TEAM
VOC Capital Partners has assembled a uniquely qualified mix of entrepreneurs to implement our approach of combining vision and discipline to drive results in our portfolio companies. The core team of general partners have substantial venture, financial & operating experience.
VOC Capital’s general partners are the single largest investors in our fund – we put our own money at risk in contrast to typical venture capital firms that have low General Partner contribution.
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Jan-Niek de Groot
Partner & Fund Manager
Jan-Niek de Groot (1964) is VOC Capital Partner’s founding partner and operational fund manager focused on the acquisition of participations and managing the investment portfolio.Jan Niek de Groot
Jan-Niek was co-founder and managing director of Infopulse Electronic Commerce and was one of the early internet pioneers, mid nineties, of online banking and trading systems for the financial industry; he also was among the first to implement a near-shore IT outsourcing model for its customers. In 2003 Jan-Niek sold Infopulse to US headquartered Cognizant, an IT multinational with over $10 billion in revenues listed in the NASDAQ-100 and the S&P 500 indices. -
Pieter Schoen
Partner
Pieter Schoen (1975) is VOC Capital Partners founding partner, focused on helping entrepreneurs with managing aggressive growth, leveraging his extensive marketing and sales experience.Pieter Schoen
Pieter is Founder and Director of “de Nederlandse Energie Maatschappij”, the fourth biggest energy supplier in the Netherlands with over 800.000 customers. Pieter is well known for his national customer acquisition media campaigns. From 2009 until 2012 he was able to realize a huge marketing campaign (over EUR 65M) fully based on a ‘No Cure, No Pay’ structure. Since the inception of de Nederlandse Energie Maatschappij in 2005, its turnover has grown to €460 million. In 2015 Pieter became non-executive member of the board and remains a major shareholder of the company. -
Han de Groot
Partner
Han de Groot (1972) is VOC Capital Partners founding partner, focused on helping entrepreneurs with technological and market insight, organizational development and managing growth.Han de Groot
In 1999 Han founded a consumer intelligence company MetrixLab and pioneered online survey research in Europe and the US. He led MetrixLab’s business expansion into the UK, Germany, France, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Singapore and China; he successfully executed 6 acquisitions in the Netherlands, France, UK and the US (MarketTools), and merged MetrixLab in 2014 with former Tokyo Stock Exchange listed MACROMILL, and became its CEO. The merger created the largest provider of online survey research in the world with 1500 employees in the Americas, Europe and Asia, and annual revenues in excess of $300 Million. In October 2015, 16 years after having founded MetrixLab, Han handed over his CEO position to his American successor Scott Ernst and became non-executive member of the Global Board of Directors. Han continues to be shareholder of the MACROMILL group. -
Nico Schuurbiers
Partner
Nico Schuurbiers (1975) is within the VOC Capital Partner team focused on helping new venture entrepreneurs with their financial planning and budgeting process in order to maximise growth potential.Nico Schuurbiers
Nico is Founder and Director of Petplan, a leading provider of pet health insurances. After his graduation Nico worked for KPN Mobile as marketing manager. He also set up a sales office in London for a new media company. Before starting up Petplan Nico conducted research and made analysis of the debt collecting business and valuation of outstanding debt portfolios. He did this both for Hal Investments and as an entrepreneur. -
Jan Willem Gerritsen
Partner
Jan Willem Gerritsen (1973) is founding partner of VOC Capital Partners.Jan Willem Gerritsen
JW joined MetrixLab as its COO and CFO soon after its inception in 2000. His expertise relates to business model optimization, operational excellence and financial management. JW was the mastermind behind MetrixLab‘s annual 70% growth rate while maintaining a 40% ebitda margin during its first 8 years of business operation. "Growing with profits" is his specialty. JW partnered with Han de Groot, MetrixLab’s CEO on their M&A journey and international business expansion into Europe, executed the acquisition of MarketTools in the US, and supported the new offices in South America and Asia. Today as part of the MACROMILL Group, JW oversees MetrixLab’s business in Europe and the Americas. -
Björn Risberg
Investment Manager
Björn Risberg (1985) is VOC Capital Partners Investment Manager, focused on all new potential investment opportunities.Björn Risberg
Björn is a former Project Manager & Business Developer of E-commerce start-up MindGrind, where he was responsible for the launch of two platforms in the Netherlands and one in the US. Previously, he worked as Investment Manager at PGGM Private Equity, where he was involved in multiple international large cap and mid cap funds and co-investments. Björn has also gained experience in Mergers & Acquisitions, working as Investment Banking Analyst (Consumer Retail & TMT) at Nomura International in London. He holds a MSc degree in Financial Economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam.
