Kaan Anit

Founder & General Partner

2023

We invest in exceptional people — just like you. As founders, we understand the entrepreneurial journey and are passionate about turning dreams into reality. With an amazing team, we launched First Degree. 🌍 Based in Amsterdam, with a global vision, we support visionary founders across Europe, from tech hubs to hidden gems. 💡 We focus on nurturing ideas from pre-seed to Series A, particularly in B2B solutions that transform the way businesses operate—think collaboration tools, AI, remote work tech, and more. Ready to take your startup to the next level? Let’s turn challenges into opportunities. 🚀 Get in touch today!

Investor (First Degree)

2024

Here to help Mert and his team, wherever I can, with the right introductions. They are doing something amazing: Building GodmodeHQ.com ✊ for AI Native Sales Brain | Hiring!

Investor (First Degree)

2024

Here to help Simon, Pawel and the rest of the team, wherever I can with the right warm introductions. New Native, a leader in AI-driven software development, redefining the $4T+ software development industry. NewNative´s mission: Accelerate Innovation and empower non-technical builders with their platform LabLab.ai to create, build, and deploy AI-native software products 5x faster using a plain English interface. Their visionary leadership team, including Simon Olson, Pawel Czech, Andrea Marazzi, PhD and others, is redefining how businesses approach software development. They are building an ecosystem of autonomous software agents to unlock full-stack functionality with unparalleled speed and efficiency. We're excited to support NewNative on their journey to transform the software development world!

Investor (First Degree)

2024

LabLab.ai (powered by New Native) is a Community of Makers, building with state-of-the-art, modern Artificial Intelligence. Join a Hackathon event today!

Investor (private)

2024

I am happy to have joined TechShield, a great initiative (and opportunity) by Sarona Ventures. 👀 Check out this great post and reach out if you like to know more: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sarona-vc_israelitechdelivers-nomatterwhat-techshield-activity-7168565662544609280-r-JJ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop

Investor (private)

2022

Investor (private)

2021

Family Member

2021

I am proud to be a Family Member of The Present! This non-profit organisation connects entrepreneurs to initiatives that support the lives of refugees and newcomers, based on expertise and network. That way entrepreneurs can do what they’re best at, and support social initiatives at the same time. Curious? Join us at www.thepresent.world! Being a Family Member means that I support The Present both financially as well as through bringing in my network and by sharing my expertise.

Founding Father aka Co-founder (start, build, grow, exit)

2020 - 2023

From the moment we launched in March ‘20 (right in the midst of the first lockdown), we’ve been on a mission to help extraordinary, remarkable founders and turn their dreams into reality. Simply because we love people who disrupt, innovate and challenge the status quo, and change our world to the better. Let me tell you, it hasn’t always been easy and it’s been a wild ride. From time to time it’s been frustrating, but mostly it’s been fun and fulfilling. 🫶🏽 The mission we have been on from day one, is in very safe hands with the founding team and all of the people at RocketX, so my time has come.

Co-founder (start, build, grow, exit)

2018 - 2023

"Knowing what to do is not the major challenge faced by our audience. Finding who to do it is". At RocketPeople, we believe that having world-class people is the most important ingredient to scale and build a successful company. This is why we made it our personal mission to help the world’s brightest scale-up founders in finding their people. I’m proud to say we have contributed to the growth to more than 300 VC backed start-ups and scale-ups in great cities like Amsterdam, Berlin, Paris, London, New York (and many other cities around the globe). RocketPeople was founded together with Tim Goedhart in 2018 and initially named ‘New Amsterdam Capital’. Due to the first lockdown in 2020, RocketPeople was actually the start of RocketX.