Auke Van Den Hout
Investor Investor
Amsterdam, North Holland
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2021 - Current
Graduate Entrepreneur stimulates the entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Netherlands by providing capital, coaching and community. The fund invests in entrepreneurs and alumni from Delft and Rotterdam.
Co-founder and managing partner Nimbus Ventures
2017
Nimbus Ventures provides growth capital for scaling innovative companies. www.nimbusventures.vc
Venture Partner
2017
ScaleUpNation is a Lab-Practice-Fund to support innovative enterprises that have developed beyond the start-up phase and have significant societal impact and growth potential.
Board Member
2014
Vice Chairman
2010 - 2018
The Internet Advertising Bureau (IAB) is the trade association for online and mobile advertising. With over 170 Dutch member companies, IAB promotes growth of these channels, develops best practices for advertisers, agencies and publishers, and aims to put digital advertising high on the agenda of every marketer in the Netherlands.
Founding Partner
2015 - 2016
Digital innovation is hard for well-established companies. They are better executors than innovators. For becoming a truly digital business is challenging, touches every business function and demands rapid development of new skills. Being able to innovate quickly and cheaply, test digital products and release them regularly, is key. Makerstreet Innovation helps. Part of MakerStreet.
Co-Founder & Owner
2014 - 2015
Social media are here to stay, but how do you make an actual return on it? ReturnSocial offers solutions for an effective, concrete and measurable social dialogue strategy. The power of ReturnSocial lies in its use of data and trained team of specialists. ReturnSocial helps brands to get in touch with their prospects on social media.
Co-Founder & Owner
2010 - 2015
Adatus is a data driven advertising company. Empowering marketeers with deep data and insights, the latest technology and a proven track record. To make advertising relevant to your audience and transparant for your business. Maximising the return of advertising in engagement and conversion.
CEO Information Products
2004 - 2009
European CEO of global interactive marketing services company
Acxiom Impact provides marketing automation solution for enterprise marketers.
Managing Director VNU - Claritas Europe
1998 - 2003
Managing Director of global market intelligence company
Claritas provides an all-in-one audience segmentation solution suite that enables marketers to pinpointing their ideal market.
Education
Masters
1984 - 1990