Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
Business builder | AI | Innovator | Inspirator | ICF accredited coach | Investor | Board Member and -Advisor | Interim | Advisor ±20 years experience as an investor (private equity and venture capital) and 2x tech startup/scaleup entrepreneur (Accel Partners, Rocket Internet & Fintech with corporate shareholder). ☞ Business & leadership coach / mentor for founder, VC and other creators to become his/her best self; ☞ Support company to become investor ready for next funding round; ☞ Setup, improve or transformation of corporate innovation infrastructure & -culture & -performance. ☞ Invest in, support or lead the growth from (deep tech) startup to scale-up and further; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- People tell me they like to work with me because I: ☞ quickly uncover the essence of a business (-issue); ☞ have a different, more holistic approach: both the business & the human; ☞ inspire them; ☞ easily switch between multiple perspectives: the investor, the entrepreneur, the academic and the corporate. Growth | exponential innovation | leadership | accelerator
WAIMAKERS takes organizations from AI confusion to confidence: training teams, shaping strategy, and running hands-on pilots that prove value fast. 350+ organizations across 4 continents, 5,000+ professionals trained, pilots that cut 50-80% of the time on real workflows. The approach: your own data, your real challenges. No generic slides. Built for independence, not dependency. Teams come out capable and ready to do it themselves. Learn. Lead. Make.
Engagements: - AI strategy and implementation projects - startup/scaleup growth developer & performance coach @for founders, VC’s and other creators - coaching/mentoring initiatives going fast from startup to scaleup and further @Rabobank Innovation Factory - part of several Venture Boards, co-decide on innovation teams funding requests @Rabobank InnoHub - scaling-up and becoming investor ready project @ING blockchain venture - investor ready sprint social impact health venture @ScaleUp Nation - strategy sprint for BtC scaleup @ScaleUp Nation - ad-interim Initiative Lead for turnaround of venture @ING fintech venture - scaleup spin-out project @ING Bank's Innovation Lab - Coach @TheNextWomen - Setting up innovation venture building business @newcraftgroup.com - Advise the board on how to setup the corporate innovation infrastructure @Pon Holding - Mentor/support corporate mobility entrepreneur with his venture (leadership, product/market fit, VC perspective) - Guest lecturer about scale-ups and innovation.
Investor in deep tech and commodity tech.
Innovation & Transformation