Accelerating Science-based Ventures

Paul Althuis

Paul Althuis is director of TU Delft Services. He is actively involved in the different innovative ecosystems of TU Delft, i.e. The Green Village, YES!Delft and RoboHouse, and has long term experience with the set up and acquisition of (inter)national multistakeholder projects. For nearly 20 years Paul was the director of the Innovation & Impact … Read more

Rick Bonants

Rick Bonants (1994) works as Investment Manager at Delft Enterprises. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering and a master’s degree from Utrecht University in Sustainable Business & Innovation. Previously, Rick worked in business development roles at (deep tech) venture builders, incubators and TTOs. On the side, he is building a software company to … Read more

Eva van der Meer

Eva van der Meer (1998) works as a Business Analyst at Delft Enterprises. She has recently finished her master’s degree in Physics and Business Studies at Leiden University, combining fundamental physics with business topics. Within her physics studies, she has focussed on applied quantum algorithms and computational physics. Before joining Delft Enterprises she has done … Read more

Inge Janssen-Corten

Inge Janssen-Corten (1981) works as Investment Manager at Delft Enterprises. After obtaining her masters degree in Industrial Design Engineering at Delft University of Technology, Inge started her career as a consultant. She then worked as a marketing trainee at Unilever and as a business director at both Philips and Bugaboo. Before joining Delft Enterprises she … Read more

Marieke van der Put

Marieke van der Put is, together with Judith Smit, legal counsel for Delft Enterprises. Marieke started her career as an attorney in general civil law matters, Mergers & Acquisitions and also corporate litigation at international law firm Loyens & Loeff. After ten years of practising as an attorney, she changed to working as a company … Read more

Jelle Post

Jelle Post (1996) works as Investment Manager at Delft Enterprises. After obtaining his MSc International Economics and Business in Utrecht, with a specialisation in Business Development and Entrepreneurship, he joined Delft Enterprises in 2022. Jelle founded MynOber in 2017, a QR ordering solution for restaurants and bars. As a former software entrepreneur, Jelle will focus … Read more

Martine Anspach

Martine Anspach (1970) is management assistant at Delft Enterprises. Having worked as an executive secretary and marketing & sales assistant for several ICT companies, Martine joined Delft University of Technology in 2001. She has been assisting the Delft Enterprises director and investment team from the very start. Martine enjoys being actively involved at the university’s … Read more

Justin Kok

Justin Kok (1983) started working for TU Delft as Intellectual Property Manager in 2016 and joined the Delft Enterprises team in 2021. In his role as Business Developer he focuses on identifying potential spin-out technologies and developing embryo stage spin-outs by assisting in the creation of a technology roadmap and congruent funding opportunities, and team … Read more

Judith Smit

Judith Smit (1986) is the legal counsel of Delft Enterprises. Her focus is on legal – mainly IP, corporate and contract – matters. Judith obtained her Master’s degree in Dutch Criminal Law and Dutch Civil Law with a particular focus on intellectual property (IP) law at Utrecht University in 2010. Judith started her career as … Read more

Joost Mathot

Joost Mathot (1986) works as Investment Principal at Delft Enterprises. Joost started working at Delft Enterprises in 2016, after obtaining his master’s degree in business administration at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam specialising in entrepreneurship and new business venturing. Joost is passionate about dealmaking and helping spin-offs in their fundraising efforts. Next to being the … Read more

Mathijs Heutinck

After having supported software-related spin-offs at the TU Delft as an investment manager at Delft Enterprises for five years, Mathijs Heutinck (1990) now manages the TechScout Venture Fund. Besides his activities as a fund manager, he leads portfolio monitoring software company Venturelytic. Mathijs has previously been involved with proof-of-concept fund UNIIQ, university partnership TTT Smart … Read more

Martine Nieuwenhuizen

Martine Nieuwenhuizen (1983) works as Senior Investment Manager at Delft Enterprises. After obtaining her masters degree in Notary Law at the Utrecht University and Tax Law at University of Amsterdam, Martine worked at PwC as tax lawyer and at PwC’s Academy.   In 2015 Martine joined Delft Enterprises and she is responsible for spin-off’s from idea … Read more

Ronald Gelderblom

Ronald Gelderblom (1976) works as Director at Delft Enterprises. After obtaining his masters degree in Economics at the Erasmus University in Rotterdam, Ronald worked in various financial roles at international trading firm B&S Group. In 2009 Ronald joined Delft Enterprises where he was involved with dozens of spin-outs over the years, several of which made … Read more