Paul Citroen

Investor, board member ventures and boardmember pensionfund

📍 The Hague, South Holland, Netherlands🔄 Updated October 2026💼 11 investments📅 32 years investing🗓 Last invested May 2025𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Netherlands
11
Total investments
9
Early stage
2
Mid stage
0
Late stage
32y
Years active

Portfolio

11 investments · sorted by recency
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Informal investor
May 2025
Surebird is a full-service and intelligent digitised insurance provider, an open insurance platform. Instead of individual transactions, it takes care of your insurance wallet for a lifetime. Surebird empowers its customers to effortlessly customize their insurance wallets according to their unique circumstances and personal preferences. By implementing automated regular evaluations, our customers insurance wallets are not only tailored to their specific needs but also shielded from significant price hikes. Surebird provides a personalized insurance wallet that consolidates the most appropriate products at competitive prices, all conveniently displayed in a digital overview. With a single point of contact for both service and claims, Surebird not only saves you money and time but also offers peace of mind. Consider Surebird as your next-generation insurance platform and lifelong partner in safeguarding your needs!
mid stageInsurance
Angel Investor
Oct 2021
Springcast is a European Podcast Hosting platform that provides podcasters with powerful hosting, tools & analytics. All our data is stored in the EU (dutch datacenters) and we value your privacy and the privacy of you followers. We just want podcasters to create their best content and make it accessible for people who want to consume it. We dont have any investors so our clients come first. Not our quarterly results. Want to give us a try? Visit our website and discover how easy it can be to manage and distribute your podcast. Oh. Dont hasitate to contact our support team. We love to hear from you.
Non Executive Board Member and informal investor
Mar 2021
At The Selection Lab we’re building the selection process of the future. Our software reveals true potential that traditional hiring methods often miss. By combining validated psychometrics with cutting-edge AI technology, were revolutionizing how companies discover and select talent. Ready to help organizations make faster, smarter hiring decisions? Join our extraordinary team in Amsterdam and help us shape the future of hiring. www.theselectionlab.com/careers
Informal Investor
Feb 2020
HR software voor scale-ups en MKB om een continue gesprekscyclus te creëren van moderne ontwikkelgesprekken, frequente 1:1’s en doorlopende feedbackmomenten.
Archangel @ Arches Capital
Jan 2020
Arches Capital is a fast-growing group of business angels that is bridging the gap between Venture Capitalist (VCs) and how angels operate today, by joining the best of both worlds for our members. Our community strives to bring superior deal flow, professional knowledge and lower risk profile to our participating angel investors. We further distinguish ourselves in the way profits are generated and shared, and how our angels interact with their investees (the startups) and with each other. For this we are building the leading platform of actively engaged business angels that know how to operate and manage their investments in a professional and standardized manner. Operate like a VC, be an Angel We source, select and invest like a VC; We engage, care and inspire as the angel we are. We believe that by bundling smart capital (combine funding with real business knowledge and experience) with true engagement (actively working together to achieve rapid growth), we are able to ignite early stage companies on their path to success. Arches Capital invests in early stage and scaling companies. We differentiate itself from angel syndicates or funds by supporting the next growth stage as well: we aim to lead or contribute to follow-on investments of our successful portfolio companies. For general info or angel membership info please contact: info@arches.capital. For companies that seek funding: please check our website (http://arches.capital) for our preferences and prerequisites, and send your request, pitch deck and/or business plan to: fundme@arches.capital.
Informal Investor
Jul 2019
It is our goal to eliminate repetitive work for (legal) professionals. Most legal documents, tax advises and workflows can be captured in a tree diagram. Our software allows professionals to automate these documents so they can be created online via question and answer. This saves us an enormous amount of time which we can use to do other work and add value for our customers.
Informal Investor
Sep 2015
Ivy is a Dutch founded social enterprise operating in Indonesia. Ivy is a smart distribution network for life-changing technologies in remote areas. We make these life-changing technologies accessible and affordable through a fair product loan, free training and excellent service & maintenance for women and their families. We offer three services in collaboration with our Indonesian partners such as - microfinance institutions- credit unions- NGO's- and innovative micro-entrepreneurs): - Selecting and distributing life-changing technologies such as solar, water filter, biomass cook stoves and nutrients. - Financial solutions for the women to access these technologies based on fair financial conditions - Empower women and their families through our Ivy green labs, in which we train and inspire our clients. We believe that awareness for nature and how to use natural resources to serve the basic needs should be embedded in local customs. We are looking for new partnerships (financial institutions and NGO's) in Indonesia, and passionate people in Indonesia who can join our team. Please contact me if you have ideas to share. http://www.ivykickstarter.com
Informal Investor and member of the advisory board
Oct 2013
CUTTING-EDGE VIDEO RECRUITMENT TECHNOLOGY Cammio is an award-winning cloud-based video recruitment platform featuring video interviews, video-based job vacancies and video assessments. Video-powered recruitment is more effective and more engaging for both candidate, recruiter and hiring manager. Cammio helps companies to upgrade their hiring practices with personality while offering a best-in-class candidate and employer branding experience. Engage and recruit talent better and faster than ever before. Simply engage with candidates around the world through your web browser using Cammio. Market leaders including Adecco, ESPRIT, EU and WPP rely on Cammio to power their daily search for the best candidate. This is why our clients love Cammio: ✔ Shorter time-to-hire ✔ Fair & engaging process for all ✔ Reduced recruitment cost ✔ Better matches No Talent To Waste; hire better candidates, faster with Cammio!
