Dirk Vandenhirtz — Deep-Tech Entrepreneur & AgTech Advisor
Dirk Vandenhirtz founded AixPoint to give deep-tech founders the strategic edge he wished he had when building his own companies. He has raised more than €120 million across four ventures, filed over 60 patents, and led four successful exits — including LemnaTec, Zasso Group, crop.zone, and Tielsa.
Trained as a biologist at RWTH Aachen, Dirk now advises founders, VCs, and PE firms on fundraising, IP strategy, and go-to-market execution. His speciality is turning lab-stage science into investable, scalable businesses.
Proprietary Deal Flow for Institutional Investors
AixPoint curates high-conviction investment opportunities in European deep-tech for institutional investors. Each deal is sourced from Dirk's operator network and vetted against the same criteria he used to build his own portfolio companies:
- Agrivero — AI-powered green coffee grading with 99% accuracy, expanding into cacao in 2026
- Néboda Farms — Cost-efficient year-round vertical basil production using automated indoor farming
- ENANTIOS — ROA spectroscopy platform with CE certification for pharmaceutical and food analysis
- AckerKapital — Agrivoltaics investment platform combining solar energy with agricultural land use
- PureSurf — Bio-based surfactants replacing petrochemical ingredients in industrial applications
- KuroVia — CO₂-negative process heat from pyrolysis with 4 ct/kWh price advantage over gas
- CarboSlag by CosmoLabs — Circular economy mineral processing for construction materials
- Farmevo Technologies — Next-generation farm management and precision agriculture platform
- WAI Water Intelligence Technologies — Portable spectrophotometer for real-time freshwater sensing
Daily AgTech Intelligence
Every morning, AixPoint publishes curated AgTech news drawn from decades of industry experience. Coverage spans precision agriculture, robotics, sensor technology, and funding rounds — each story selected for its relevance to founders and investors making real decisions.
Deal Simulator — AI-Powered Pitch Analysis
The AixPoint Deal Simulator gives you instant AI feedback on your deep-tech pitch. It evaluates your venture against the investment criteria Dirk Vandenhirtz applies when assessing companies like Agrivero, Néboda Farms, and KuroVia.
Strategic Advisory from Seed to Scale
Whether you are a founder preparing for a Series A, a VC seeking curated deal flow in Europe, or an enterprise building an IP portfolio in agriculture — AixPoint delivers advisory grounded in 25 years of building, scaling, and exiting deep-tech companies.
