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    Herman Kienhuis

    Herman Kienhuis

    Tech investor; founder & managing partner of @curiosityvc and @rivervp; former strategist, digital product executive and md of @kpnventures and @SanomaVentures

    Investor Netherlands INSEAD '01
    curiosityvc.com
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    Experience
    RIVER Venture Partners
    RIVER Venture Partners
    Founder and Managing Partner 2015 - Present (almost 11 years)
    Curiosity VC
    Curiosity VC
    Founder and Managing Partner 2021 - Present (about 5 years)
    Founder
    SanomaVentures, Curiosity VC, RIVER Venture Partners
    Employee
    McKinsey & Co, KPN Ventures, Ilse Media, SanomaVentures, Curiosity VC, Newion, RIVER Venture Partners
    Investor
     
    Incubator
     
    Advisor
    Revue, Startupbootcamp, liateR, 24sessions, Mimicme, SchedJoules, Nimbles, ABOSS
    Attorney
     
    Board Member
    Peerby, Nosto Solutions, nello, Virtuagym, Scoupy, Dutch Creative Industry Fund, TheQuestionmark.org, Personal MedSystems, Minut, MeetingPackage, Cybersprint
    Mentor
     
    Member
     
    Acquired
     
     
    Education
     
    About
    Achievements

    8 years strategy and corporate development
    - Strategy development projects in energy, electronics, financial services, media;
    - Strategy, divestments & acquisitions for Dutch media group;

    5 years digital product development:
    - Member of the management team, responsible for new product development for #1 Dutch consumer internet company
    - Setting up a mobile development team, social media development team and an online video production team;
    - Developed and launched a leading streaming video site, Q&A site, job site, mobile news app, mobile commerce apps, digital magazine apps and 50+ more mobile apps;

    8 years venture capital:
    - Creating a new venture fund and executing 23 seed investments for leading European media group;
    - Founding an angel syndicate and executing 12 angel investments;
    - Setting up and managing a new venture fund and executing 17 growth stage investments and 8 fund-in-fund investments for leading European ICT company;

    Describe the most impressive thing you've done.
    Skills
    Product Development Strategy Corporate Finance M&A Business Development Marketing Recruiting Product Management Venture Capital Venture Fundraising
    Locations
    Amsterdam Netherlands
     
    Q&A
    What's the most useful business-related book you've ever read?

    The Black Swan

    If money were not an issue, what would you be doing right now?

    What I'm doing right now

    What words of advice would you give your younger self?

    Go for it

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