates with a lean investment committee drawn from its founding team and venture partners. The firm has not publicly disclosed the names of its current investment committee members in primary sources. Public filings and press references occasionally name individuals associated with the firm, but no single decision-maker is publicly designated as the final investment authority.
Does Golden Egg Check participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
Golden Egg Check invests directly into operating companies, primarily at the seed stage. There is no public record of the firm making fund-of-fund commitments or participating as a limited partner in other venture funds.
Which sectors does Golden Egg Check explicitly avoid?
The firm has not published a formal exclusion list. Given its portfolio concentration in enterprise software, fintech, and climate technology, it is reasonable to infer that Golden Egg Check does not actively pursue capital-intensive sectors like heavy industry, traditional manufacturing, or biotech requiring long FDA-trial timelines.
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