5 business angels propelling emerging life changing technologies addressing the big issues of today
Team
Marcel van de Vorst
Marcel has been an angel investor for several years and has built a portfolio of 10+ technology companies with several successful exits. He is a growth counselor for early stage companies in the technology sector.
Marcel is an operating partner of Crowdpartners, an SME focused market place lending platform.
Due to his background in corporate/business law, being one of the leading VC/PE lawyers for technology companies in the Netherlands, Marcel has an extensive network in the tech & VC scene.
Adding value by providing high-level connections through network introductions. Marcel is a trusted advisor and sparring partner for both investors, entrepreneurs and boards.
He is a certified board member (INSEAD IDP-C) holding several non-executive positions.
Daan Witteveen
Daan has 25 years’ experience in M&A, partnerships, venture capital and private equity focused on technology enabled & emerging ecosystems in energy, health, food, education, sports, e-commerce, digital marketing and manufacturing 4.0.
Daan was until May 2022, a Deloitte partner and the technology sector leader in EMEA. As from September 2022 he joined the private equity firm Surmount Ventures.
He is angel investor and holds various advisory board roles at scale-ups.
Daan is an initiator of Open Incubation, a venture governance model to incubate lean, open and collaborative ventures. He is also a public speaker and writer on innovations in venturing, venture capital, private equity, ecosystems and M&A led growth.
Arthur van Wylick
Arthur has been an angel investor for 10+ years and has built a portfolio of technology companies.
As founder of +U he defines and helps executing winning, sustainable strategies for high impact start- and scale-ups. He also manages funding rounds for these companies. His signature approach is open minded, analytical, challenging, pragmatic and hands-on.
The ongoing counselling and commitment to the sustainable success of his clients has evolved into various Supervisory Board positions.
Arthur is a trusted advisor and sparring partner for investors and entrepreneurs and keen to leverage his network.
Piet Coelewij
Piet is a global leader with consistent track record in high growth and digital consumer businesses with a ‘digital’ track record in Retail (Amazon & Wehkamp) and Consumer electronics (Sonos & Philips Electronics).
He holds various non-executive positions and has a track record of helping companies to transform. In addition, Piet has a track record in building high performance, multi-cultural teams.
Piet is multilingual with hands on experience - lived and worked - in Europe, Middle East, Asia and the Americas.
Gerben Bomers
Gerben is an entrepreneurial Finance Executive with diverse international experience in FMCG, Consumer Electronics, and green energy solutions.
He has built a strong track record of improving business results at local, regional, and global levels across a variety of financial management roles. His background includes extensive experience in leading Financial Planning & Analysis as well as Finance Operations teams.
He is the founder of ScaleThat B.V., through which he provides financial management and consulting services to start- and scale-ups, including Spinn and Econowind, alongside making angel investments.
In addition, he is co-founder and COO of LegatoXP, a company developing a revolutionary software platform standard for the audio industry.