Michiel Kotting
Partner at Northzone
Michiel Kotting
Partner at Northzone
Amsterdam, North Holland
Overview
Work Experience
Partner
2016 - Current
Board Member
2017
Personio is the all-in-one HR software for small and medium-sized companies. Its mission is to make HR processes as transparent and efficient as possible. Nearly 5,000 customers operating in over 80 countries use Personio. They have more than 1,000 employees across the world and plans to hire another thousand people in the next 12 months.
Board Member
2018
Kahoot! is a public company developing a game-based learning platform and one of the world’s fastest-growing learning brands with millions of monthly active users in over 200 countries.
Board Member
2017
Recognising the opportunity to not just fix, but reinvent the shipping industry from the ground up, Forto offers an impeccable customer experience and more efficient operations all around. Workflows are digitally streamlined, data is provided in real-time, and complexity and costs are greatly reduced.
Board Member
2014
Advisor
2017
Partner
2014 - 2016
Technology investor. Invested in Vinted, Packlink, Catawiki, Fiverr, KnC, Spotify, Avito, Funding Circle, Aorato, Calastone.
Principal
2012 - 2013
Investing in IT companies
Venture Partner
2010 - 2011
Evaluating and developing investment opportunities in software and consumer internet
Board Member
2013 - 2016
CEO and founder
2011 - 2012
Building a social media discovery service for beauty buffs and a new marketing channel for the beauty industry
Partner
2008 - 2010
Advisory work and fundraising in information technology, finance, healthcare and renewable energy
Education
MBA
1997 - 1999
MSc
1987 - 1994
High school
1981 - 1987
Investments
Latest Articles
Why we are excited to have invested in Aidence — moving the needle on healthcare
Talks about Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare and Investing