About us
The Foundation was established in 2014 and has a management board and an investment committee. An Advisory Board was installed in the course of 2015, complete with consultants and experts in various specialisations such as solar energy technology, organic agriculture, funding alternatives.
Non-profit status
The ifund foundation applied for the status of an Institution for the Promotion of the Public Interest – known by its Dutch acronym of ANBI – following its establishment. Reference is made to our ANBI page for relevant data.
Job openings
Do you recognise yourself in the mission and vision of ifund? And would you like to play your part in the transition to a more sustainable world? Or work together with pragmatic idealists, entrepreneurs, scientists and investors? Check out the vacancies page.
Do you have a specific field of expertise and would you like to be associated with ifund as an advisor? Please contact Stefan van Eijk.
Team
Stefan van Eijk
fund manager
Stefan started at ifund in 2016 as investment manager and is now our fund manager. Before ifund, he was an entrepreneur and brought an innovative new cycling pedal to market with 3ax Cycling.
Imro Dawson
investment manager
Imro joined ifund in 2021, after having gained extensive experience as a strategy consultant at EY-Parthenon. Before that, he obtained two master degrees at the University of Twente.
Stijn Janssen
investment associate
Stijn completed studies in business and philosophy following which he worked at ING M&A and Gain.pro, a fintech start-up. In 2020, he joined ifund as an investment analyst.
Benedetta Garofalo
investment analyst
Benedetta studied Economics and International Relations, and has experience with start-ups through her work at The Selection Lab and Shypple. She joined ifund in 2023.
Dolf Kerklaan
financial controller
Dolf has been active for both ifund and BlueCity since 2019. He started his career as a professional football player, before gaining experience at various financial advisory firms.
Wouter Veer
founder & advisor
Wouter founded ifund in 2014 and led the team in the first years. He is an impact driven entrepreneur, committed to supporting many sustainable young companies.
Willem Grimminck
investor relations
Willem joined ifund in 2022 to help build our network of co-investors (wefund). He brings years of experience as an entrepreneur, and has a sixth sense for community-building.
Management board
Derk Loorbach
chairman
Professor of socio-economic transitions at Erasmus University Rotterdam and director at the Dutch Research Institute for Transitions (DRIFT).
Wouter Veer
treasurer
Entrepreneur and founder of Pay for People. Initiator and advisor of ifund foundation.
Dorien Goris
secretary
Lawyer at the National Public Prosecutors Office.
Armand Salomon
board member
Entrepreneur and founder of Equilibre, sports enthousiast, head of commercial and technical affairs at Feyenoord Basketball.
Investment committee
The investment committee consists of the management board complemented by two independent members. Funding requests are only granted following approval of the investment committee.
Dirk Aleven
Entrepreneur and founder of MeetIn, One to Watch and FoodVentures.
Bart Veldman
Seasoned investment professional through experience at No Such Ventures, Coloured Finches and Mentha Capital.