Michael Dijkstra Taurel

Founder (1984-2025) and former CEO at Globrands consultancy

📍 The Randstad, Netherlands, Netherlands🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 38 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2016𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Covestor, shareholder and consultant
Jan 2016
Generous Minds. The Covestment Cooperation in Good Business. Generous Minds is a collective of like-minded investors, entrepreneurs and consultants with a joint ambition: to solve societal problems in an entrepreneurial way by accelerating and magnifying the success of so-called Good Businesses. Businesses whose product, services and organizational structure directly contribute to a better world in business areas like education, health, recycling, energy, food and more. Generous Minds uniquely offers Covestment: the integration of consultancy (with diverse expertise from our co-operative and network) and investment (using our own money and that of third parties). We reinvest 100% of our profit in the companies we work with. This is how we commit ourselves to the long-term success of the good businesses we support: startups, SMEs and larger companies. Generous Minds Covestors are all co-owners of our co-operative, who combine the power of ‘Money & Minds’ for a better world. Generous Minds is a certified B Corp.
Shareholder
Jul 2007
Skytree is engineering the CO₂ transition by building machines to capture CO₂ from the air and repurpose it for good: whether it’s reused across different industries or stored permanently. Our DAC technology transforms atmospheric CO₂ into a valuable resource: powering applications like renewable fuels and chemicals, greenhouse operations, beverage carbonation and water treatment. Our modular DAC machines and unique DAC Park architecture allow us to deploy in any climate, at scale - empowering more industries to switch to a circular CO₂ source and contribute to a cleaner planet. With more than 10 years of applied research starting at the European Space agency, we have the engineering excellence and the patented technology to enable the shift towards decarbonization. Our machines are already hard at work, capturing over 10M tonnes of CO₂ by 2030. Learn more about how we are engineering the CO₂ transition at https://skytree.tech/.
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2016
Covestor, shareholder and consultant
Jan 2016
Generous Minds. The Covestment Cooperation in Good Business. Generous Minds is a collective of like-minded investors, entrepreneurs and consultants with a joint ambition: to solve societal problems in an entrepreneurial way by accelerating and magnifying the success of so-called Good Businesses. Businesses whose product, services and organizational structure directly contribute to a better world in business areas like education, health, recycling, energy, food and more. Generous Minds uniquely offers Covestment: the integration of consultancy (with diverse expertise from our co-operative and network) and investment (using our own money and that of third parties). We reinvest 100% of our profit in the companies we work with. This is how we commit ourselves to the long-term success of the good businesses we support: startups, SMEs and larger companies. Generous Minds Covestors are all co-owners of our co-operative, who combine the power of ‘Money & Minds’ for a better world. Generous Minds is a certified B Corp.
2008
BrandFuel Academy
partner and co founder
Jan 2008
2007
Shareholder
Jul 2007
Skytree is engineering the CO₂ transition by building machines to capture CO₂ from the air and repurpose it for good: whether it’s reused across different industries or stored permanently. Our DAC technology transforms atmospheric CO₂ into a valuable resource: powering applications like renewable fuels and chemicals, greenhouse operations, beverage carbonation and water treatment. Our modular DAC machines and unique DAC Park architecture allow us to deploy in any climate, at scale - empowering more industries to switch to a circular CO₂ source and contribute to a cleaner planet. With more than 10 years of applied research starting at the European Space agency, we have the engineering excellence and the patented technology to enable the shift towards decarbonization. Our machines are already hard at work, capturing over 10M tonnes of CO₂ by 2030. Learn more about how we are engineering the CO₂ transition at https://skytree.tech/.
2005
Brand and naming strategist
Jun 2005
Because naming for pharmaceuticals and medical devices is a complex matter, it requires an integrated approach in which the relevant disciplines combine their strengths in order to get the best results possible. In the dynamics of the healthcare and pharmaceutical industry, the importance of professional guidance in the brand name development process and the relevant regulatory approval is significant. Therefore Globrands formed a dedicated international operating expert unit for pharma and medical naming projects, Pharmanaming.com, with experts in every discipline necessary.
1997
Volair Sustainable Investments
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Jun 1997
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