Boosting European tech
scale-ups for almost two decades

Hubert is the founder and Managing Partner of Endeit Capital. He served as a Supervisory Board member of numerous portfolio companies such as Virtuagym, Albumprinter, Picturae, Metrixlab, Eyeworks, and Spilgames.

As Honorary Chair of the Dutch ‘Jong Ondernemen’ Foundation, Chair of the LOEY foundation, which he co-founded, and Advisory Board Member of the Amsterdam Center of Entrepreneurship, Hubert is a prominent voice for supporting entrepreneurship. Hubert has been involved with Nyenrode New Business School since its inception and served as a board member for many years. In 2012, he also published the business book ‘Thinking BIC’.

Before founding Endeit Capital, he was an angel investor in the Dutch leading social network Hyves, where he served as Chairman of the Supervisory Board until TMG’s acquisition.  Until 2005, he was a Member of the Executive Board of Endemol and played a leading role in the company’s internationalization since its IPO in 1996. Before Endemol, Hubert gained over eight years of international venture capital experience in Europe and the US at Atlas Venture.

He holds a Master’s Degree in Industrial Engineering and Management Science from the Eindhoven University of Technology. Together with Melissa, Hubert focuses on companies in the AI segment.

Sara joined Endeit Capital as a Partner in August 2024. Previously, she was the Managing Partner at BackingMinds VC, an early-stage fund in the Nordics.

She began her career investing for Industrifonden, a prominent Swedish investment firm. Additionally, she has experience investing for and working operationally with the Norwegian media group Schibsted and the Swedish retail group Axel Johnson, where she significantly expanded various business units.

Sara’s investment portfolio includes sectors such as climate tech, sales and marketing tech, energy optimization tools, proptech, and more. She has also held 12 board positions in fast-growing companies.

An alumna of Lund University, Sara holds a Master of Science in Technology Management and a Bachelor in Business and Economics.

Based in Stockholm, Sweden, she will lead Endeit’s Nordic investments.

Martijn is a Co-owner of Endeit Capital and joined Endeit Capital at the start as a Partner in 2006. He is focused on deals in DACH.

From 2003 – 2006 he was a member of the Executive Director team of Endemol Group, the world’s largest independent provider of multi-screen content. He joined Endemol in 1996. As Executive Director he was responsible for International Operations, managing the worldwide key subsidiaries, as well as developing new business and new markets. Prior he was heading the global M&A activities at Endemol. Until 1996, Martijn was consultant at the leading Dutch M&A boutique Reitsma & Wertheim (Investec).

He holds a BA in Economics and MSc Business Administration from the Erasmus University – Rotterdam School of Management – Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

He is currently a Board member at portfolio companies Sharpist (DE, coaching platform) and TourRadar (AT, travel adventures booking platform). Martijn was previously on the Board at (exited) portfolio companies Blis (UK, location-powered advertising & analytics platform), Chronext (CH/DE, new & pre-owned luxury watches platform), Gastrofix (DE), Contorion (DE), Gridscale (DE), Unruly (UK), Smartclip (DE), Improve Digital (NL), Spil Games (NL), Advance (NL), CBV (PT) and Accepte/Paylogic (NL).

Martijn, together with Niclas, mainly focuses on companies within the Future of Work segment.

Emmelie joined as Business Analyst after finishing her internship at Endeit and is based in Amsterdam. She is responsible for analyzing potential investments in the Benelux region.

Emmelie, together with Edwin and Jeroen, mainly focuses on companies within the Climate Tech segment.

Philipp joined Endeit Capital as a Partner in 2017 and is responsible for the German-speaking countries. He discovered his passion for technology companies when working for a software company specializing in the technology transfer industry. He gathered extensive experience in the venture capital industry through carrying out more than 50 investments in early-stage companies, mainly at Active Venture Partners, Barcelona, which he co-founded in 2002. Philipp was born in Germany and has lived and worked in Germany, England, the United States, and Spain. Philipp graduated from the City University Business School London in 1999. He co-founded the Venturepreneurs Organisation and is a Mentor at Microsoft Germany Accelerator and Techstars.

He is currently a board member at portfolio companies Sastrify (DE, SaaS Procurement Platform) and ParcelLab (DE, Parcel Logistics Platform).

Philipp, together with Sophie, mainly focuses on companies within the Sales Tech segment.

Wendy joined Endeit Capital as an Office Manager in 2006 and is responsible for office management. Before joining Endeit, Wendy was a personal assistant to the Executive Board of Endemol between 1999 and 2005. She worked as a stewardess at KLM and was a management assistant at Horlings, an organization of accountants and tax advisors. Wendy holds a degree in Tourism.

