Wouter is a Principal at Atomico, responsible for deal sourcing and helping portfolio companies with business development.
He also manages the Open Office outreach programme, which is a global program to encourage entrepreneurship, expand Atomico’s network to benefit portfolio companies, and find new investment opportunities.
He was previously a serial entrepreneur and angel investor, and has a passion for technology companies, entrepreneurship and new business models. In 2004, he founded BST Company, an investment company in the Netherlands that helped develop start-ups, and then worked as an angel investor. In these roles he backed companies including o.a. Yelloyello (sold to Truvio), soocial, 1dayfly, and zecco.
Wouter has an MSc degree in Business Administration from RSM Erasmus University in Rotterdam. He was involved in setting up two university incubators. He has also advised the Netherlands government on stimulating entrepreneurship, and made a documentary series about entrepreneurship for Dutch Television.