Venture Capital 2025

NETHERLANDS Law and Practice Contributed by: Marc Habermehl, Jeroen Smits, David de Groot and Max de Heer Stibbe

Amsterdam

Netherlands Germany

Belgium

Contents 1. Trends p.379

1.1 VC Market p.379 1.2 Key Trends p.379 1.3 Key Industries p.379 2. Venture Capital Funds p.380

2.1 Fund Structure p.380 2.2 Fund Economics p.381 2.3 Fund Regulation p.382 2.4 Particularities p.383 3. Investments in Venture Capital Portfolio Companies p.383 3.1 Due Diligence p.383 3.2 Process p.383 3.3 Investment Structure p.384 3.4 Documentation p.385

3.5 Investor Safeguards p.386 3.6 Corporate Governance p.387 3.7 Contractual Protection p.388 4. Government Inducements p.389 4.1 Subsidy Programmes p.389 4.2 Tax Treatment p.389 4.3 Government Endorsement p.390 5. Employment Incentives p.390 5.1 General p.390 5.2 Securities p.391 5.3 Taxation of Instruments p.391 5.4 Implementation p.393 6. Exits p.394 6.1 Investor Exit Rights p.394 6.2 IPO Exits p.394 6.3 Pre-IPO Liquidity p.395 7. Regulation p.395 7.1 Securities Offerings p.395 7.2 Restrictions p.396

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