Nils de Witte

Current

• Executive Adviser at BiD Network Foundation

Past

• Director at BiD Network Foundation
• Board member at Van Swieten Soc.
• Founder/ Owner at NeBIB

• Moderator/admin at HigherLevel.nl
• Jury Member at New Venture
• Author at Gids Startkapitaal
• Founder at Holland Innovation

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Industry

Venture Capital & Private Equity

Websites

• My Website
• Meet Entrepreneurs

Nils de Witte’s Summary

Marketing, innovation, entrepreneurship and finance

Nils de Witte’s Specialties:

Marketing of innovations, new business development and financing both with Angel Investors. Formerly in The Netherlands now in the newest economies.

Nils de Witte’s Experience

• Executive Adviser

  BiD Network Foundation

  (Non-Profit; Financial Services industry)

  November 2009 — Present (3 months)

  Working on the primary process to enable entrepreneurs in developing countries to access the European and American Angel Capital Markets,
  - Sourcing, preparing and matching entrepreneurs to investors.
  - Creating tool kits and training for matchmakers, entrepreneurs and investors on how to get "Ready for Equity".
  - Creating Investor Services to facilitate investors doing overseas investments.

• Director

  BiD Network Foundation

  (Non-Profit; Financial Services industry)

  February 2008 — October 2009 (1 year 9 months)

  OUR MISSION is to contribute to sustainable economic development by stimulating entrepreneurship and creating access to equity for SMEs in developing countries.
  
  We try to achieve this by:
  
  1. Stimulating small and medium sized entrepreneurship to create jobs and raise income in developing countries.
  2. Engaging professionals, investors and organizations offering them the opportunity to directly contribute to poverty reduction through investment and SME development in developing countries.
  3. Inspiring people that business and poverty reduction can go hand-in hand.
  
  Presently BiD Network has national organizations in:
  - Philippines
  - Argentina
  - Peru
  - Bolivia
  - Columbia
  - Ecuador
  - Tanzania
  - Kenya
  - Uganda
  - Jordan

• Board member

  Van Swieten Soc.

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  2000 — 2009 (9 years )

  Superb classical music ensamble, making it (mostly) under their own steam.

• Founder/ Owner

  NeBIB

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  February 1995 — March 2008 (13 years 2 months)

  NeBIB is a private Angel Angels Network and entrepreneurs community, active since 1995. About 100 active angel investors participate in new innovative companies en help them become succesfull.

• Moderator/admin

  HigherLevel.nl

  (Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  May 2002 — January 2008 (5 years 9 months)

  Higherlevel (www.higherlevel.nl) is a very active community for Dutch High Tech Entrepreneurs. The community has more than 23.000 members and 1.500 daily visitors.

• Jury Member

  New Venture

  (Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  January 2000 — January 2008 (8 years 1 month)

  New Venture is one of Europe's most succesfull Business Plan competitions for new high tech companies, started by McKinsey in 1998

• Author

  Gids Startkapitaal

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Venture Capital & Private Equity industry)

  January 2001 — December 2007 (7 years )

  The "Gids Startkapitaal" is a guide for entrepreneurs and angel investors in the Netherlands. 20.000 copies sold.

• Founder

  Holland Innovation

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Financial Services industry)

  1999 — 2007 (8 years )

  With 2000 visitors and 220 exhibitors in 2007, Holland Innovation is one of the largest Innovation Events in Europe for entrepreneurs and investors in new innovative companies.

Additional Information

Nils de Witte’s Websites:

• My Website
• Meet Entrepreneurs

Nils de Witte’s Interests:

New business development, seed finance, business angels. Hockey, ocean sailing, rowing, mountain hiking

Nils de Witte’s Groups:

NeBIB, Higherlevel, 1uptoys, Biopreneur, Gmail users

•    European Corporate Finance Association
•    On Startups - The Community For Entrepreneurs
•    LInked Business Strategists
•    Igniting Innovation
•    LSV Minerva Alumni
•    Biopreneur
•    Bright Ideas & Entrepreneurs
•    Creating Results from Cultural Diversity
•    Technology Marketing Community
•    AfricaNews
•    Startup Specialists
•    MMORPG / MMO Games industry and VC money
•    Finance Professionals Netherlands
•    Higherlevel.nl
•    Venture Capital and Private Equity in Africa (VC4Africa.com)
•    One Million Angels
•    Sustainable International Development (SID) - MojaLink
•    Non Profit Network - MojaLink
•    Tias Nimbas Marketing Alumni
•    Viet Nam Entrepreneur Group
•    Frequent Flyers
•    Venture Capital – Private Equity – Funding – Investment
•    Africa Venture Capital Platform
•    Innovatie 2.0 - Community of Talents
•    goBalto, Inc.
•    Stichting BizWorld (Nederland)
•    What Recession?
•    Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing
•    Venture Capital Nederland
•    Social Capital Day - Speakers community
•    BID Network - preparing entrepreneurs for investors
•    ST.EN - Start-ups & Entrepreneurs
•    Van Swieten Society
•    Snotaap '80
•    NL Startups
•    Maastricht Centre for Entrepreneurship (MC4E)
•    Business Angels Netwerk (BAN) Nederland
•    Entrepreneurship Development Conference - eD2009

Nils de Witte’s Honors:

New Venture Innovatiepenning 2005 (award)
Board member Stichting Van Swieten Society (honor)
Associate of Medina Schuurman @ Jools (honor)
Coach JA2 @ MHC Loenen (honor)
Web columnist & Expert Member @ Sprout (honor)

Nils de Witte’s Contact Settings

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