Wendy is the event manager of the LOEY Foundation, a Dutch initiative to stimulate online entrepreneurship.

Edwin joined Endeit Capital in 2008 and became a partner in 2015. He is responsible for deals in the Benelux and – together with colleague Emmelie Meurs – focuses on Climate Technology.

Edwin is an investor in Bux, a board member at education tech company Lepaya and fintech Floryn.

Before joining Endeit, Edwin was an Investment Manager at Cyrte Investments, focusing on public and private investments. Cyrte started as the family office of John de Mol, co-founder of Endemol. Before Cyrte, he was a consultant and started his career at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

Edwin’s background is in New Media, Private Equity, and M&A. He studied aviation economics and holds a Master’s degree in Financial Economics and Business Administration but showed real perspiration by running the Athens marathon 2500 years after Greek soldier Pheidippides was sent for a message.

Today, he loves to go hover gliding with his youngest son, go Hyrox with his oldest son, and walk the Weimaraner dog.

Sophie joined Endeit in 2022 as a Business Analyst, was promoted to Associate in 2024, and is part of the DACH team. She is responsible for venture scouting, analysis of potential investment targets, and supporting Endeit’s DACH portfolio companies.

Before Endeit, Sophie interned at the Deep-Tech (Pre-) Seed Venture Capital Fund First Momentum Ventures after her Associate role at a boutique Private Equity Advisory company in London.

Sophie holds an MSc. In IT Management and Organisational Change, an M.A. in Strategic Marketing Management from which she graduated with high distinction and was awarded for her dissertation.

Sophie’s focus is on companies within the Sales Tech and Future of Work segment.

Tuomas joined in 2024 as a part of the Nordics team. His responsibilities are deal flow generation, deal execution, and operational support to the portfolio companies within the Nordic region.

Before joining Endeit, Tuomas served as an Investment Manager at Tesi, where he led deep tech investment efforts. Earlier in his career, he worked at Innovestor Ventures, focusing on investments in the Industry 4.0 space across the Nordics and Baltics.

Tuomas holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering and Management from Aalto University, graduating with honors.

In collaboration with Jelle-Jan, Tuomas primarily focuses on the Supply Chain segment.

Jelle-Jan combines seven years of hands-on management, operational, and business development experience at YouTube (Google) with ten years of experience in Private Equity (NPM Capital), corporate M&A (Endemol), and Venture Capital (Endeit Capital).

After working over 5 years with the Endeit Capital team on their first fund from early 2006 onwards, he then joined YouTube as head of partnerships for Nordics and Benelux and later headed the go-to-market teams for YouTube partnerships for EMEA and APAC out of London. In July 2018, he returned to Endeit Capital as a Partner.

He is currently a board member at Roamler, Cevinio, and Stravito.

Jelle-Jan holds an MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management from Twente University, the Netherlands.

Jelle-Jan mainly focuses on companies within the Supply Chain segment.

Soulaimene is the CFO of Endeit Capital and joined the company in 2022. He has over 15 years of Private Equity / Venture Capital experience, both on the GP side and providing financial services to Alternative Investment Funds. Before Endeit, Soulaimene worked at Nordian Capital, a medium-sized Private Equity manager in Amsterdam. Before that, Soulaimene was Director/Partner at Vistra Fund Services, which he co-founded in 2012. This business unit provided a wide range of financial services to various Alternative Investment Funds, both domestically and internationally. Soulaimene started his career at the investment banking division of ABN AMRO Bank in Amsterdam.

Soulaimene holds a Master’s Degree from the Erasmus University Rotterdam, specializing in financial economics and corporate finance. He also completed several courses during an exchange program at the business faculty of Florida State University.

Jan is CEO and Co-Founder of Zive, an AI-powered enterprise knowledge platform that collects and structures all company knowledge automatically to make it universally accessible. He also serves on multiple boards as an expert for B2B SaaS, AI and Future of Work.

Prior to founding Zive, Jan founded and led Haiilo (formerly COYO), a leading global provider of intranet and employee communications software. He successfully bootstrapped the company before exiting to Marlin Equity Partners. After the exit, he continued leading the company as its CEO, managing two acquisitions and internationalization into the US. Today, Jan remains involved as Chairman of the Board for Haiilo.

Jan also co-founded Neue Fische, Germany’s leading provider of coding bootcamps which was recently acquired by EMK to become part of Europe’s largest reskilling platform.

Between 2021 and 2024 he served as Chairman of the Board for EYES, the Emerging Young Entrepreneurs Society.

Jan holds a Bachelors degree in European Business Management from the European University of Applied Sciences in Hamburg.

