Hidde Goslings

Analyst

2024

Shamrock Ventures is a pre-seed and seed impact fund investing in tech companies that build a sustainable future. Areas of focus include circular economy, cleantech, sustainable mobility and food & agritech. Shamrock Ventures provides ambitious founders with their first professional capital combined with operational and technical advice from our experienced team. Initial ticket size ranges between EUR 100,000 and 250,000 per investment. Portfolio includes BIYU, Bringly, Cawa, CircularIQ, Coolset, FIGO, FruitPunch AI, Meteory, Peerby, Pickler, Redistri (discontinued 2023), Seenons, Tap Electric, Tiny Library and VOOD (exit 2024). For more information about our investment philosophy and the application form for funding please go to www.shamrockventures.nl

Member of Business Panel

2023 - 2024

The Philips Innovation Award is the largest student entrepreneurship award in The Netherlands, meant for students and recent graduates who want to further accelerate their startup or idea.

Analyst Seed/Series A Fund

2023 - 2024

President Pre-Seed Fund

2022 - 2023

Graduate Entrepreneur is a Venture Capital fund established by alumni and students of TU Delft, Erasmus University, and Erasmus MC. The fund invests in startups founded by students and alumni of these knowledge institutions. Graduate Entrepreneur is an early-stage fund of €60 million, comprising a seed fund and a pre-seed fund. It brings together an experienced team of investors, an extensive and motivated alumni network, and fresh perspectives from ambitious students. This setup enables us to foster and catalyze the startup ecosystem around the universities of Delft and Rotterdam. Reach me at: hidde.goslings@graduate.nl

Instructor

2017 - 2023

Kitesurfschool.nl is the first kitesurfing school in the Netherlands with multiple teaching locations! Every year we put together a local team of qualified and enthusiastic instructors who teach you everything about kitesurfing. All instructors enjoy to transfer their biggest passion to a wide range of students!

Funding & BD Intern

2022 - 2022

LOOP is here to restore nature. We do this by bringing human nutrients back into the cycle-of-life in the most natural way with a living mycelium-based coffin that enables people to enrich the soil and allow new seedlings to thrive. From graveyard to forest. My responsibilities mainly included supporting the process of raising a €1.000.000 SEED investment round. Moreover, I had the opportunity to expand my knowledge on several other business disciplines, such as Finance, Strategic Sales and Business Development.

Ecosystem Analyst

2020 - 2021

YES!Delft is Europe’s leading high tech incubator that helps entrepreneurs to build and grow outstanding technology companies. Our programs offer guidance and support in order to turn promising technology ideas and teams into solid startups and grow them to successful companies. Focus areas include Artificial Intelligence, Aviation, Blockchain, CleanTech, DeepTech, MedTech and Robotics. My responsibilities include conducting both field and desk research among YES!Delft startups, Erasmus University students, -lab assistants, -professors, and other groups. Besides, I am responsible for delivering the research results and preparing the data analysis. Moreover, I am responsible for supporting the activation of the EUR ecosystem. Finally, I am managing day to day project activities and assisting project managers in their projects related work.

Recruitment Consultant

2020 - 2020

NOBUSEARCH+ is a consultancy start-up, specialized in mid market executive search, interim professionals and human capital advisory. My responsibilities include performing executive searches, conducting market research and supporting administrative and commercial activities.

Private Driver

2019 - 2020

Level.works is one of the first independent work platforms in the Netherlands. Started as a booking platform for private drivers, Level.works has become the largest platform in transport for various companies and provides high-quality services to its end users.

Project Management Intern

2019 - 2019

Arcadis is a leading global Design & Consultancy firm. During my internship, I have conducted reseach about foreign exchange risk management. Together with colleague project managers and advisory groups, I created guidelines on how to deal with currency risk within future foreign projects. Moreover, I gained experience with project valuations and project management.