Where does Xander van der Heijden work?

Xander van der Heijden is General Partner & Founder at Venture Rock.

Where did Xander van der Heijden go to school?

Xander van der Heijden studied at EU Business School (BBA, Internationale bedrijfskunde); AppWorks (AW#30).

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.

Experience

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

Skills & more

New Ventures3Start-up Ventures2Entrepreneurship Education3Coaching1Leadership1venture building1SaaS13New Business Development43Cloud Computing73Social Media8Internet5Innovation3

+12 more

InnovatorTechnologyIntellectual PropertyEntrepreneurshipnew business modelsInternational DevelopmentGamificationPayment SystemsB2BProduct MarketingICTE-commerce

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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

Frequently asked questions

Who is Xander van der Heijden?: 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.
Where does Xander van der Heijden work?: Xander van der Heijden is General Partner & Founder at Venture Rock.
Where did Xander van der Heijden go to school?: Xander van der Heijden studied at EU Business School (BBA, Internationale bedrijfskunde); AppWorks (AW#30).