Markus is a Founding Partner at Prequel Ventures, a pre-seed and seed stage Venture Capital firm focused on supply chain tech opportunities in Europe. At Prequel, he scouts for startups across the entire value chain of goods, from sourcing and procurement to manufacturing, logistics operations, supply chain compliance, and waste management. Beyond their investment activities, the team at Prequel frequently publishes reports on the European Supply Chain Tech ecosystem to foster its growth. Prior to founding Prequel Ventures, Markus was an Investment Manager at the Berlin-based venture capital firm Seed+Speed.

He began his career at S-Beteiligungen, a regional VC and small-cap PE investor in Germany where he first engaged with supply chain management. Markus holds a degree in Economics & Management Science from Leipzig University and the University of Tartu.

He resides in Munich, where he enjoys spending time in the mountains and lakes, and competing in martial arts when he’s not exploring new tech trends in supply chain management.

Carin joined Endeit in 2022 as a part of the Nordics team. Her responsibilities are deal flow generation, deal execution, and operational support to the portfolio companies within the Nordic region.

Before Endeit, Carin was a Data Science lead at Klarna and led projects ranging from credit risk to luxury fashion. In her early career, she leveraged the data and built machine learning capabilities as a consultant for some of the world’s largest brands, initially as a part of BCG Gamma and later as a freelancer. Since 2019, Carin has sat on the board for Women in Data Science Sweden, the largest community in Sweden for women working in technical roles related to AI.

Carin holds an MSc in Applied Mathematics and a BSc in Industrial Engineering from The Technical Institute of Linköpings University and has, in addition to her degrees, been a visiting student at the mathematics department of ETH Zürich.

Carin and Ilan mainly focus on companies within the Fintech segment.

Venture Partner | Supply Chain Tech

Mathias is a Founding Partner at Prequel Ventures, a focus fund for early stage supply chain tech start-ups in Europe. With Prequel Insights and the Supply Chain Tech Report, he has been continuously monitoring the startup ecosystem in the supply chain and logistics sector for several years. He has more than 7 years of venture capital experience and invested in more than 20 B2B tech startups in Europe. Mathias spent more than 5 years supporting and building early-stage technology startups as CFO.

He started his career in logistics at Dachser and switched to corporate finance consulting after several years in logistics.

He holds an MBA from HHL Leipzig and is also a CFA Charterholder.

Niclas joined Endeit as a Junior Analyst in 2019 and is currently Investment Manager. Based in Hamburg, he is responsible for deal sourcing, analyzing potential investments, and supporting the portfolio companies in the DACH region.

Before Endeit, Niclas gained Venture Capital experience investing in early-stage tech companies with Project A and worked in a FinTech startup after interning at the Technology Consultancy Camelot Management Consultants. Niclas is Co-Founder of the Q-Summit Entrepreneurship & Innovation Conference and holds a BSc in Business Administration from the University of Mannheim.

Niclas and Martijn mainly focus on companies within the Future of Work segment.

Jeroen van der Does de Willebois brings a dynamic mix of engineering expertise and investment acumen to his role at Endeit Capital. With a foundational education in Civil Engineering from TU Delft, he has amassed extensive domestic and international experience, including roles in Singapore and Colombia. He has a rich background in technical engineering, commercial operations, and investment management. He was notably instrumental in the investment team at ABN AMRO’s Sustainable Impact Fund, an EUR 500m climate growth equity fund focusing on scaling cleantech companies.

His current role is Investment Associate Climate Tech at Endeit. Jeroen collaborates with pioneering entrepreneurs who are developing sustainable technologies to address pressing environmental and climate challenges.

Jeroen is a fervent advocate for the role of innovative technologies in promoting environmental sustainability, and he’s committed to supporting and scaling those companies that exemplify a win-win scenario: robust business models paired with a substantial positive climate impact so that we can really scale (climate) impact. 

He is based in Amsterdam, close to Endeit’s hub of operations. He remains actively engaged in his passions, which include water sports such as surfing – a hobby since his youth – and enjoying time with his family in France, where they own a vineyard and a holiday cottage.

You can reach Jeroen for potential collaborations in the climate tech space.

Melissa joined Endeit in 2022 in the Amsterdam office.

She is responsible for investment operations, due diligence, and she operational supports Endeit’s portfolio companies.

Before Endeit, Melissa was an engagement manager and data scientist at EY-Parthenon. She was responsible for the development and execution of data analytics-related offerings and projects. She was also involved in commercial, digital, and software due diligence.

Melissa holds an MSc in Finance and Investments from the Rotterdam School of Management,  an MSc in Business Analytics from Hult University, and a BSc in International Business Administration from VU University.

