Max Donders & Linqo: High-Quality GPS Tracking Solutions
Max Donders was raised in a family of entrepreneurs, so it was natural for him to take the same route. His hunger for new ideas is the main reason for becoming an angel investor as well. His current company, Linqo helps companies solve mobility challenges. Learn about their mission, check out the advice for founders…
Hans de Penning & Neople: Personalized Customer Support at Scale
Hans de Penning is the Founder and CEO of Neople, providing the world’s most helpful and intelligent digital co-workers for customer support teams. With the help of a Neople, your customer support team can handle incoming tickets with the speed of light. Neoples help answer all incoming questions, and they’re trained in your tone of…
Magnus Heinstedt: A Swedish Startup Scene Veteran
Magnus Heinstedt was the CEO of corporate finance, media, and e-commerce companies, where he participated in various financing arrangements and IPOs. He has vast experience in board work as a board chairman and member in listed and unlisted companies. Now, he works with companies that want to grow, focusing more on teams than business ideas….
Startup Changemakers: Oliver Hanisch
Oliver Hanisch’s mission at Campus Founders, an entrepreneurship and co-innovation center in the Heilbronn-Franken region, is directly linked to his personal mission – to have an impact on the future and to be part of great solutions and innovations. Find out how’s Oliver shaping the startup ecosystems in Germany and the U.S as an entrepreneur and…
German Startup Changemakers: Kai Malkwitz
Kai Malkwitz is an entrepreneur, a business angel and a startup mentor. He offers strategic consulting for organization development, innovation processes and entrepreneurship. His focus is on b2b (or b2b2c) businesses with disruptive potential in Energy, Mobility, and Smart Cities. Find out why he only focuses on impact founders with great visions, what he likes…
German Startup Changemakers: Will Fischer
Will Fischer, the Managing Partner at Voxdale, is passionate about solving the world’s hardest problems in unique ways. He’s worked in the fields of aerospace, nanotechnology, semiconductor equipment, robotics, mechatronics, consumer products, and smart furniture. He spent years working at startups and founding two of his own. Find out what is it about entrepreneurship that…
German Startup Changemakers: Jens Urbaniak
Jens Urbaniak is an entrepreneur, a mentor and a pledger. He’s the Founder of DrSmile, a dental brand for modern teeth straightening, a mentor at Techstars, a startup accelerator that holds 13-week programs & a Pledger at the Founders Pledge, a global community of entrepreneurs, finding and funding solutions to the world’s most pressing problems. Find out how he…
Dutch Startup Changemakers: Annegien Blokpoel
Annegien Blokpoel has been an entrepreneur for almost 20 years and a business angel for the past 12. She is the author of two books: ‘Maak Je bedrijf meer Waard’ (Improve the Value of Your Company) and Eerste Hulp bij Groeien (First Help When Growing Your Business). She also gives workshops, lectures, and tailor-made sessions…
Dutch Startup Changemakers: Jelle Drijver
We talked to Jelle Drijver, the entrepreneur behind Peper in je Pand, where he turns vacant commercial real estate into vibrant multi-company buildings. He is also the founder of MegaExposure, which helps you optimise your online presence. He’s shaping the startup ecosystem in Utrecht by presenting, giving trainings and recording podcasts as well. Find out what lessons…
Becoming Indifferent
In our new ‘Guide to Investing’ blog series, we’re taking you through the highs and lows investors might experience during their journey. In this blog, we talk about the importance of becoming indifferent, to help you through the highs and the lows of startup investing. In the beginning, most investors have a positive and enthusiastic…
