European Femtech Startup Pro Parents Secures 1M Euros Capital, Reaches 3.3M Euros in Total Funding

• Pro Parents, a Femtech firm from Amsterdam, raised €1M of growth capital, overall funding now is €3.3M
• The money will be invested in facilitating company expansion, increasing partnerships with academic institutions

Pro Parents, a Femtech startup based in Amsterdam, has secured €1 million in growth capital, taking its total funding to €3.3 million. The new investment will help the company expand, deepen academic collaborations—like with Radboud University—and facilitate entry into more European markets.

The funding round picked up new backers like Mike de Boer (Knab Bank), Andre Grimbergen (Albelli), Quantum Leap Capital, and angel investors like Lara Koole (Carbon Equity) and Jeroen ter Huurne (Collin Crowdfund). Current supporters Oost NL, Peakfijn, and Bram Smeets were also on board. Mike, founder and former chief financial officer at Knab Bank, praised Pro Parents for being able to create a real impact on workers' welfare in the workplace, crediting founder Joyce Knappe's combination of vision, topic expertise, and entrepreneurial drive.

The company has also been sponsored before by the Goldschmeding Foundation and the Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. Pro Parents, established in 2013 by Joyce, offers HR software that helps employers help employees through pregnancy, post-pregnancy, and becoming a working parent. The platform has helped over 8,000 parents and employers with professional guidance and resources. 

Joyce, motivated by her own experience in becoming a parent, developed the platform to fill care gaps for working parents. She stressed that the last several years have been spent on aligning the solution with what parents and employers need, and the future is all about system innovation and social impact. In addition to supporting individual employees, Pro Parents also helps companies to attain ESG objectives and D&I that can assist in reducing absenteeism, turnover reduction, and curbing healthcare costs.

This new funding success is particularly important in the light of the rapidly growing Femtech sector, estimated to grow to $103 billion by 2030. The sector addresses systemic inequalities in women's healthcare—a global gap which, if filled, could generate an additional $1 trillion by 2040. Pro Parents raised this investment in the face of a tough venture capital climate.

Tech investment in the Netherlands fell from €800 million in 2021 to €400 million in 2024, following economic uncertainty, high interest rates, and conservative investor sentiment, according to the State of Dutch Tech 2025 report by Techleap. Further, funding is still scarce for female-founded startups, with venture capital going to companies started by women making up less than 1% of venture capital, yet Pro Parents managed to raise fresh capital to continue its mission.

Joyce stated that their sharp understanding of what works, for whom, and why—combined with the value HR technology brings to employers' vitality and well-being policies—positions the company for impactful, large-scale change over the next decade.