Bas is the founder and director of energy company Vrijopnaam. Energy company Vrijopnaam was founded in 2016 and consists of three parts: an energy supplier, a developer and an operator of solar parks & energy storage systems (batteries). Its innovative participatory business model turns every consumer into an energy producer.

Previously, Bas was a partner at management consultancy firm Morgens for more than 10 years, now part of the Conclusion eco-system. He started his career within PostNL’s e-commerce business unit.

Bas studied business administration at Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Bas thinks big, acts normal and starts small. He wants to see something working as quickly as possible, looks for ‘cultural fit’ between parties and believes in mission-driven companies.

Stefan is a Berlin-based entrepreneur and business angel focused on Future of Work Tech. He founded his first HR-Tech Start-Up in 1999 (SQUEAKER – Exit to F.A.Z.). He has since been active in the start-up world (founder PrepLounge, JustBook (Exit to Secret Escapes), tech conference Pirate Summit, lead investor Bayswater Education, Staufenbiel Institut, Consultingheads, TAM-Akademie). He has founded the largest Future of Work Tech angel network in the DACH region (HR Angel Club) in 2023 and has since invested in over 10 pre-seed rounds in this space.

He has worked as a venture capitalist in London, as a strategy consultant with Oliver Wyman in Munich and as an Interim Managing Director at XING. He holds a Master in Business Management and international management from University of Cologne. Stefan is a member of YPO.

Stefan lives in Berlin with his wife and two kids and enjoys cooking for family and friends whenever he can.

Before joining Endeit in April 2023, Jonne served as a Venture Partner at Kreos Capital, now known as Blackrock Growth Lending, where he co-led the firm’s growth equity investment initiatives. At Endeit, he focuses on investments in the fintech space and holds board positions at Floryn, Virtuagym, and Stravito.

Prior to his roles at Endeit and Kreos Capital, Jonne founded Leocap Capital Partners, a later-stage fintech-focused investment firm, where he continues to actively invest. His successful investments include PPRO, Solarisbank, Railsr, Nutmeg, and Florence Finance.

Jonne brings over six years of experience from his tenure at HPE Growth, where he played a pivotal role in establishing the firm’s prominence as a leading growth equity investor in Northwestern Europe. During this time, he served on the boards of companies such as Wetransfer, Tiqets, eGym, and Uberall.

His journey in the European growth market began in 2010 when he joined the TMT M&A advisory team at ING Bank, later transitioning to Cyrte Investments, now Dasym, where he focused on growth and private equity investments in the Media and Tech sectors.

Jonne holds a master’s degree in Financial Economics from Erasmus University in Rotterdam, graduating cum laude.

Jan is the Business Lead – B2B Energy Solutions at Essent (Part of E.ON). Jan co-developed the Energy Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) business in the Netherlands since 2021. EIS focuses on developing and investing in large scale innovative energy systems (solar, Battery, 5^th generation heating and cooling and Electric Vehicle Charging, including smart digital steering of energy assets) for B2B customers, project developers and municipalities. After a succesful introduction of the EIS-business in the Netherlands Jan developed a new business line (B2B) and within less than 1 year established a strong team, solid pipeline and various energy projects. Jan is also since 2018 actively involved in advising and investing in start-ups via his mentorship at Rockstart and as part of his family office. Jan has deep knowledge of the energy market and a network across the entire value chain. Before joining Essent in 2020 as senior strategist Jan was a corporate strategist (PostNL) and managementconsultant at EY (Ernst & Young).

He lived years abroad and spent time in Norway, Italy, Indonesia, UK and now lives in Best, the Netherlands.

Jan graduated (cum laude) from both the University of Groningen as well as the University of Stirling (Scotland).

Jan firmly believes that new technological innovation via start-ups is key for fighting current challenges across the globe (e.g. Climate Change).

Semir is the CEO and Co-Founder of Salesmotion.io, a go-to-market intelligence platform transforming how sales professionals do account research, planning and engagement through automation and AI. Prior to Salesmotion.io, Semir established Clari, a leading sales technology platform, in the EMEA region. He successfully grew the business from inception to millions in ARR across 16 countries. He led growth strategy, operations and the sales engineering team as part of global expansion efforts. Semir has deep expertise in sales, startup-building and CRM technologies, is a limited partner at Stage2Capital and advises various startups on their go-to-market. Before Clari, he was part of Accenture and Salesforce leading CRM transformation projects and supporting enterprise sales teams.

He spent time in Boston, London and now lives in Zurich, Switzerland.

Semir graduated from University College London and is passionate about supporting the startup ecosystem in Europe and beyond.