BigCircle Ventures scouts promising deeptech and turns this into successful startups that tackle the world's climate and circularity challenges.

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We invite universities / institutes / companies / inventors to share interesting IP that can reshape the world into a circular and net zero environment.
BigCircle welcomes entrepreneurial talent, potential startup CxOs, venture building talent and experts in climate and circularity.
BigCircle offers early stage investors significantly derisked returns through diversification, scale and continuous support of our ventures.

Our Venture Building Approach

Identify New Tech

Validate with Experts

Recruit the Team

Found the Venture

Support till Exit

Team

Joost

Kruytzer

CEO

Joost leads the development of team, model and network. Joost built up NLC, Europe’s largest healthtech venture builder, as its COO. Prior to that, Joost provided board level consulting for 20 years, among others as managing partner of healthcare specialist Plexus (later KPMG Plexus, after the acquisition he negotiated).

Reinier

van der Vusse

Venture Partner

Reinier leads the biobased and circular materials sectors, which includes IP-sourcing, venture creation / support and expanding our expertise and networks. He gained experience in business development, impact investment and financing of start-ups with among others Polestar Capital and RebelGroup.

Joost

Beemer

Capital & Sourcing

Joost is responsible for fundraising and sourcing of new technology, with over 20 years of entrepreneurial experience, a background in Cleantech, Real estate and M&A at a.o. Schroders Capital and Kempen, 14 years of board level experience, privately investing in tech startups, board advisor to a.o. accelerator FemTechLab and AtomicOne.

Freerk

Bisschop

Venture Partner

Freerk leads the energy and climate sectors, selecting and nurturing technologies based on 35 years of experience in entrepreneurship across Europe with a.o. Inven Capital and Rockstart. His expertise spans solar technology, new-energy strategy, green retailing, international growth, venture management and startup funding.

Jarno

van den Heuvel

Venture Finance

Jarno is responsible for the finance and legal infrastructure and will contribute to the venture financing activities. He has gained deep financial experience as auditor with EY (being a Dutch CPA/RA), as financial/management at impact start-ups and as impact investor (a.o. CarbonFix).

Roos

Nuijten

Venture Finance

Rosa supports the team during the startup phase while gaining valuable knowledge in venture building, especially in climate and circularity. With a Master in Financial Economics and a variety of internships in M&A and Private Equity, she’s is eager to contribute to venture building and sustainability, using her financial background to drive positive change.

Rohit

Kanungo

Venture Development

Rohit collaborates with venture partners to create and scale new ventures focused on climate technology and circular economy solutions. With a PhD in chemical engineering, he brings deep technical expertise along with hands-on experience in Product and Engineering roles at AquaBattery and Procter & Gamble.

Eva

van der Pouw

Intern

Eva is an intern focused on venture development, sourcing inventions through desk research and supporting the selection of promising innovations using BigCircles’ impact framework. With a bachelor’s degree in Applied Physics and a master’s in Sustainable Energy Technology, she brings her technical knowledge into a practical, real-world setting.

Siem

Gersen

Intern

Siem assists in scouting and assessing the climate impact and investability of innovative greentech inventions. With a background in Energy Science along with prior experience in the energy sector, Siem applies his knowledge to help identify impactful technologies while gaining hands-on exposure to venture building and entrepreneurship

Simon

Knowles

Talent Acquisition

Simon is responsible for recruitment, attracting exceptional individuals for BigCircle’s internal team and for the ventures. He has over 20 years of experience recruiting for businesses throughout Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the United States, which included working on-site for both start-ups and large blue-chip organisations.

Eelco

Dekker

Advisor

Eelco supports the team with deep tech IP scouting and venture building by strengthening the network with relevant stakeholders at universities, technology institutes and corporates. Eelco first gained experience with corporate venturing at Royal DSM, and has since worked with multiple promising start ups in clean energy and chemicals from around the world.

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About us

The world needs greentech innovations to reach net-zero and circularity, but a wealth of research inventions never gets used at scale. BigCircle Ventures brings a unique flow of early-stage innovations to the market, that would otherwise stay untouched on a shelf, hidden in a university, research institute or company lab. By using a long-proven model for discovering, nurturing and funding, we aim to be the world’s leading greentech venture builder and boost the world’s journey towards sustainability.