After running companies for over a decade we jumped into venture capital back in 2017 with the launch of our family fund. Now 5 years later, we have seen successes and failures, collected valuable data and learned important lessons. …

The answer is a short one: regulators globally are still trying to decide what to do about crypto. Several companies have applied to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to approve their crypto ETFs, only to get rejected. “There’s a number of ETF that track companies that are active…

Family businesses are the cornerstone of the Dutch economy; they contribute almost 27% of the total nationwide annual turnover and are responsible for 29% of all the jobs created in the country. The ageing society, succession challenges, family emotions, lack of governance, lack of good employment practices, limited digitisation and…

Southeast Asia (“SEA”) is home to four of seven of the world’s highest-performing emerging economies: Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. According to McKinsey: GDP per capita for these countries has grown at least 3.5% per annum since 1965. …

The lines between work, home, entertainment, sports and education are blurring and the next 10 to 20 years will be all about finding a healthy balance in order to create a sustainable, liveable and smart environment. Innovation of the real estate industry globally plays a critical role in this development…

As we are headed down a path of recession or even depression, societies and governments reflex and protectionism take the lead. While understandable from a perspective of fear (people losing their jobs and livelihood) and the need for governments to implement policies that reflect the demands of a society (“locals…

Within Southeast Asia, the financial services industry holds tremendous potential that could be unleashed if fundamental underlying challenges are addressed. Out of a population of 570 million in Southeast Asia more than 70% of the adults are “underbanked” or “unbanked” and have limited access to financial services. …

In order to grow into a successful angel investor (‘angel’) one needs sufficient opportunities to review. It’s hard to catch a fish if the pond is empty and from experience we know that it takes around 100 deal reviews before 1 good investment can be made. …

This article is meant to help angel investors (“angels”) build a framework to evaluate startups. We know investment decisions are personal and logic (‘gut feeling’ about a deal and founder) does not always apply. We do recommend however to build an evaluation framework and stick to it, simply because investing…