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Joris Kroese

Investor

Partner at Levante Capital

Netherlands

About

Joris Kroese is a partner at Levante Capital with over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience. He founded and led three companies in e-commerce, IT services, and B2B SaaS, with his most recent venture reaching 150 employees before being acquired by a US strategic buyer in 2021. He graduated from the Institute for Information Engineering in 2000 and brings expertise in business scaling, strategic planning, and identifying growth opportunities.

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Invests in

E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Experience

  1. Bridgemont Family CapitalCO-Founder & Directorcurrent2026 — presentNetherlands
  2. Orange Investment group GMBHCo-founder & shareholdercurrent2023 — presentGermany
  3. Levante Capital BVInvestorcurrent2022 — presentBlaricum, North Holland, Netherlands
  4. PriceSpiderStrategic Advisor2022 — 2023Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  5. HatchFounder & CEO2010 — 2022Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  6. RSNP B.V.Founder & CEO2008 — 2010Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  7. www.pcsnel.nlFounder & CEO2000 — 2008Amsterdam Area, Netherlands
  8. BrunelICT Project manager1997 — 2000
  9. ABN AMROProject manager Risk (DG-IT)1996 — 1997
  10. NLRProject manager1996Amsterdam
  11. LeasePlanProject manager1995

Education

  1. Amsterdam University of Applied SciencesBachelor of science, Information Engineering1996 — 2000
  2. AOCMDS, Economics1993 — 1996

Skills & more

E-commerce76Online Advertising40Marketing53New Business Development28Entrepreneurship16E-business8Sales18Online Marketing16Sales Management5ICT3Web Development5Business Strategy13
+8 moreStart-upsMarketing StrategyDigital MarketingBusiness DevelopmentB2BBusiness-to-Business (B2B)LeadershipStrategy

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Shared employers

Also worked at Brunel1

Desi Noteboom – de BruinInvestor at Lexar Partners

Also worked at ABN AMRO128

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Also worked at LeasePlan2

James FaulknerCo-Founder and Managing Director at Vala CapitalJeff SchlesingerFormer Managing Director, Inspiration Mobility at Maniv Mobility

Colleagues at Levante Capital

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Investor at Levante Capital