Taptrove Ventures

Job van der Voort makes all investment decisions. He is the sole managing partner and brings operator experience from co-founding Remote, the global HR and payroll platform. There is no investment committee with external LPs or co-CIOs.

Van der Voort sources primarily through his personal network of European founders, operators, and the distributed-work ecosystem he entered while building Remote. This founder-to-founder referral channel gives Taptrove early looks at startups building compliance, payroll, and remote infrastructure before they reach broader institutional VC processes.

Taptrove operates as a single-family office deploying Job van der Voort's personal capital. It has no external limited partners and is not structured as a traditional closed-end venture fund. This means the firm can make flexible investment decisions without fund-duration constraints.

Yes, but selectively. As a single-family office with concentrated positions, Taptrove can exercise pro-rata rights and sometimes makes follow-on investments, though it rarely leads later rounds. The firm prioritizes initial conviction over reserves-heavy portfolio management.

Taptrove targets seed-stage companies across enterprise software, fintech infrastructure, AI/ML applications, and mobility. Its core thesis sits at the intersection of distributed-work technology and the picks-and-shovels layer that enables global hiring, payments, and compliance.