Startup Changemakers: Horst-Georg Fuchs
Horst-Georg Fuchs is one of the Co-Founders of Xaleon, a Linz-based software startup that was acquired by TeamViewer, a Digital Customer Engagement Platform in 2021. For him, there’s nothing more exciting than having a vision of how to improve the world and then actually making it a reality. Find out what it’s like to be part of…
Dutch Startup Changemakers: Leo van Vliet
Leo van Vliet is an experienced director with a demonstrated history of working in the construction industry. For 25 years, he was a CEO, and for five years, he was a Business Development Manager. The focus of his career was on translating an idea into a company. He started a cable installation business back in…
Dutch Startup Changemakers: Thijs Verheul
At the age of 20, Thijs Verheul founded United Wardrobe, a social marketplace designed for buying and selling fashion items. On October 27th 2020 the company was officially sold to Vinted. Thijs is writing a book about that amazing journey and gives guest lectures at the Wageningen University and other institutions about starting a business…
Dutch Startup Changemakers: Pieter ter Kuile
Pieter ter Kuile, ex-Vice Chairman at the Dutch investment bank Kempen & Co, is one of the early investors in Leapfunder. He studied law in Amsterdam, obtained an MBA at Harvard, and started his career at McKinsey & Co, after which he founded his own company in financial fraud investigation. This job led him to…
Dutch Startup Changemakers: Sieuwert van Otterloo
Sieuwert van Otterloo is the Founder and Managing Director of the ICT Institute, a consulting firm for IT Due Diligence, Software, Privacy, and AI advice. They provide independent advice combining the latest research results with practical experience. To keep learning, he also invests in and provides guidance to technology startups, teaches software project management at…
Daniel Haven & ProctorExam’s Huge Success
ProctorExam, a Leapfunder alumnus and the Dutch company that provides hundreds of universities and professional licensing companies with software for online proctoring, has been taken over by a British division of the American company Turnitin as of December 31, 2020. The software company is now the sole shareholder. ProctorExam has brought technology and the exam industry to a whole…