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Xander van der Heijden

Investor

General Partner & Founder at Venture Rock

Singapore

About

Xander van der Heijden is founder and CEO of UNL Global and co-founder of Venturerock. With over 25 years in technology entrepreneurship, he holds multiple patents in distributed and network computing, developed early cloud architecture and open-source encryption technology in the 1990s, and has founded more than 20 companies with multiple exits and over $100 million in capital raised. He created UNL to address the gap in global digital addressing systems, developing a micro-location database and mapping technology with centimeter-level accuracy for outdoor, indoor, and three-dimensional locations.

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Experience

  1. UNLCEO, Foundercurrent2018 — presentSingapore
  2. venturerockGeneral Partner, Foundercurrent2018 — presentAmsterdam Area, Netherlands
  3. The Digital EconomistCouncil Membercurrent2021 — present
  4. Human UnlimitedFoundercurrent2020 — presentAmsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  5. trimix - from seed to series AAdvisorcurrent2018 — presentThe Randstad, Netherlands
  6. 2SQRSCEO2016 — 2018The Randstad, Netherlands
  7. ZibbraCMO2013 — 2017International
  8. Exact Corporate Services B.V.Senior Partner Management2011 — 2012
  9. Exact Corporate Services B.V.Senior Acquisition Marketing2011
  10. Exact Corporate Services B.V.Senior Sales Executive2010 — 2011
  11. Exact Corporate Services B.V.Senior Product Marketing2009 — 2010
  12. Virtual Unlimited BVEntrepreneur2005 — 2009Netherlands
  13. BeeyondCEO/Founder1997 — 2005Netherlands

Education

  1. EU Business SchoolBBA, Internationale bedrijfskunde1993 — 1997
  2. AppWorksAW#30

Skills & more

New Ventures3Start-up Ventures2Entrepreneurship Education3Coaching1Leadership1venture building1SaaS13New Business Development43Cloud Computing73Social Media8Internet5Innovation3
+12 moreInnovatorTechnologyIntellectual PropertyEntrepreneurshipnew business modelsInternational DevelopmentGamificationPayment SystemsB2BProduct MarketingICTE-commerce

From Xander's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended EU Business School3

Daniel DellisInvestor at StartVCFelipe Vallejo UribeAssociate at H20 Capital InnovationMaurício GrinPartner at Shift Capital

Shared employers

Also worked at UNL4

Marc WesselinkVenture Partner at Contrarian VenturesMihaela GeorgievaPartner at Venture RockNavin DanapalGeneral Partner Venturerock Asia at Venture RockPascal VerloopPartner at Venture Rock

Also worked at The Digital Economist3

Omar DarwazahManaging Director AAF Management at Taram CapitalYuri CataldoCo-Founder, General Partner at Athenian CapitalNavroop SahdevBoard of Advisors │ Founder of Digital Economist Associate, Centre of Blockchain Technologies MIT Connections Fellow at Venture Rock

Also worked at trimix - from seed to series A1

Marc WesselinkVenture Partner at Contrarian Ventures

Also worked at 2SQRS2

Mihaela GeorgievaPartner at Venture RockPascal VerloopPartner at Venture Rock

Colleagues at Venture Rock

Jason Collins
Board of Advisors | Senior Wealth Manager | International Investment Advisory at Venture Rock
Marc Wesselink
Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
Mark Burbach
Partner at Venture Rock
Mei Lin Fung
Board of Advisors │ CEO of People Centered Internet, Co-Founder of Impact Network at Venture Rock
Mihaela Georgieva
Partner at Venture Rock
Navin Danapal
General Partner Venturerock Asia at Venture Rock
Navroop Sahdev
Board of Advisors │ Founder of Digital Economist Associate, Centre of Blockchain Technologies MIT Connections Fellow at Venture Rock
Pascal Verloop
Partner at Venture Rock