Fred Kroon

Rockstart is an early stage investor that empowers purpose-driven founders across three domains: Energy, AgriFood, and Emerging Technologies. Rockstart invests in early-stage startups from each of the three funds and provides access to capital, market, and expertise by connecting founders with co-investors, mentors, partners, corporates, and the wider Rockstart network. Rockstart has invested in more than 350 startups and its alumni value to date is more than €1.3bn. Rockstart is an international team of 45+ professionals dedicated to empowering purpose-driven founders to become scalable and drive positive change on a global scale. Rockstart has notable exits such asWercker, Dan.com, Hubs.Com, Bouw7, iClinic, and s and Brincr. The company has offices in Amsterdam, Copenhagen, and Bogota.

YouBeDo stands for: YOU can make a difference, BE the change, DO it now! Our dream: We are dreaming of a world that is fair and righteous. At times, this seems impossible to achieve but we are trying to accomplish this dream by creating new flows of money. This money -we like to look at it as oxygen​- will end up with charity organisations that work hard to increase the quality of human lives and the stability of our environment. How we do it? We create new flows of money by donating 10% of every purchase to charity. Our customers have the freedom to select the cause to which they wish to donate. Its actually very simple. Books that do good​: YouBeDo.com sells the same books and e-books for the same price and with the same terms and conditions as other retailers. Our customers do not pay anything extra and can decide which charity organisation they want to support. Buy a book and give to charity at the same time. This way we create new flows of money that move into the right direction.

We are Nerds & Company and we design and develop interactive experiences to make your business better, help you stand out in the crowd and be the pioneers of tomorrow. Designs of which every pixel has been thoroughly considered. Software that serves your needs today, and is future proof for days to come. In 2015 we brought Nerds & Company to the world. Our aim is to provide the best working space for our Nerds. And Company? Company makes it possible to discover your needs in the digital space. Technological innovation and creativity brought together to set you up for future success. Together with our happy Nerds. That’s our goal.