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Tom Paffen

Owner Byblos Ventures

📍 Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands🔄 Updated November 2026💼 6 investments📅 27 years investing🗓 Last invested Aug 2017𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 Netherlands
6
Total investments
1
Early stage
1
Mid stage
0
Late stage
27y
Years active

Portfolio

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Investor/Advisor
Aug 2017
Krap bij je kas in je bedrijf? Leveranciers die bellen wanneer je nu eindelijk eens betaalt? Snel groeien maar weinig ruimte op de bankrekening? Debiteurenbeurs: de meeste transparante en flexibele vorm van factoring. Veil uw langlopende vorderingen op onze beurs aan een pool van investeerders. Zo heeft u met crowdfactoring een flexibele financieringsmethode met altijd een scherpe prijs. Bedrijven hebben de vrijheid om één of meerdere facturen tegelijkertijd aan te bieden, net zoveel of wanneer ze zelf nodig hebben. We hanteren geen langlopende contracten, verborgen provisies of persoonlijke garanties. Na inschrijving kan een onderneming binnen een paar dagen beginnen met het aanbieden van facturen.
IC/Board Observer
Sep 2013
The Twente Technology Fund is an independent venture capital fund aiming to capitalize on new technological developments, by providing investment capital to fund high tech entrepreneurial activity in Twente region in general and at the University of Twente in particular. The Fund is a specialist fund, targeting companies that are developing commercially promising products and technologies in attractive sectors like Clean Technology, Nanotechnology, ICT and Biomedical Technology. The Fund focuses on seed and early stage companies, but also on pre-seed commercially viable academic projects. The benefits of this early funding means that emerging breakthroughs in research and technology businesses can be sustained by sufficient venture capital to optimize their chances of success and ultimately provide revenue to the Fund’s investors and the research groups involved. Once these companies are established with seed funding, the Fund will seek to work with other traditional venture capital companies to partner in the effort to advance these technologies.
Non-executive boardmember
Jan 1999
IPG Group, a leading partner in the field of telemarketing, teleservices, contact centers, business solutions and training, has over 18 years of experience with customer contacts - 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - in 18 different languages. With 800 workstations and 1,100 enthusiastic employees, IPG Group offers you all the benefits of its know-how in the field of CRM and contact center services. Since its inception in 1999, IPG Group has been very successful. IPG Group’s unique approach, coupled with its focus on ensuring seamless integration of advanced technologies and experienced staff, is still its strong point. IPG Group works hard to be proactive and to create empathy with customers and end users to tailor fundamental concepts and ideas to the needs of end users. IPG Group has branches in Zaventem, Leuven and Hasselt. Looking for a new challenge? Check out our opportunities on www.ipggroup.eu
Experience · 14 entries
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Investments (6)
Founder (1)
Board (3)
2022
Investment Committee
Jan 2022
Round One is a student-run VC fund dedicated to helping student startups reach their full potential.
2018
Advisor
Jun 2018
We build game-changing ventures in the water circularity and nature conservation space; ventures that challenge the status quo and expand (organizational) boundaries. We often build these ventures in partnership with state-of-the-art technology providers. Our current ventures are called "AquaVest" and "NatureVest". We are keen to learn about new technologies and business approaches that better balance nature and economy. We also provide business consultancy services. We have a background in the energy sector and we have experience with energy and water transition planning. We bring value to cross-sectoral collaborations and we turn visions into reality. We look forward to help your organization become future-proof and thrive in the face of change!
2017
Investor/Advisor
Aug 2017
Krap bij je kas in je bedrijf? Leveranciers die bellen wanneer je nu eindelijk eens betaalt? Snel groeien maar weinig ruimte op de bankrekening? Debiteurenbeurs: de meeste transparante en flexibele vorm van factoring. Veil uw langlopende vorderingen op onze beurs aan een pool van investeerders. Zo heeft u met crowdfactoring een flexibele financieringsmethode met altijd een scherpe prijs. Bedrijven hebben de vrijheid om één of meerdere facturen tegelijkertijd aan te bieden, net zoveel of wanneer ze zelf nodig hebben. We hanteren geen langlopende contracten, verborgen provisies of persoonlijke garanties. Na inschrijving kan een onderneming binnen een paar dagen beginnen met het aanbieden van facturen.
2015
TechNano Fund
IC/Board Observer
Sep 2015
2013
IC/Board Observer
Sep 2013
The Twente Technology Fund is an independent venture capital fund aiming to capitalize on new technological developments, by providing investment capital to fund high tech entrepreneurial activity in Twente region in general and at the University of Twente in particular. The Fund is a specialist fund, targeting companies that are developing commercially promising products and technologies in attractive sectors like Clean Technology, Nanotechnology, ICT and Biomedical Technology. The Fund focuses on seed and early stage companies, but also on pre-seed commercially viable academic projects. The benefits of this early funding means that emerging breakthroughs in research and technology businesses can be sustained by sufficient venture capital to optimize their chances of success and ultimately provide revenue to the Fund’s investors and the research groups involved. Once these companies are established with seed funding, the Fund will seek to work with other traditional venture capital companies to partner in the effort to advance these technologies.
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