PORTFOLIO
Charlie TempleCharlie Temple is an e-commerce platform that sells glasses on strength for very competitive rates. It goes with prices from 25 euros a step further than online competitors. The entrepreneur has found a competitive price-quality ratio due to a good network in China. Traditionally, the purchase of glasses is a physical event, but through a smart and accessible virtual fitting room Charlie Temple wants the consumer to be able to fit the glasses online. For the measurement of the eyes, applications are conceivable via smartphone or tablet. The company has its own grinder in Delft where the glasses are personalized and shipped. Besides the webshop, there is also a wholesale branch in which bulk quantities are sold to opticians. VOC Capital Partners is investor since 2017 | 
CleengCleeng has developed a platform and technology with which owners of video content can offer them paid and secured to users. This can be done with a pay-per-view model or with a subscription form. The platform uses other platforms for physical streaming of content (comparable with YouTube or Vimeo, for example) and offers added value by handling the transaction. It responds to the trend that consumers find and view content in increasingly different locations and that more and more parties produce content. The platform enables content producers and / or owners to monetize this content. The employees include ex-Apple and ex-Philips. VOC Capital Partners is investor since 2016 | 
StudyflowStudyflow consists of a platform on which self-developed e-learning content is offered to secondary schools. It also offers schools the possibility to distribute teaching materials to their students. In terms of curriculum, it has already acquired a strong position in the field of mathematics and the Dutch language. Other courses such as geography, history and other European languages are part of the development pipeline. For international expansion, certain content can already be translated into other languages. In addition to technological specialists, the company also uses education specialists to create a valuable product for schools. VOC Capital Partners is investor since 2016  | 
StudyportalsStudyportals is a platform on which universities and colleges can promote their programs to pupils and students. Students can compare courses on the platform and also register or enroll without obligation. Study portals receives a lead fee from universities for every application or registration. VOC Capital Partners is investor since 2010 | 
MinibrewMinibrew has developed a device that enables consumers to brew high-quality beer at home. Via an app the brewing process can be followed and secured brewing codes can also be ordered. This digitization of beer brewing replaces the costly and polluting traditional transport process with beer in casks, crates or cans and makes every consumer potentially a sustainable brewer. The earnings model of the company consists of the brewing system with additional products such as extra tap casks, the sale of brewing codes and licensing fees from brewers for the support of beers and brewing codes. Minibrew is a strong marketing formula in which the turnover through pre-orders precedes the actual production, the first physical delivery of devices is expected in Q2 2018. In a Sprout election, Minibrew was chosen as start-up of the year 2016. VOC Capital Partners is investor since 2016 |
Creative ClicksCreative Clicks has an advanced mobile and online content platform. It is vertically integrated and generates revenues from advertisers, media companies, consumers and telecom companies. The company has passed the seed phase and is active in more than fifty countries. It has offices in the Netherlands, Israel, US, Canada, Mexico and Ukraine and, currently, more than 80 employees. VOC Capital Partners is investor since 2012 | 
WePreventWePrevent is a provider of preventive intrusion and crime solutions. Through a combination of smart technology and motion detection, WePrevent staff in Bulgaria can monitor up to eighty cameras per employee at the same time. Two newly developed technologies provide increased relevance for police and emergency centers. For example, if WePrevent reports a burglary, the watch room of the police can watch live within 8 seconds. In case of noticeable events (unknown car, unknown people, etc.), a recording can also be quickly transferred to the end user or an emergency center. Sending camera images before an incident takes place has a strong preventive effect and even makes it possible for police to catch perpetrators in the act. The product is the live monitoring i.c.m. preventive effect by linking with police, emergency centers and the user and is sold exclusively in hardware, software and installation in a subscription form. VOC Capital Partners is investor since 2015 | 
SphereMallSphereMall has developed an advanced and intelligent shopping platform with a strong focus on BI, making web shops very user-friendly. Their platform is suitable for complex and heavy websites with a large range of products. Famous customers are currently Kramp (agricultural machine parts) and Accel (bicycles). After a number of sessions with a customer, SphereMall is able, thanks to the platform, to develop very quickly a system that make links with existing systems of the customer such as SAP. The earnings model consists of contracts for a number of years with recurring revenue. VOC Capital Partners is investor since 2016 | 
Senior ServiceSenior Service is a front company that responds to the trend of aging in combination with technological developments. It is a platform with national coverage in the Netherlands to which informal caregivers are linked to patients. It is also a communication tool for the family of patients with informal carers. The target group is elderly people over seventy years with many cross-sell opportunities such as devices, rollators, medical applications and smart beds. VOC Capital Partners is investor since 2015 | 
Hera LifeHera Life works together with professional consultants to provide customers the opportunity to save up to 50% of their monthly premium fee for their life insurance. Hera Life implemented a system that provides advice about life insurance after filling in a short and easy questionnaire. VOC Capital Partners is investor since 2018 |
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