RD

Ruud Dekker

Seed Stage Investor at Forward VC

Haarlem, North Holland

Invests in

Stages:

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Founder

    2017

2020

  • Owner

    2020

    Helping founders grow their companies.

  • Advisory Board Member

    2022

  • Board Observer

    2021

2019

  • Board Observer

    2019

2008 - 2017

  • Payment Specialist

    2014 - 2017

    • Set up a POS system tailored to restaurants • Served as Head of Payments for a VoIP company • Created a virtual prepaid credit card brand

  • Business Development Consultant

    2008 - 2014

    • Payments - Helped found a payment service processor (PSP) in Switzerland, which included setting up the technology stack, obtaining the required certification, and building out the contracts required to function as an independent full-service payment provider. • Telecom - Establishing new interconnections and maintaining these relationships. I also acted as project manager for a newly established Business VoIP Solution that was launched in December 2009.

2005 - 2006

  • Customer Service Representative

    2005 - 2006

    Providing support to Accounts Payable and Receivable by dealing with customers and suppliers on a daily basis. Experience in working with Billing, AP & AR departments. The position offered valuable insight into an outsourcing situation between a Dutch and a Slovak-based multinational organisation, which was extremely helpful for writing my master thesis later on.