The Hatch Firm

The Hatch Firm

The Hatch Firm was co-founded in Amsterdam by Rudy de Back and Tom Kolenberg. The firm operates as an independent investment company, sourcing opportunities across venture and growth stages. Its base on Keizersgracht places it within the city's historic canal district, though little has been publicly disclosed about the firm's founding date or the source of its proprietary capital. The firm targets early-stage and growth-stage companies, structuring commitments through direct co-investments and its dedicated Innovation Fund B.V. De Back and Kolenberg have cultivated a network that draws in co-investors like Robbert Visser, former CFO of digital agency Dept. One confirmed co-investment alongside Visser is Objective Platform, a marketing analytics software business. The Hatch Firm's generalist mandate allows it to evaluate opportunities across sectors, though specific areas of focus and additional portfolio names remain largely private. The team's public footprint is small. De Back serves as Managing Partner, with Kolenberg as Partner. The Innovation Fund B.V. sits alongside the main firm entity, suggesting an internal separation between fund-level and balance-sheet investing activity. No headcount figures, additional office locations, or philanthropic vehicles have been disclosed. The firm does not advertise membership in peer networks or club-deal platforms. What distinguishes The Hatch Firm structurally is its quiet integration of a former public-company CFO into its direct-investment deal flow. Visser's post-Dept role as a recurring co-investor hints at a sourcing model built on operator relationships rather than on the auction processes that dominate institutional venture. This operator-proximity posture, more common in the US than in the Netherlands, gives the small Amsterdam firm a profile that diverges from the country's traditional fund-of-funds and LP-dominated venture culture.