Barend Van den Brande
InvestorFounderPartner at Hummingbird Ventures · Board director at Showpad
United Kingdom
Writes $500K – $10M checks · typically $2.8M
FoundedShowpad
About
Philosophy-driven investor who frames memos with Cartesian dualism, hunts for beautiful misfits with non-linear lives and unusual cognitive wiring, keeps ~0.1% hit rate (~4 investments/year), and builds houses in Alps.
Invests in
BiotechDeep TechFintechHardwareHealthtechSaaS
Board director at Showpad
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Showpad's investors · 7
Columbia Lake PartnersLondon · since 2018Dawn Capitalsince 2018Dawn Capital LLPLondon · $317.5K – $6.3M checks · since 2018Hummingbird VenturesSingapore · $500K – $10M checks · since 2018Insight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checks · since 2018Korelya CapitalParis · since 2018Vector CapitalSan Francisco · since 2025
Co-founders at Showpad
PB
Pieterjan BoutenExecutive Officer, Director
LJ
Louis JonchkeereExecutive Officer, Director
Deals · 1
ShowpadBoard seat
via Hummingbird Ventures · filed Jun 2018 · $4.6M raise
Attribution from SEC filings, press coverage, and firm rosters.
Colleagues at Hummingbird Ventures
Akshay Mehra
Investor at Hummingbird Ventures
Alejandra Orozco
Chief of Staff at Hummingbird Ventures
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Aleksandra Livinskaia
Finance Manager at Hummingbird Ventures
Alptug
Investment Team at Hummingbird Ventures
Ani
Talent Team at Hummingbird Ventures
Caitlin Dennis
Chief of Staff at Hummingbird Ventures
Carolina Monck
Analyst at Hummingbird Ventures
Diala Erekat
Developer at Hummingbird Ventures
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MarioScout
Partner at Hummingbird Ventures
Masha Drokova BucherScout
Founder and General Partner at Day One Ventures
Akshay Mehra
Investor at Hummingbird Ventures
Brad Stephens
Founder and Managing Partner at Blockchain Capital
Carolina Monck
Analyst at Hummingbird Ventures
Devan Malhotra
Investor at Valhalla Ventures
Mihir Parekh
Investor at Hummingbird Ventures
Nelli Morgulchik
Investor at Hummingbird Ventures
Nikita Andersson
Investor at Hummingbird Ventures
Investors connected to Barend in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Barend Van den Brande work?
- Barend Van den Brande is Partner at Hummingbird Ventures and Founder at Showpad.
- What does Barend Van den Brande invest in?
- Barend Van den Brande invests in Biotech, Deep Tech, Fintech, Hardware, Healthtech, SaaS.
- What check size does Barend Van den Brande write?
- Barend Van den Brande typically writes checks of $500K – $10M.
- What companies did Barend Van den Brande found?
- Barend Van den Brande founded Showpad.