BigCircle Ventures scouts promising deeptech and turns this into successful startups that tackle the world's climate and circularity challenges.
Turn Big
Potential
into Big
Impact
Our plan
Interested?
Folllow this link to the Leaders in Cleantech podcast, featuring our CEO Joost Kruytzer
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.
BigCircle
Ventures
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.