Informal Investor
Sep 2011
80% of new knowledge fades away within the first week — especially when you use traditional learning methods or when you rely on exams. To really anchor new knowledge in the long-term memory, learning should be effortful, meaningful, contextual, and continuous. Drillster is a smart learning application that keeps critical knowledge and competencies top of mind, so employees can deliver top performance, using the right knowledge at the right time. Its unique methodology combines adaptivity, microlearning, assessment-based learning, and instant feedback into one simple tool. Creating and adjusting content is easy, and the smart algorithm automatically adapts learning content to the individual’s forgetting curve and reminds them to brush up in time. Effective and efficient, for learning professionals and learners alike. More than 1,000,000 employees and students worldwide are already learning smarter and more efficiently. Drillster is used for more effective lifelong learning, continuous compliance, faster onboarding, improved operational efficiency, and more. Drillster has its HQ in the Netherlands , as well as offices in the USA, France, and Spain. Drillster. Learning with you. More info: www.drillster.com.
Founder & shareholder & member of the advisory board
Apr 1998
UNO | LEADING YOUR DIGITAL JOURNEY UNO neemt als strategische IT partner jouw organisatie bij de hand en is de gids op weg naar jouw digitale toekomst. Een gids bij wie je je veilig en vertrouwd kan voelen. Als managed service provider richt UNO jouw bedrijfsprocessen in met de nieuwste It technologieën. Naast infrastructuurbeheerder is UNO jouw strategische IT, die op een no-nonsense wijze de digitale roadmap voor je uitstippelt, zodat je zorgeloos grip op de toekomst hebt en in alle relevante IT technieken voorop loopt, productiever wordt en groei realiseert. UNO MENTALTEIT Onze mentaliteit in een paar kernwoorden? We zijn oprecht, pragmatisch, servicegericht en doen zoveel mogelijk met een knipoog. We zijn een professioneel en hecht team dat voor jou zijn uiterste best doet de slimste IT-oplossingen te realiseren. Zo maken we IT leuk! INTEGRALE IT OPLOSSINGEN Met een jong en ambitieus team ontwerpen wij integrale IT oplossingen. Zo ontwerpen wij jouw ideale Werkplek van de Toekomst, ontwerpen en richten we jouw bedrijfsprocessen in en selecteren wij de beste software ondersteuning Hierbij hebben wij veel aandacht voor de adoptie door de medewerkers en de inrichting van de security. DE GEBRUIKER STAAT CENTRAAL UNO onderscheidt zich door niet de techniek maar juist de gebruiker in alles centraal te zetten. Dat betekent concreet dat we niet alleen rekening houden met de wensen van de eindgebruikers (jouw medewerkers), maar juist ook met de strategische ambities van de directie en de (veiligheids)eisen van de eigen IT-verantwoordelijken. Alleen met een dergelijke ‘360graden check’ van alle bedrijfsbehoeften kan je IT-oplossing een succes worden. Waarom UNO? - UNO biedt kennis en advies door ruim 20 jaar ervaring bij toonaangevende bedrijven - UNO biedt een moderne en veilige werkplek - UNO biedt doorlopende Cloud Adoptie - UNO Explore & Innovate houdt je op de hoogte van laatste IT-trends - UNO maakt IT leuk! - UNO zet de gebruiker centraal
Founder & shareholder
May 1994
Studentalent is al meer dan 25 jaar dé specialist in het uitzenden van HBO/WO studenten voor branchespecifieke bijbanen, projecten en startersfuncties. Zie www.studentalent.nl
Experience · 13 entries
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Investments (9)
Founder (2)
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2025
Informal investor
May 2025
Surebird is a full-service and intelligent digitised insurance provider, an open insurance platform. Instead of individual transactions, it takes care of your insurance wallet for a lifetime. Surebird empowers its customers to effortlessly customize their insurance wallets according to their unique circumstances and personal preferences. By implementing automated regular evaluations, our customers insurance wallets are not only tailored to their specific needs but also shielded from significant price hikes. Surebird provides a personalized insurance wallet that consolidates the most appropriate products at competitive prices, all conveniently displayed in a digital overview. With a single point of contact for both service and claims, Surebird not only saves you money and time but also offers peace of mind. Consider Surebird as your next-generation insurance platform and lifelong partner in safeguarding your needs!
mid stageInsurance
2022
2021
Angel Investor
Oct 2021
Springcast is a European Podcast Hosting platform that provides podcasters with powerful hosting, tools & analytics. All our data is stored in the EU (dutch datacenters) and we value your privacy and the privacy of you followers. We just want podcasters to create their best content and make it accessible for people who want to consume it. We dont have any investors so our clients come first. Not our quarterly results. Want to give us a try? Visit our website and discover how easy it can be to manage and distribute your podcast. Oh. Dont hasitate to contact our support team. We love to hear from you.
Advisory Committee
Oct 2021
Secondstage Ventures invests in tech savvy B2B scale ups. We take an active, hands-on approach that leverages our entrepreneurial and investor expertise. We offer all the support, experience and our circle of dedicated partners needed to reach the second stage: a flying Series A or strategic exit.
Non Executive Board Member and informal investor
Mar 2021
At The Selection Lab we’re building the selection process of the future. Our software reveals true potential that traditional hiring methods often miss. By combining validated psychometrics with cutting-edge AI technology, were revolutionizing how companies discover and select talent. Ready to help organizations make faster, smarter hiring decisions? Join our extraordinary team in Amsterdam and help us shape the future of hiring. www.theselectionlab.com/careers
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