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Joost de Valk

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Founder & CEO at Yoast

Wijchen, Gelderland, Netherlands

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About

Joost de Valk is Group Head of AI & Growth at Your.Online, where he focuses on building and investing in companies across the web and open source sectors. Over the past two decades, he has founded, scaled, and exited businesses, including the launch of a widely used SEO tool, and has been involved in governance and leadership discussions within open source communities. His work addresses the intersection of web technology, sustainable growth, and environmental responsibility.

Founder & CEO at Yoast

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August CapitalSan Francisco Bay Area · $1M – $15M checksB Capital GroupSan Francisco · $10M – $50M checksBessemer Venture PartnersSan Francisco · $50K – $100M checksBlumberg CapitalMiami · $500K – $5M checksboldstart venturesMiami · $1M – $3M checksCathay InnovationParis · $5M – $40M checksConductive VenturesMountain ViewCorrelation VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $4M checksCrosscut VenturesLos Angeles · $250K – $750K checksDefy PartnersWoodside · $3M – $10M checksEntrepreneur FirstBengaluru · $1M – $7M checksFounders FundSan Francisco · $500K – $5M checksHoxton VenturesLondon · $500K – $5M checksInsight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checksInvestcorpManamaLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1M – $5M checksLool VenturesTel AvivM12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)Seattle · $100K – $10M checksMadrona Venture GroupSeattle · $2M – $10M checksMarch Capital PartnersSanta MonicaMassMutual VenturesSpringfield · $500K – $5M checksMayfield FundMenlo Park · $500K – $12M checksMid Europa PartnersWarsaw · $55M – $330M checksMighty CapitalSan FranciscoMithril Capital ManagementAustinMMC VenturesLondon · $635K – $13M checksMucker CapitalVenice · $250K – $750K checksNorwest Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $10M – $30M checksObvious VenturesSan Francisco · $250K – $6M checksPear VCSan Francisco · $150K – $4M checksQualcomm VenturesSan Diego · $5M checksRadical VenturesToronto · $1M – $25M checksSeedcampLondon · $378K – $1.1M checksVenrockPalo Alto · $500K – $10M checks

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Who is Joost de Valk?
Joost de Valk is Group Head of AI & Growth at Your.Online, where he focuses on building and investing in companies across the web and open source sectors. Over the past two decades, he has founded, scaled, and exited businesses, including the launch of a widely used SEO tool, and has been involved in governance and leadership discussions within open source communities. His work addresses the intersection of web technology, sustainable growth, and environmental responsibility.
Where does Joost de Valk work?
Joost de Valk is Founder & CEO of Yoast.
What companies did Joost de Valk found?
Joost de Valk founded Yoast.

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