Software & internet venture capitalist. Startup coach.
Working with software startups for the past 25 years, both as investor, coach and board member, and as an operational executive.
Managing partner at venture capital funds since 2000. At Volta Ventures currently focusing on startups with HQ’s in the Benelux, but I also have operational experience in Silicon Valley and Turkey.
Past positions include former director/investor at Engagor (acquired by Clarabridge), Amplidata (acquired by Western Digital Corp), PINS (acquired by IS), Q-layer (acquired by Sun Microsystems), Avinity (acquired by ActiveVideo) and chairman DataCenterTechnologies (acquired by Veritas/Symantec) and Ciceksepeti and Digitouch.
A regular keynote speaker, startup competition jury member and teacher, including Investor in Residence at Vlerick Business School and visiting lecturer at Antwerp Management School.
Master's degrees in Applied Economics and Accountancy from the University of Gent / Vlerick, Belgium.
