Herman Kienhuis

Co-Founder, Managing Partner

2021 - Current

On a mission to support European founders in building AI software companies that serve the world, not eat it.

Board Member

2022

Board Member & investor

2021

Advisor & investor

2019

Advisor & investor

2019

Founder, Managing Partner

2015

We are an angel syndicate, supporting early-stage entrepreneurs with funding and support in strategy, finance, marketing & sales, organizational development and follow-on fundraising. We are based in Amsterdam and operate in a network of angel investors, advisors, corporate partners, industry experts and VC's. Angel investor in Singa, Anyways, Contentoo, Fangage (acquired by Triller), CopyMonkey.ai, Meetingpackage, Calqulate, Kaizo, WalterLiving, Vormats, Unless, Polarsteps, Aboss, Objectiv, Maxwell, Revue (acquired by Twitter), Accordium (acquired by Crankwheel), Nimbles (acquired by Winford).

Board Member

2022 - 2023

Venture Partner

2020 - 2021

Venture partner at Amsterdam-based independent venture capital firm Newion, focused on early-stage investments in B2B software companies in Benelux, DACH, Nordics.

EVP, Managing Director

2016 - 2019

Managing Director of KPN Ventures, corporate venturing arm of The Netherlands' leading telecom operator KPN, focused on investments in cloud services, OTT services, datacentric applications, internet of things / smart home, e-health and e-security. Investor and (supervisory/advisory) board member at several portfolio companies and funds, a.o.: SecurityMatters (acquired by Forescout), Cujo.AI (acquired by consortium), Actility, EclecticIQ, Cybersprint (acquired by Darktrace), Pharmeon (acquired by HCI), Sentiance, Sensara, CardioSecur, Minut, Wirepas, ZecOps (acquired by Jamf), Cloudify (acquired by Dell), Armilar Venture Partners, Cottonwood Technology Fund, IQ Capital, imec.xpand, PSL Innovation Fund, Health Innovation Fund and Dutch Security Tech Fund.

External Investment Committee member NS innovatiefonds

2016 - 2017

Seed investment fund of Dutch National Railways, promoting innovation in railways-related technology (transportation, logistics, retail, infra)