Brooklyn Ventures

Brooklyn Ventures is a venture builder and venture capital firm founded in 2011 and headquartered in Delft, Netherlands. The firm invests in and operationally supports companies across data intelligence, oil and gas, telecom and media, predictive analytics, and high-tech machinery. Operating as a venture builder, Brooklyn Ventures takes a hands-in role across funding, finance, legal, business development, marketing, data analysis, and IT architecture — functioning as an embedded operational partner rather than a passive capital provider. The portfolio of 11 investments includes Pandora Intelligence (AI and deep learning data intelligence, led by Partner Ard Jol), IRM Systems (pipeline inspection and maintenance services, led by Managing Director Rutger Schouten), RingCredible (which received a €550,000 Series A, run by Partner Hans Osnabrugge), and Mobile Interaction Company. Portfolio companies operate globally, with offices across Johannesburg, Dubai, Lagos, London, Houston, New Delhi, and Kuala Lumpur, reflecting Brooklyn's focus on Europe, Africa, and MENA markets. The three partners — Hans Osnabrugge, Ard Jol, and Rutger Schouten — are each actively embedded in specific portfolio companies as executives rather than board advisors alone. This structure reflects a conviction that the firm adds greatest value not by writing checks and attending quarterly reviews, but by sharing the operational burden of building early-stage companies in technically complex, capital-intensive sectors.