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Wouter Kneepkens

Partner at Blauwpark Partners

Singapore

Invests in

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Work Experience

  • Partner

    2019

    Blauwpark Partners is a Singapore-based single-family office with a focus on impact investment, private equity, other alternatives and effective philanthropy.

  • Chair Investment Committee

    2021

    Chair of the investment committee of Resolution Ventures for Resolution Fintech Fund I, a venture capital fund focussed on Fintech opportunities in Southeast Asia.

  • Co-Founder - Finance, Legal & Partnerships

    2017

    Our aim is to reduce suffering as much as we can. And while doing this, we include all sentient beings and future generations in our moral circle. We believe that we can maximise our impact by focusing on problems that are big, solvable and neglected.

2017 - 2019

  • Advisor

    2017 - 2019

    Zomia SPC is a social purpose corporation working to increase access to higher education and opportunity among students from marginalized communities. We do so principally by facilitating affordable student loans, engaging a virtual community in a peer-to-peer lending process to connect students in need with lenders around the world. Among the first 125 social purpose corporations registered in Washington State, Zomia is one of few with an international focus. We presently serve students in Southeast Asia.

2010 - 2019

  • Managing Director

    2010 - 2019

    Financial advisory | Strategic consulting | Private equity | Impact investment | Family office services | Fund management Singapore | Amsterdam

2013 - 2015

  • Co-founder

    2013 - 2015

    SNTMNT - Social sentiment analysis for financial markets. Mainly responsible for business development, strategy, funding, trading and financial markets expertise.

2012 - 2015

  • Founding editor

    2012 - 2015

    - Co-founded startup blog SJ in September 2012 with three others. - Grew SJ into the largest and most recognised Dutch startup blog, leading to various media partnerships with top-tier names like Seedcamp, Startupbootcamp, Rockstart and StartupRally. - Wrote 100+ blogposts about Dutch startup scene, reaching ten's of thousands of views. - Secured funding to safeguard further growth of the platform. - Handled all website matters, including writing custom CSS and HTML for the blog.

2012 - 2013

  • Co-founder (business & funding)

    2012 - 2013

    - Co-founded social discovery startup Favour.it - What’s next to read, play, see or do? Get favourits from your friends and answer the question. - Raised EUR160k within one month via innovative "all-saints" funding round, which got us covered in both national and international media (e.g. VentureBeat). - Built team (5 pax at apex), which launched a (beautiful) mobile first social media platform. - Closed down the venture, returning over 70% of investor money, when it became apparent there was a lack of product-market fit and directions to pivot too.

2011 - 2012

  • Founder

    2011 - 2012

    Share a Bite - social dining, connect young professionals, expats & entrepreneurs over dinner. The first and largest social dining site of the Netherlands, rapidly grew to include the four largest cities, as well as first international locations like Barcelona. Acquired in July 2012 by French competitor COlunching, the largest social dining site of Europe.

2010 - 2011

  • MBA Student, Class July 2011

    2010 - 2011

    Dean's list and Graduated with Distinction.