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Auke van den Hout

Investor

Partner at Nimbus Ventures

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Auke van den Hout holds a master's degree in Business Economics from Erasmus University Rotterdam and is an alumnus of Stanford University. He began his career in investment banking at NIBC Bank before moving into the marketing and media industry in 1998, serving as managing director of publishing group VNU/Claritas Europe and later as CEO of Nasdaq-listed Acxiom in Europe. In 2010 he co-founded the digital advertising company Adatus and the social media agency ReturnSocial, both of which he sold in 2015, and from 2015 to 2017 he was a partner at the business design agency Makerstreet.

Invests in

AdTechMarketing TechMedia & Entertainment

Experience

  1. Graduate VenturesManaging Partnercurrent2021 — presentDelft and Rotterdam
  2. Nimbus hands-on investorsCo-founder and managing partner Nimbus Venturescurrent2017 — presentThe Randstad, Netherlands
  3. ScaleUpNationVenture Partner2017 — 2021Amsterdam
  4. Makerstreet InnovationFounding Partner2015 — 2016Amsterdam
  5. ReturnSocial (acquired by Uberconnected)Co-Founder & Owner2014 — 2015Amsterdam
  6. Adatus (acquired by Uberconnected)Co-Founder & Owner2010 — 2015Amsterdam
  7. Acxiom EuropeCEO Information Products2004 — 2009Munich
  8. Nielsen ClaritasManaging Director VNU - Claritas Europe1998 — 2003
  9. NIBC BankCorporate Finance Manager1993 — 1997

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessSEP2006
  2. Erasmus University RotterdamMasters, Business Economics1984 — 1990

Skills & more

  • ScaleUpNation Board Program — ScaleUpNation

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Colleagues at Nimbus Ventures

Benjamin Berreklouw
Investment Director at Nimbus Ventures

Network1

Carolin Funk
Partner at Blue Bear Capital Partners

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Auke van den Hout work?
Auke van den Hout is Partner at Nimbus Ventures.
What does Auke van den Hout invest in?
Auke van den Hout invests in AdTech, Marketing Tech, Media & Entertainment.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,291

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Also attended Erasmus University Rotterdam177

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Shared employers

Also worked at ScaleUpNation2

Marc WesselinkVenture Partner at Contrarian VenturesJorg van der HeijdenPartner at Holland Capital

Also worked at Acxiom Europe13

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Also worked at Nielsen Claritas1

Oliver ReesStrategy at Tidal Ventures

Also worked at NIBC Bank13

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