VP Capital
VP Capital is the impact-focused family office of the Dutch-Belgian van Puijenbroek family, a textile dynasty that has invested since 1865. It backs companies across agrifood, clean technology, energy and water as part of a biodiversity and climate mandate. As of 2026 it has backed 3 water-technology companies, from AI leak detection to purification membranes.
Compiled by Antoine Walter, (don't) Waste Water, from official filings and direct intelligence in Leviathan.
The take
VP Capital is the investment company of the van Puijenbroek family, a Dutch-Belgian textile dynasty whose first venture dates to 1865, when Hendrik van Puijenbroek founded the workwear maker now known as HAVEP. More than 150 years later the family has turned that industrial inheritance into an impact-first family office, one that judges every commitment through an impact lens before a financial one.
VP Capital made its original money in textiles, one of the thirstiest and most polluting industries on the planet, which may be why water now runs so visibly through its portfolio. Its water bets cluster around three jobs: Hypersoniq builds inline sensors that measure water quality, HULO.ai uses AI to hunt leaks across water networks, and Denmark's Aquaporin makes biomimetic membranes that purify and desalinate. The common thread is water treated as climate and biodiversity infrastructure, not as a standalone asset class.
VP Capital is not a water fund, and a newcomer should hold that line clearly: water sits inside a wider impact mandate spanning agrifood, the built environment, clean technology, energy and textile, with biodiversity placed at the centre of its 2024 to 2028 strategy. Because this is patient family-office capital with no fund clock to beat, it can hold these companies for the long run. As of 2026 that adds up to 3 water-technology companies.
Water Commitment Score
Compiled from official filings, third-party records, and direct intelligence from investors and founders, in Leviathan · recomputed monthly · as of Jun 2026.
How they invest
Portfolio · 3 water companies
Invests alongside
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Frequently asked
- What does VP Capital invest in?
- VP Capital invests for impact across agrifood, the built environment, clean technology, energy, textile and water. Roughly half of its managed assets sit in impact companies, screened against biodiversity, climate and social-equality goals. In water it backs technology that measures, saves and purifies water rather than any single sub-sector.
- Is VP Capital a water fund?
- VP Capital is not a dedicated water fund. It is the van Puijenbroek family office, a broad impact investor where water is one theme alongside agrifood, energy, clean technology and the built environment. As of 2026 VP Capital has backed 3 water-technology companies inside that wider portfolio.
- Who runs VP Capital?
- VP Capital is run by the van Puijenbroek family with a professional team. Guus van Puijenbroek leads strategy and family matters, Jeroen Heine directs investments, and Erica van Eeghen runs venture investing. The Dutch-Belgian family office traces back to the 1865 textile business now known as HAVEP.
- What water companies has VP Capital backed?
- VP Capital has backed Aquaporin, the Danish maker of biomimetic water-purification membranes; HULO.ai, a Dutch AI platform that detects leaks in water networks; and Hypersoniq, which builds inline electrochemical water-quality sensors. As of 2026 that totals 3 water-technology companies across its impact portfolio.
- Where is VP Capital based?
- VP Capital is based in Goirle in the Netherlands, with a second office in Turnhout, Belgium, making it a Dutch-Belgian family office. It should not be confused with the unrelated Australian fund manager of the same name; this VP Capital is the van Puijenbroek family's impact investor.