Frans

Ruijs

FR

About

Frans

Frans is an associate at INGENHOUSZ, specializing in venture capital financing rounds and M&A transactions, particularly for venture-backed companies.

 

Prior to joining INGEN HOUSZ, Frans concentrated on venture capital and M&A at NautaDutilh, where he gained invaluable experience across both the London and Amsterdam offices. He holds a Master's degree in Law & Finance from the Universiteit van Amsterdam and a Bachelor's degree in Business Law from the Universiteit van Tilburg.

Frans brings a deep understanding of venture capital financials to each transaction. His financial modelling covers cap tables, anti-dilution and exit waterfalls in which he also regularly trains venture capital funds and founders.

His expertises

Her expertises

Their expertises

Their expertises

Venture capital investments

M&A transactions

Her work includes:

His work includes:

Their work includes:

Lemni has announced its pre-seed round led by Sequoia Capital, with participation of Designer Fund

2025

2025-02-26

Kiteworks acquires ZIVVER

2025

2025-06-18

OpusFlow raised €3.8M in a funding round led by Move Energy with participation from Rise PropTech Fund and existing investor Peak

2025

2025-10-01

Altura has secured €8M in a series A funding round led by Octopus Ventures, with support from existing investors Fortino Capital, Curiosity VC and P1ST

2025

2025-06-10

Wuunder raised a €10M investment from Perspectieffonds Gelderland (a fund managed by Oost NL) and existing shareholders

2025

2025-06-04

Tandem Health has acquired Juvoly

2026

2026-01-27

Stacks raises $23M Series A round led by Lightspeed

2026

2026-02-19

Axelera AI secures more than $250M of funding led by Innovation Industries, BlackRock and Siteground Capital, Invest-NL, Bitfury, CDP Venture Capital SGR, EIC, SFPIM, Samsung Catalyst Fund and Verve Investments

2026

2026-02-24

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30/4/26

FIDUCIAL has raised €2M+ in seed funding led by Graduate Ventures, with participation from SecFund and Rabobank

IH acted for FIDUCIAL

20/4/26

Schematik has raised $4.6M in pre-seed funding led by Lightspeed, with participation from Puzzle Ventures

IH acted for Schematik

19/3/26

Balderton and NP-Hard lead €5M pre-seed investment in Reson8

IH acted for Reson8
30/4/26

FIDUCIAL has raised €2M+ in seed funding led by Graduate Ventures, with participation from SecFund and Rabobank

IH acted for FIDUCIAL

20/4/26

Schematik has raised $4.6M in pre-seed funding led by Lightspeed, with participation from Puzzle Ventures

IH acted for Schematik

19/3/26

Balderton and NP-Hard lead €5M pre-seed investment in Reson8

IH acted for Reson8