Roland Veldhuijzen van Zanten

MiddleGround Capital

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

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Experience

  • MiddleGround Capital ()
    • Managing Director, Head of EU Investment Team
      Apr 2026 - Present · 4 mos

    • Director
      Apr 2024 - Apr 2026 · 2 yrs 1 mo

    • Vice President
      Feb 2023 - Apr 2024 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Board Member at IT8
    Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos

  • Gimv (6 yrs 2 mos)
    • Principal
      Jun 2020 - Feb 2023 · 2 yrs 9 mos

      Small- to mid-market private equity investments in companies with strong growth potential on the back of increasing efficiency and sustainability. B2B services, software, transport, logistics & mobility, building materials, water, energy, agriculture, functional chemicals, HVAC and smart buildings.

    • Associate
      Jan 2017 - Jun 2020 · 3 yrs 6 mos

      Gimv is a European investment company with over three decades of experience in private equity and venture capital. Gimv currently manages around 1.8 billion EUR (including third party funds) of investments in 50 portfolio companies, which jointly realise a turnover of more than EUR 6 billion and employ over 28,000 people. As a recognized market leader in selected investment platforms, Gimv identifies entrepreneurial and innovative companies with high-growth potential and supports them in their transformation into market leaders. Gimv’s four investment platforms are: - Connected Consumer - Health & Care - Smart Industries - Sustainable Cities Each of these platforms works with a skilled and dedicated team across Gimv’s home markets of the Benelux, France and Germany and can count on an extended international network of experts.

  • Board Observer at Baas BV
    Nov 2021 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 3 mos

  • Board Observer at Verkley BV
    Mar 2021 - Jan 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos