The Hatch Firm

About The Fund

The Hatch Firm is an Amsterdam-based entrepreneurial investment company specializing in early-stage ventures that are active in the online and mobile sectors. They have a keen interest in technologies such as enterprise mobility, eHealth, edTech, IoT, big data, and innovative cloud-based solutions. With a minimum investment of EUR 710,000 and a maximum of the same, The Hatch Firm targets companies established post-2010. Their approach involves investing not only capital but also time, expertise, and network support to passionate entrepreneurs who boast scalable business models with recurring revenue. The Hatch Firm lays emphasis on a company's defined competitive advantages, team dynamics, and alignment with their core business strategies, from business plans and roadmaps to customer and supplier relations. They demand that a core team be in place, with initial key relationships established to ensure effective business commencement. The Hatch Firm's investment philosophy includes focussing on the business plan and strategies, accelerating growth through their network, and catalyzing a venture's development to create significant financial events, be it through sales, strategic partnerships, or additional fund injections. Their notion of 'hatching' embodies supporting ventures till their internal advantages are fully leveraged, eventually leading to important financial returns measured by the market's valuation of the venture. They specialize in pooling funds up to EUR 1 million alongside known co-investors, simplifying shareholder structure. A crucial part of their strategy is to help ventures implement Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to guide the business and validate market assumptions. The Hatch Firm offers its experience in company development, distinct from the usual product or business development, and supports the ventures' growth with their proprietary assessment methods. While focussing on the mobile aspect of technology, they also engage with mobile app agencies like MOBGEN to support ventures with mobile strategies. The firm's aim is to scale ventures with proven revenue models, particularly those with international expansion potential, with annual revenues exceeding EUR 500,000. Their investment goal is to provide enough runway to advance the company to new valuation levels, step by step, creating strategic options along the way. Investments range between EUR 500,000 and EUR 2,000,000, indicative of their pursuit of significant returns for all stakeholders, with a content outcome even short of Unicorn status.