About
A veteran entrepreneur and investor with two decades of experience across Europe and Asia. He co-founded an IT managed services startup in 2000, later ran a Dutch SME-focused venture fund, and joined Golden Gate Ventures in 2013 where he leads growth-stage efforts including LP fundraising and portfolio management for Series B and later investments, having raised over $60M for the firm and its portfolio companies.
Michael Lints @michaellints
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Michael Lints @michaellints
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Invests in
Enterprise Software
Experience
- Golden Gate VenturesFounding Partner MENAcurrent2024 — present
- Golden Gate VenturesPartnercurrent2017 — presentSingapore
- Golden Gate VenturesVenture Partner2013 — 2017Singapore
- ByanatAdvisory Boardcurrent2025 — presentMasqaţ, Oman
- BioSapienBoard Observercurrent2025 — present
- MoneySmart GroupBoard Member Moneysmartcurrent2019 — presentSingapore
- The BankingMember of the Board of Advisors2023 — 2024Singapore
- Broken ChainsExecutive Producer2020 — 2022Singapore
- Kauffman FellowsKauffman Fellow, class 232018 — 2021San Francisco, California
- BestDutchFounding partner2007 — 2013The Randstad, Netherlands
- Voice ITBusiness consultant2012Dordrecht
- SecureComm B.V.Board member2008 — 2011
- Economic Development Board RotterdamMember2005 — 2009
- Economic Development Board RotterdamVice Chairman2007 — 2008
- Young Economic Development Board RotterdamChairman2006 — 2008
- DND Business SolutionsOwner2001 — 2007
- Jong MKB RotterdamMember2003
Education
- Harvard Business SchoolCertificate, Private Equity and Venture Capital2014
- Harvard Business SchoolCertificate, Strategic Financial Analysis for Business Evaluation2011
- De Haagse Hogeschool / The Hague University of Applied SciencesMaster of Information Engineering, Information Technology1994 — 1997
Skills & more
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CoachingVenture CapitalStart-upsNetworkingConsultingExecutive ManagementCloud ComputingSaaSBusiness ModelingOutsourcingInnovation ManagementRestructuringLanguages Dutch · English
- FT Non-Executive Director Programme - The Effective Non-Executive Director — FT Board Director Programme
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Also attended Harvard Business School1,777
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Shared employers
Also worked at Golden Gate Ventures21
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Also worked at Byanat1
Also worked at MoneySmart Group2
Also worked at Kauffman Fellows360
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