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Kaan Anit

General Partner at First Degree.

Amsterdam, North Holland

Overview 

Kaan Anit is an entrepreneur turned investor, currently serving as the Founder & General Partner at First Degree in Amsterdam, North Holland. With a focus on early-stage investments in sectors like Generative Tech/AI and Future of Work, Anit has demonstrated expertise in building teams, fundraising, and creating value-added services, while also being a super-connector within the startup ecosystem. Anit's career highlights include founding and growing successful ventures like RocketX and RocketPeople, as well as establishing himself as a key player in the investment landscape by leading First Degree and investing in diverse founders and companies in innovative sectors like AI and SaaS.

Work Experience 

  • Founder & General Partner

    2024 - Current

    First Degree is a venture firm built on access—access to exceptional founders, investors, and opportunities. We invest early, like to move fast, and back remarkable people who are changing the way we work. 💡 Focus: The future of work is now—we invest in AI-driven productivity and collaboration tools that redefine how we work. 📍 Stage: Pre-seed & Seed. 🌍 Location: Europe-first, with a global network 🤝 Model: We never lead, always co-invest, and back founders with capital, connections, and conviction. 🔥 AI is rewriting the playbook. We’re betting on the founders who aren’t just riding the wave but creating the next one. If you’re building or investing in the next generation of AI-first companies, let’s talk.

  • Investor (+ Backer)

    2025

    Topo.io provides AI SDR agents to execute custom B2B outbound playbooks tailored to each company and industry. It identifies, qualifies, and engages high-value leads using real-time data signals. Beyond basic personalization, it delivers strategic, context-driven outreach. Topo.io (YCW24) is backed by leading VCs and industry experts, happy to supporting Dan, Leonard, Robin and the team at Topo.io via firstdegree.capital

  • Investor (+ Backer)

    2025

    Enrich anybody on LinkedIn with 1 click. You’re visiting a LinkedIn profile and want the contact info? Boom, you click on "Enrich", and your contact is enriched and saved in a list. Backed by leading VCs and super-angels, we're happy supporting the Benjamin, Grégoire, Jean-Luc and team at FullEnrich via firstdegree.capital

  • Investor (+ Backer)

    2024

    Who is building something similar? Get razor-sharp intelligence on your market in seconds. Whether you are a bootstrapped founder looking to map your market, an M&A professional looking for a deal, or the head of data at a multi-stage firm, have a look at Alphalens and what it can do for you. Supporting the Leo, Walid and team via First Degree.

  • Investor

    2024

    Deckmatch uses the power of AI and advanced analytics to revolutionize investment deal flow. Our platform seamlessly integrates your deal flow with external data, offering investors intelligent parsing, precise startup-investor matching, and actionable insights through tailored memos. With our API, Deckmatch fits effortlessly into your existing workflow and CRM, enhancing your investment strategy with sharp, data-driven insights. Supporting the team at DeckMatch via First Degree.

  • Investor (+ Backer)

    2024

    Whitebridge.ai is an AI-powered digital identity research tool that finds, verifies, and analyzes publicly collected data about someone and structures it into an insightful report. Supporting the team at Whitebridge via First Degree.

  • Investor

    2024

    Supporting Pawel, Simon and the team at LabLab via First Degree.

  • Investor

    2024

    Supporting the team at New Native via First Degree.

New Native is an AI platform designed to aggregate AI tech, develop AI solutions, and distribute them at scale.

Raised $2,543,500.00.

  • Investor (private)

    2025

    Supporting Perfect via TechShield.

Perfect is an online platform that offers hiring services.

Raised $13,000,000.00 from Firestreak Ventures, Young Sohn, Tomer Pomerantz, Leon Recanati, Joule Ventures, Target Global, RTP Global, Kalish brothers, Dan Naftali and Uri Levy.

  • Investor (private)

    2024

    Supporting Bondata via TechShield.

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