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Bastiaan van de Rakt

Investor

Operating Partner at Volve Capital

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Bastiaan van de Rakt is co-founder of Deeploy and Enjins, and an investor in Why Commit Capital, Volve Capital, and Aenu. With over 25 years of experience in technology entrepreneurship and investment, he has built and managed engineering teams across consultancy firms and scale-ups, and serves as an AI and technology auditor for venture capital and private equity firms. His investment focus includes artificial intelligence applications in healthcare, climate, clean technology, and earth science sectors.

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Experience

  1. DeeployCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentUtrecht, Netherlands
  2. EnjinsCo-Foundercurrent2018 — presentUtrecht, Netherlands and Berlin, Germany
  3. WhyCommitCapitalPartner/ Tech DD - AI Auditorcurrent2017 — presentAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  4. Volve CapitalOperating Partnercurrent2025 — present
  5. AENUAI Advisor / Venture Partnercurrent2026 — presentBerlin, Germany
  6. NKC Europa's grootste camperclubMember of The Supervisory Board2018 — 2022Soesterberg, Utrecht, Netherlands
  7. QuinCTO2018 — 2021
  8. EY Studio+Associate Partner - Senior Manager Data Science2014 — 2018Leusden, The Netherlands
  9. EYSenior Predictive Analytics Specialist2013 — 2014Zeist
  10. INITI8 B.V.Co-Founder / Advisor2003 — 2013Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  11. Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus UniversityResearcher Business Administration - Decision Support Systems2002 — 2003The Randstad, Netherlands
  12. ERBS - Erasmus Research & Business SupportJunior Reseacher2002The Randstad, Netherlands
  13. PCR-RILProject Co-worker1998 — 2002

Education

  1. Delft University of TechnologyMaster of Science: Technology, Policy and Management1996 — 2002
  2. Delft University of TechnologyCivil Engineering1996 — 1998
  3. Dominicus College1990 — 1996

Skills & more

Early Stage Investment3Start-up Ventures3Climate Tech2Artificial Intelligence (AI)1Business DevelopmentDeal executionDue diligence1Kubernetes1LlmPredictive Modeling21System Dynamics19Discrete Event Simulation5
+12 moreMathematical ModelingBusiness IntelligenceSupply Chain ManagementLogistics ManagementTransportation PlanningSimulationsICTIntegrationManagementLarge Language Model Operations (LLMOps)SQLMicrosoft Azure

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