About

We invest in the brightest minds and guide them to the top with a team of professionals and students; a unique and refreshing combination.  

Our
story

Graduate Entrepreneur came to life in the minds of successful founders who once studied at the TU Delft, Erasmus MC or the Erasmus University Rotterdam and are grateful for their jumpstart facilitated by these institutes. They have been in your shoes and feel like now is their time to give back.

 

The unique entrepreneurial mindset from Rotterdam and the disruptive technological brainpower from Delft form the best combination for founding teams of start-ups aiming to drive sustainable and societal impact and innovation.

 

We are here to stimulate the start-up ecosystem in Delft and Rotterdam. We back founders who (used to) study at our partner universities and link our large alumni community of established founders and operators with existing and successful organisations such as the Philips Innovation Award, YES!Delft and the Erasmus Centre of Entrepreneurship. Graduate Entrepreneur forms a central hub in the heretofore fragmented ecosystem, where all organizations striving towards the common goal of supporting founders from Delft and Rotterdam join forces.

 

We invest from the start, from pre-seed to seed & series A. We are founded and backed by successful entrepreneurs and provide you with a vast network of coaches to pick from, at every step along the way. We build and learn together.

TEAM

Seed Fund
Seed Fund

Auke van den Hout

Managing partner
auke.vandenhout@graduate.nl
Seed Fund
Seed Fund

Ludolf Stavenga

Partner
ludolf.stavenga@graduate.nl
Seed Fund
Seed Fund

Reinier Meurs

Investment Manager
reinier.meurs@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Bas van der Noll

Investment Manager
bas.vandernoll@graduate.nl
Seed Fund
Seed Fund

Nienke Roef

Associate
nienke.roef@graduate.nl
Seed Fund
Seed Fund

Sem Foreman

Associate
sem.foreman@graduate.nl
Seed Fund
Seed Fund

Jon Bregman

Analyst
jon.bregman@graduate.nl
Seed Fund
Seed Fund

Youp van 't Hoff

Analyst
youp.vanthoff@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Amara Klink

Pre-Seed
amara.klink@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Anne van Laarhoven

Pre-Seed
anne.vanlaarhoven@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Gioia Proto

Community/Marketing
Gioia.proto@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Hidde Goslings

Chair Pre-Seed
hidde.goslings@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Jeroen Lückerath

Community/Website
jeroen.luckerath@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Joppe van Hoeve

Community/Events
joppe.vanhoeve@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Josha Witjes

Pre-Seed
Josha.witjes@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Lara Guerrini

Community/Partners
lara.guerrini@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Mark ter Heide

Community/Coaching
mark.terheide@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Noah Papas

Pre-Seed
noah.papas@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Noor van Dijk

Chair Community
noor.vandijk@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Philip Busscher

Pre-Seed
philip.busscher@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Tom Dutilh

Pre-Seed
tom.dutilh@graduate.nl
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)
Pre-Seed Fund (Student Board)

Vivian van Asperen

Pre-Seed
vivian.vanasperen@graduate.nl
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