Keen Venture Partners overview
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Employee communications platform Beekeeper inks $8 mln Series A
Zurich and San Francisco-based Beekeeper, a employee communications platform, has raised $8 million in Series A financing. Keen Venture Partners led the round with participation from other investors that included Fyrfly Venture Partners, Polytech Ecosystem Ventures and b-to-v Partners. Concurrent with the funding, Robert Verwaayen, a general partner at Keen, has been added to Beekeeper's board of directors.
Keen Venture Partners contact information
Offices
Passeerdersgracht 19A, Amsterdam, 1016XG, NetherlandsContacts
| Name | Job title | Location | |
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Key Contact Mr. Giuseppe Lacerenza | Job titlePartner, Investments | LocationAmsterdam, Netherlands | Email  ------- |
| Key ContactMs. Sara McMunn | Job titleOperating Partner | LocationLondon, United Kingdom | Email ----------- |
| Ms. Briehan Burke | Job titleGeneral Partner | LocationAmsterdam, Netherlands | Email -------- |
| Mr. Alexander Ribbink | Job titleGeneral Partner | LocationAmsterdam, Netherlands | Email ------- |
Keen Venture Partners funds managed
Closed funds: 3
| Fund | Fund size | Close date | Strategy |
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Fund size ------ | Close dateNov 2025 | Strategy ------ | |
Fund size -------- | Close dateSep 2022 | Strategy -------- | |
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Stories that mention Keen Venture Partners
Boka targets $300m for third defence fund
The firm started raising the strategy in Q2 and aims to reach final close by Q1 next year as more funds emerge in this space, Private Equity International has learned.
Private equity returns to the front line on defence
European investors’ mass pivot towards the defence sector has huge potential implications for private capital. Will the flow of money match the shift in sentiment?
European defense tech is attracting investment, but some LPs remain wary
Family offices are key venture-stage investors in defense-related technology as other LPs explore their options.
Mercer’s Europe CIO: VC seen as 'key route to access innovation' in defense tech
Venture capital opportunities in defense technology are proliferating but they pose challenges, says Mercer’s Garvan McCarthy.
EIF commits €40m to Keen's European defense tech fund
The fund, which is targeting €125m, will focus on early-stage start-ups across Europe operating in sectors such as cybersecurity, information superiority, robotics, AI, autonomous systems and space technology.
SineWave bets on 'picks and shovels layer' of generative AI
ChatGPT is grabbing most of the headlines around generative AI, but SineWave Ventures says the real news is about the technology that sits between artificial intelligence models and the apps that users interact with.
Beekeeper raises $45 mln
Beekeeper said Sept. 16 that it raised $45 million in Series B financing, co-led by Thayer Ventures and Swisscanto Invest by Zürcher Kantonalbank. Also participating were prior investors including Atomico, Alpana Ventures, Edenred Capital Partners, Fyrfly, Hammer Team, investiere, HighSage Ventures, Keen Venture Partners, Samsung NEXT, Swiss Post, and Swisscom. Beekeeper is a digital workplace app where operational systems and communication channels live within a platform.
Rescale procures $32 mln Series B
San Francisco-based Rescale, a provider of enterprise big compute in the cloud, has raised $32 million in Series B funding. Initialized Capital, Keen Venture Partners and SineWave Ventures led the round.