About
Bert van der Vaart is Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of SEAF, which he helped start in 1989 when it operated as CARE Small Business Assistance Corporation (CARESBAC). He established and led the firm's first fund in Poland, later served as SEAF's CEO and President, and directed the initial phase of SEAF's India Agribusiness Fund from New Delhi. Before SEAF he was a partner at law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a consultant at Bain & Company; he holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and degrees from Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar) and the University of North Carolina.
Contact· self-published, not guessed
Invests in
AgTechImpact & Social Good
Colleagues at SEAF
Armands Fomicevs
Managing Director at SEAF
Asif Mahmood
Managing Director at SEAF
Edward Beckett
Managing Partner at Longbow Capital LLP
Edward Vaughan Lui
Partner, Head of Impact at Bridges Fund Management Ltd.
Emma Moberly
Manager, Private Equity at Bridges Fund Management Ltd.
Ezra Musoke
Managing Director at SEAF
Fons Marcelis
Board of Directors at SEAF
Gary Dodge
Managing Director at SEAF
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Bert van der Vaart?
- Bert van der Vaart is Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer of SEAF, which he helped start in 1989 when it operated as CARE Small Business Assistance Corporation (CARESBAC). He established and led the firm's first fund in Poland, later served as SEAF's CEO and President, and directed the initial phase of SEAF's India Agribusiness Fund from New Delhi. Before SEAF he was a partner at law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a consultant at Bain & Company; he holds a J.D. from Yale Law School and degrees from Oxford (as a Rhodes Scholar) and the University of North Carolina.
- Where does Bert van der Vaart work?
- Bert van der Vaart is Co-Founder and Chief Investment Officer, USA at SEAF.
- What does Bert van der Vaart invest in?
- Bert van der Vaart invests in AgTech, Impact & Social Good.







