Geert-Jan Smits

Entrepreneur, Investor & Advisor | Venture Capital, Digital, Sustainability

📍 Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands🔄 Updated September 2026💼 6 investments📅 14 years investing🗓 Last invested Oct 2023𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Netherlands
6
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2
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1
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0
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14y
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Portfolio

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Investor & member Advisory Board BASH
Oct 2023
All parties and events in one place. BASH is your place for events. From house parties to vintage markets, concerts, and festivals, plan or find them in the app. No to FOMO Find all events by your favourite organisers to never miss your top events, know whats hot through the hype score, and follow your friends to see what they are up to. Do more together Find events you want to go to with personalised recommendations. Invite anyone Invite others to events, whether invite-only or public - they can even respond without the app. Please get in touch if you have any questions or simply want to talk.
Investor RRevive
Feb 2021
Circular Asset Management
Investor & member advisory board
Nov 2019
We draw the lines that create radical change and hope for a livable planet. Occony develops and sells impact-driven furniture design. Built on sustainable perspectives and shared optimism, designed by and for actual change-makers. We can all thrive in a system that respects our shared natural resources and honors the cyclical nature of life. So together we find our seat in a promising future.
Board Member
Jan 2018
INretail is the trade association representing entrepreneurs in the home and interior, fashion, shoes and sporting sectors. With over 7000 members and more than 17,000 business locations, Inretail is the largest organisation of its kind in non-food retail, covering a sector with a turnover of 25 billion and 150,000 employees. We can therefore lobby very effectively and successfully defend the interests of entrepreneurs. We provide our members with advice and inspiration, enabling them to optimise their business results. We offer advice on business, legal and personnel matters, insight into market data, assistance on operational questions, and other financial benefits. We work together to create an inspiring shopping climate, one which surprises and challenges consumers, and in which retail trade can flourish. The end result: the ideal shopping environment.
Experience · 13 entries
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2026
Co-founder
May 2026
Wat gebeurt er als ondernemers stoppen met uitvoeren en alleen nog beslissen? In co-foundedbyAI starten twee ervaren digitale ondernemers een radicaal experiment. Met één product. Zonder medewerkers. En met een harde doelstelling: €200.000 omzet in het eerste jaar. Alles wat normaal mensenwerk is, wordt uitgevoerd door AI. Van marktonderzoek tot prototyping, marketing, sales en klantenservice. Productie, warehousing en fulfilment worden uitbesteed. De onderneming wordt een machine.
early stageRetail
2024
Co-founder & Operator
Aug 2024
The Dutch Operator Fund I is an initiative by seven experienced Dutch entrepreneurs and angel investors, focused on technology-driven Dutch start-ups in the pre-seed and seed phases. The fund aims to build a portfolio of start-ups that complement each other, where the experience and background of the founders provide a valuable contribution to the success of these companies.
2023
Investor & member Advisory Board BASH
Oct 2023
All parties and events in one place. BASH is your place for events. From house parties to vintage markets, concerts, and festivals, plan or find them in the app. No to FOMO Find all events by your favourite organisers to never miss your top events, know whats hot through the hype score, and follow your friends to see what they are up to. Do more together Find events you want to go to with personalised recommendations. Invite anyone Invite others to events, whether invite-only or public - they can even respond without the app. Please get in touch if you have any questions or simply want to talk.
Investor BYBORRE
Jan 2023
BYBORRE is an Amsterdam based textile innovation studio working on the frontiers of material development, functionality and aesthetics through engineered knits. Our signature is the innovative hand-rendered techniques that, through direct interaction with their circular knitting machines, gives us full creative freedom to play with patterns, colours, and textures within textiles. Designing from the yarn up allows us to discover new possibilities both within our own collections and for leading brands. Over the past six years we have worked with clients such as Rapha, adidas, BMW, and Natuzzi. Through consultation and collaboration with other brands, we push knit innovation to find creative ways to achieve the project’s goal. Our Amsterdam based HQ studio houses a knitting and innovation Lab, a fully outfitted atelier, a team of specialists and experts, a BYBORRE archive, and endless amounts of crazy textiles.
2021
Co-Owner
Jul 2021
RSGA Design develops and manages authentic interior and design brands. Our brands stand for timeless and sustainable design, responsible local production, care for our immediate surroundings and our environment. The RSGA labels have their own strong brand identity and use joint facilities in the areas of marketing, finance, production and logistics. Our companies produce and sell designs from more than 30 designers worldwide.
late stageDesign Services
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