HuddlesVenture Studios
The Human Venture StudioEnergy, Resource & Social Transition

Building category leaders in transition markets.

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40+ active investors

Join our active group of mission-aligned investors backing the energy, resource and social transitions at pre-seed. Hands-on where it matters most.

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Building the ventures driving the energy, resource and social transitions. Not by funding them alone. By co-founding them.

For Impact Founders

Building Better Ventures Together

You bring the conviction and the domain. We bring operators, capital and a studio that has done it before. We co-found from day zero: on the cap table, in the room, close to you.

How we work with founders
For Impact Investors

Invest Earlier. Build Better.

Our pre-seed fund invests in the ventures we co-build: energy, resource and social transitions. You get early-stage exposure to a curated, operator-built portfolio in the transition economy.

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Nine ventures.
One conviction.

Huddles is a human venture studio building impact companies in the energy, resource and social transitions. We co-found from day zero, back every venture through a pre-seed fund, and stay close to the people building.

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2022
Foundation year
9
Backed ventures
€1,5M
Committed
€100–200k
Per company
Pre-seed
Fund structure
5
Employees
40+
Investors
100%
Co-founding
NL
Based in
3
Core transitions

Part of our portfolio.

Eight ventures we didn't fund from a distance, but built together with the founders. Each one driven by a real bottleneck in the energy, resource or social transition.

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Three transitions. One studio.

Energy Transition

Energy Transition

Decentralised generation, storage, charging and grid capacity: keeping the transition moving where the grid has run out of room.

Resource Transition

Resource Transition

Circular construction, material innovation, recycling and urban mining: making what we already have work harder, for longer.

Social Transition

Social Transition

Behaviour, media, giving and loyalty: turning good intentions inside organisations and households into everyday habit.

We build from the inside

Venture Building

We are not on the supervisory board. We are at the kitchen table.

From proposition and market validation to brand, legal structure and the first hires. Huddles builds the company together with the founder and takes a minority stake of 20 to 40 percent. The founder keeps the majority, the control and the motivation. We stay operationally involved for as long as it takes.

Capital and Participation

One participation gives access to the entire portfolio.

Investors enter through the fund, not through a single venture. That spreads risk across nine impact companies instead of betting on one. Participation starts at 25,000 euro nominal and can be extended to four participations. Stakes are held for five to seven years, with binding advice from the Advisory Board on every portfolio investment.

Community and Ecosystem

The studio is the network, not the office.

Founders gain access to experts, customers and entrepreneurs going through the same stage. Investors get a seat at the table, contributing knowledge, network or acting as a sparring partner. Involvement is a choice, not an obligation. Those who want to build, build. Those who want distance, keep it.

What our community says

Huddles doesn't invest in a pitch, they invest in a team. They stood right next to us when we had to move from patent to first customer. Not at a distance asking for reports, but with their hands on the business case.

Bas Kiefmann
Bas Kiefmann
CEO, Czones

We validated phase one together, and we dare to take on phase two because Huddles gave us more than capital. They gave us the network and the calm to think big. People before market, you feel it in every conversation.

Winie van Oorschot
Winie van Oorschot
CEO, GOase

You don't solve grid congestion from a spreadsheet. Huddles understands it's about execution power and people, and connects us to exactly the partners who give us real momentum.

Ben Verstraten
Ben Verstraten
Founder, Staqx

Our biggest pivot, from service plus product to product plus service, came from sharp questions asked by Huddles, not from a dashboard. They build alongside you, they don't steer from the sidelines.

Martijn van Dijk
Martijn van Dijk
Founder, Rondt

Huddles doesn't invest in a pitch, they invest in a team. They stood right next to us when we had to move from patent to first customer. Not at a distance asking for reports, but with their hands on the business case.

Bas Kiefmann
Bas Kiefmann
CEO, Czones

We validated phase one together, and we dare to take on phase two because Huddles gave us more than capital. They gave us the network and the calm to think big. People before market, you feel it in every conversation.

Winie van Oorschot
Winie van Oorschot
CEO, GOase

You don't solve grid congestion from a spreadsheet. Huddles understands it's about execution power and people, and connects us to exactly the partners who give us real momentum.

Ben Verstraten
Ben Verstraten
Founder, Staqx

Our biggest pivot, from service plus product to product plus service, came from sharp questions asked by Huddles, not from a dashboard. They build alongside you, they don't steer from the sidelines.

Martijn van Dijk
Martijn van Dijk
Founder, Rondt

Launching a new value proposition is scary. Huddles gave us the community, the network and the confidence to dare to jump. Together you simply stand stronger.

Anouk de Vries
Anouk de Vries
Co-Founder, Donnie

Going from black box to a steerable service is not a step you take alone. Huddles thinks with you as a co-builder, not as a supervisor. That's exactly the difference that makes impact scalable.

Bob van der Putten
Bob van der Putten
CEO, Sustainers

Cheerleaders for good, that's us, but Huddles is that for us. When we had to rebrand and push through, there was no distance, just a team standing next to us. Together you get further.

Maartje Bregman
Maartje Bregman
Founder, Happy Times

Loyalty with meaning calls for an investor with meaning. Huddles helped us bring the proposition back to its core, one clear cause, and gave us the room to do it well rather than fast.

Lotte van Oorschot
Lotte van Oorschot
GoodLoyalty

Launching a new value proposition is scary. Huddles gave us the community, the network and the confidence to dare to jump. Together you simply stand stronger.

Anouk de Vries
Anouk de Vries
Co-Founder, Donnie

Going from black box to a steerable service is not a step you take alone. Huddles thinks with you as a co-builder, not as a supervisor. That's exactly the difference that makes impact scalable.

Bob van der Putten
Bob van der Putten
CEO, Sustainers

Cheerleaders for good, that's us, but Huddles is that for us. When we had to rebrand and push through, there was no distance, just a team standing next to us. Together you get further.

Maartje Bregman
Maartje Bregman
Founder, Happy Times

Loyalty with meaning calls for an investor with meaning. Huddles helped us bring the proposition back to its core, one clear cause, and gave us the room to do it well rather than fast.

Lotte van Oorschot
Lotte van Oorschot
GoodLoyalty

Upcoming events.

Oct 19, 2026

New Impact Day - H2 2026

On Monday 19 October, the founders of our ventures, the participants behind Huddles and anyone considering joining come together in one room. Four minutes per founder: where the venture stands, what they have learned and where they are stuck. No pitch, no polish, just the state of play and a specific ask to the room. We take our time on our newest venture and set out the step Huddles itself is taking and what that requires. Block 15:00 to 19:00 in your calendar.

Akke Pennin
Olivier Ponsioen
Akke Pennin & Olivier Ponsioen

Let's get to know each other.

Grab 30 minutes with Akke and Olivier. No deck required, just a conversation about what you're building, or what you're looking to back.

No newsletter, no noise. We'll reach out personally.

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We co-found the ventures driving the energy, resource and social transitions, with people first.

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