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The ASC Community

Founding Partners

Techleap.nl
Netherlands Academy of Engineering
Ministry of Economic Affairs
Universiteiten van Nederland
UMCNL

ASC new ALLIES

TNO
ScaleNL
EWUU Alliance
Preneurz Amsterdam
Biotech Booster

Content partners

Include Industries
Kilburn & Strode
Deloitte
Diverse Leaders in Tech
Biopartner Leiden
BrainCompass

advisory board

Constantijn van Oranje - Special Envoy - Techleap
Margrethe Jonkman - President of the Executive Board - VU Amsterdam
Wiro Niessen - Board Member & Treasurer - NAE
Eline van Beest - Chairman of the Board - NAE
Henk van Houten - Chairman of the Board - NAE

LEADING DEEPTECH ENTREPRENEURS

Hamed Sadeghian - CEO - Nearfield Instruments
Birgit Dekkers - CEO - Rival Foods
Wouter Bruins - Co-Founder - In Ovo & Amplino
Lex Hoefsloot - Co-Founder - Lightyear
Eline van Beest - CEO - Hybridize Therapeutics

team CAPTAINS

Richard Visser - Technology Consultant -
Lex Hoefsloot - Co-Founder - Lightyear
Laura Gähler - Valorisatiemanager - Health~Holland
Barbara Brunnhuber - CEO - Mireca Medicines GmbH
Tonko Wedda - CEO - Growth! Consultants

ASC CORE TEAM

Peter Maarten Westerhout - Director Deeptech - Techleap
Arjan Goudsblom - Program Director - ASC
Natasja Marchese - Project Manager - ASC
Kiet Bronkhorst - Project Coordinator - ASC

ASC Experts

Kinga Matula - CEO & Founder - QurieGen
Srimannarayana Baratam - Co-Founder - Perciv AI
Balazs Szekeres - Co-Founder & Managing Director - Perciv AI
Evelien Nieuwenburg - Co-Founder - Dembrane
Karin Verhagen - Founder - GrowthFactory
Sophie Heijenberg - Venture Capital Investor - Graduate Ventures
Rui Li - Associate Principal - Graduate Ventures
Auke van den Hout - Managing Partner - Graduate Ventures
Sophia Von Dewall - Founding Partner - Vanguard International Dispute Resolution
Katrien Westendorp - Startup Officer - Netherlands Enterprise Agency / Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland (RVO)
Yp Kroon - Intellectual Property Advisor - Dutch Patent Office / Nederlands Octrooicentrum
Maarten van der Voort - Partner, attorney at law Venture Capital & Technology Transfer - Benvalor
Sjoerd Mol - Partner Venture Capital & M&A - Benvalor
Diederik Gommers - Head of Intensive Care Unit - Erasmus MC
Bas Verkaik - Co-founder & CEO - ELEO
Cinzia Silvestri - CEO - Bi/ond
Jeroen Glansdorp - Founder & CEO - Veridis
Marouschka Blahetek - CEO & Co-founder - Carapace Biopolymers
Jasper Schakel - Co-founder - CIWI
Maarten Cleeren - Managing Director - Techleap
Lex Hoefsloot - Co-Founder - Lightyear
Kaoutar Ashour - Programme Director - Scale NL
Ras Lamly - Managing Director - YES!Delft
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Antoinette Oudshoorn - Director - Convergence
Caspar van den Berg - Chairman - Universities of the Netherlands
Vincent Mcleese - CEO - Web3Audience
Erik van Stiphout - Owner - Isodot
Dimitris Karefyllakis - Co-Founder - Time-travelling Milkman
Niek Savelkoul - CEO - Scope Biosciences
Olivier Tardieu - Founder - Fazant Business Partner
Carolien Kroeze - Rector Magnificus and vice-president - WUR
Birgit Dekkers - CEO - Rival Foods
Luc Scheres - CTO & co-founder - Surfix Diagnostics
Jon Duschinsky - Founder & President - Centrepoint
Nienke Dijkstra - Director Start- & Scale-Ups, SME - TNO
Raynor van Eijck - mgr. Intangibes, Data & Tech Law - Deloitte
Frodo Ferro - European Patent Attorney - Kilburn & Strode
Jorus Everaerd - Senior Business Developer - TNO Fast Track
Rebekah Bikker - Adjunct Director - Bio-Partner
Ingrid Tappin - Founder & CEO - Diverse Leaders in Tech
Martine Buis - Fractional Chief HR Officer - PeopleCode
Nettie Buitelaar - Chief Executive Officer - Biotech Booster
Kinga Matula - CEO & Co-founder - QurieGen
Judith Heikoop - Founder - Vishnu Health
Maaike van Velzen - Intangibles Data and Tech Law - Deloitte
Noor Eppens - Programme Manager - Techleap
Gabriel Mayrink - Head of Innovation Ecosystem - NAE's
Joost Reimert - Co Founder - Preneurz
Freek van Muiswinkel - Dir. Entrepreneurship - UU
Daan Kersten - CEO of Include Industries & Powertrim Technologies
Marc van Moorsel - Co-Founder - TargED Biopharmaceuticals
Wouter Bruins - Co-Founder - In Ovo & Amplino
David Beckett - Creator and pitch coach - Best3Minutes
Bas Rogaar - Founder & Leadership Coach - Fenix Leadership
Andy Shannon - Operating Partner - Venture Capital
Rebecca Offensend - Founder - Comibo
Janet Bumpas - Executive Coach - Silicon Valley Inspiration Tours
Daniel Glazer - Managing Partner - Wilson Sonsini
Ilko Bosman - Co-Founder & CFO - Include Industries & Powertrim Technologies
Lars Teunisse - Projectmanager Solve Consulting - Analyst Include Industries
Daan Verhoeff - Business development Start/scale-ups - TNO FastTrack
Hugo Niezen - Senior Business Developer - TNO
Nienke Dijkstra - Director Startups, Scaleups & SME - TNO
Mirella Schrijvers - Medior Scientist - TNO
Daan Pisa - Researcher Innovation Policy - TNO
Sijme Zeilemaker - CBO - Sapreme Technologies
Violette Defourt - CEO - Rapidemic
Yuliya Shakalisava - CEO - EXIT071
Pauline van Marwijk Kooy - Programma Coordinator- Health Holland
Renato Romani - Founder & CTO - EW2Health
Freerk Bisschop - Co-Founder - BigCircle Ventures
Greg de Temmerman - Director Deeptech and Spin-Off Excellence - Techleap
Peter Haasjes - Director - Next Gen Ventures
Elise Lie - Impact Investor Deep Tech - InvestNL
Carmen van Vilsteren - Impact Investor - Imagion Consultancy
Annemarie Haverhals - Future of Health Committee - Borski Fund
Yvonne Greeuw - Impact Investor Deep Tech - InvestNL
Gijs van der Hulst - Founding Partner - Positron