MK

Michiel Kotting

Partner at Northzone

Amsterdam, North Holland

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $1,000,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $30,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $15,000,000.00

Skills

Entrepreneurship
Social Media
Start-ups
Marketing
Business Strategy
Strategy
Venture Capital
E-commerce
Product Management
Mergers
Management Consulting
Strategic Partnerships
Corporate Development
Investments
New Business Development
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Due Diligence
Valuation
Business Development

Education

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2016

  • Board Member

    2017

    Personio is the all-in-one HR software for small and medium-sized companies. Its mission is to make HR processes as transparent and efficient as possible. Nearly 5,000 customers operating in over 80 countries use Personio. They have more than 1,000 employees across the world and plans to hire another thousand people in the next 12 months.

2018

  • Board Member

    2018

    Kahoot! is a public company developing a game-based learning platform and one of the world’s fastest-growing learning brands with millions of monthly active users in over 200 countries.

2017

  • Board Member

    2017

    Recognising the opportunity to not just fix, but reinvent the shipping industry from the ground up, Forto offers an impeccable customer experience and more efficient operations all around. Workflows are digitally streamlined, data is provided in real-time, and complexity and costs are greatly reduced.

  • Board Member

    2014

2017

  • Advisor

    2017

2010 - 2016

  • Partner

    2014 - 2016

    Technology investor. Invested in Vinted, Packlink, Catawiki, Fiverr, KnC, Spotify, Avito, Funding Circle, Aorato, Calastone.

  • Principal

    2012 - 2013

    Investing in IT companies

  • Venture Partner

    2010 - 2011

    Evaluating and developing investment opportunities in software and consumer internet

2013 - 2016

  • Board Member

    2013 - 2016

  • CEO and founder

    2011 - 2012

    Building a social media discovery service for beauty buffs and a new marketing channel for the beauty industry

Solid Wave

2008 - 2010

  • Partner

    2008 - 2010

    Advisory work and fundraising in information technology, finance, healthcare and renewable energy