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Floris van Alkemade

Investor

Co-Founder, Managing Partner Solid Ventures I & Venture Partner Solid Ventures II Investments at Solid Ventures

Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

About

Co-founded Solid Ventures in 2005 with Robert Wilhelm and has over 25 years of experience investing in seed and early-stage IT and telecom companies, managing more than EUR 370M in fund capital. A former NeSBIC partner who ran US operations from Silicon Valley, he is a board member at Coolgames.com.

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Experience

  1. ElanzaDirector / co-Foundercurrent2018 — presentAmsterdam Area, Netherlands
  2. ForwardIncubatorAdvisorcurrent2018 — presentAmsterdam Area, Netherlands
  3. &WiderAdvisor / investorcurrent2019 — presentAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  4. Slimmer AIAdvisor / investorcurrent2019 — presentAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  5. Calefax Reed QuintetBoard member2016 — 2025Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  6. Solid VenturesManaging Partner / co-Founder2005 — 2025Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  7. CoolgamesChairman Of The Board2010 — 2023Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  8. ObjectivAdvisor / Investor2018 — 2022Utrecht Area, Netherlands
  9. Flyzero companyCo-Founder2020 — 2021Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  10. AGCS StudiosAdvisor / investor2013 — 2020Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  11. henQ IIIVenture Partner / co-founder2017 — 2020Amsterdam
  12. Rockstart AcceleratorAdvisor / Mentor2011 — 2019Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  13. Screen6Advisory Board Member2014 — 2018Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  14. Telecom Society NederlandBoard Member2006 — 2018The Nethelands
  15. New LemursInstigator / co-Founder2012 — 2018Amsterdam
  16. henQ III Funds / henQ Capital PartnersGeneral Partner / co-Founder2014 — 2016Amsterdam
  17. BackupAgentChairman of the Board2012 — 2014Delft Area, Netherlands
  18. LayarInvestor / former Board member2009 — 2014Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  19. Mirror42Former Board member. Mirror42 has been acquired by ServiceNow2007 — 2013Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  20. NeSBIC CTe FundsGeneral Partner / co-Founder1998 — 2005Palo Alto (USA) & Utrecht (The Netherlands)

Education

  1. INSEADIDP, Corporate governance2018
  2. Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)Master's degree, Econometrics / Operations research1986 — 1993
  3. Barlaeus Gymnasium1981 — 1986

Skills & more

Mobile6Venture Capital99Investments33Portfolio Management13Entrepreneurship87Entrepreneur2Mergers4Start-ups99Coaching8Business Strategy49Business Modeling6New Business Development32
+12 moreE-commerceICTMobile DevicesMergers & AcquisitionsBusiness DevelopmentInternational BusinessCloud ComputingMobile InternetSaaSStrategy DevelopmentNegotiationStrategy

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Same school

Also attended INSEAD697

Patrick ClaessenPartner at Cottonwood Technology FundChris BischoffInvestment Team at General CatalystJan HammerInvestor at Index VenturesSandra SchwarzerInvestor at Index VenturesStephane KurganInvestor at Index VenturesMahesha SubramaniamHead of Client Relations at Golden Gate Ventures

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Also attended Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam)126

Brendan Bulik-SullivanInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Kyang YungInvestor at DaphniJohann FriederichAssociate at Notion CapitalTies KlinkhamerJunior Associate at Keen Venture PartnersLidwi van OsProgram & Office Support Officer at NoaberMehmet AkalinExperts | Venture Partner at 212

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Shared employers

Also worked at Solid Ventures2

Robert WilhelmFounder and Managing Partner at Solid VenturesHubert DeitmersManaging Partner at Endeit Capital

Colleagues at Solid Ventures

Dennis Blom
Partner at Solid Ventures
Felipe Santamaria
Managing Director, LATAM at Rockstart
Isolde Goulooze
Controller Solid Ventures II Investments at Solid Ventures
Robert Wilhelm
Founder and Managing Partner at Solid Ventures
Roelant van Herwaarden
Investor at Solid Ventures