Paul Veugen is a serial founder who built and sold companies like Usabilla and Human while simultaneously investing as co-founder of NP-Hard Ventures, giving him the rare perspective of someone who operates a product company and invests at the same time. He focuses on backing products that work like Trojan horses to inspire behavior change through delightful everyday tools, and argues that founders should invest in marketing from day one rather than waiting for product-market fit.
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NP-Hard Ventures
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AI, Deeptech / Hardware, Robotics, Devtools, Enterprise
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Pre-Seed - Seed
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$100K - $500K
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NP-Hard Ventures is a €25M fund led by repeat technical entrepreneurs who previously founded and exited multiple software companies, then invested as angels in 50+ startups before formalizing their dedicated early-stage fund. They focus exclusively on highly technical, product-obsessed founding teams building core infrastructure like dev tools, industrial automation, and APIs across Europe and the US, positioning themselves as non-lead specialists who collaborate with founders rather than compete to lead rounds.
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