Wilbe | Home for Scientist Leaders

Wilbe is the home for scientist leaders. We believe that science should come first and that through education, support and investment we can help scientists build solutions to a large part of the problems that we face today.

Venture Partner

Multiple Capital

Multiple invests in micro and seed stage venture capital funds globally with a focus on European managers. We seek out innovative, emerging, and solo fund managers in niche geographies and verticals that are often overlooked. 

Our portfolio of 30+ funds includes over 700 companies, more than 50 of which are valued at $100M+...including 10 at $1B+.

Venture Partner 

Redstone

Redstone Quantum is a €50M+ investment fund focused on seed and Series A investments in quantum and quantum adjacent technologies.

Member of Advisory Board and Investment Committee, Quantum Fund

QAI Ventures

Empowering the future of computing through global startup investments and collaborative ecosystem building.

Advisory Board Member, Member of Investment Committee

European Defense Investor Network

Members network of venture capital professionals who invest in European defense and dual use technologies.

Member

Various 

Entrepreneur. Some venture-backed, some not. Some exited, some not. 
Mentor over the years in several startup programs including Seedcamp, Startup Bootcamp, Wayra, Techstars, Le Camping, and others.
Time spent on the investing side at Morgenthaler and Advent, amongst others.
Board member on seed funds, VC funds, accelerators, non profits, two schools, a private bank, and dozens of startups. 
Still learning.

Founder, Investor, Mentor, Board Member

QDNL Participations

QDNL Participations is the investment fund of Quantum Delta NL, a €615M Dutch public-private partnership of global tech companies, government agencies, and all major quantum research centers in the Netherlands. Portfolio includes Quantware, Fermioniq, Q*bird, Orange Quantum Systems, and more.

Member of Advisory Board and Investment Committee

Techleapnl

Techleap is a non-profit, publicly funded organisation helping to build a thriving startup ecosystem in the Netherlands. Techleap helps quantify and accelerate the Dutch tech ecosystem, creating the optimal climate for tech companies to scale with programs and initiatives for improving access to capital, market and talent.

Advisory Board Member

Transatlantic entrepreneur turned investor living in and loving Europe. 
20+ years as an entrepreneur and VC. 
Passionate about innovation, technology, and startups.
Specialties: VC, Startups, Entrepreneurship, Deeptech.

Michael Jackson

When you know all the hundreds of billions of dollars in capex is money well spent. 😽

"Patents aren’t the golden ticket. When you start with the market, the mission and the team, the rest, including the right IP, will follow.". 👏 

TTOs regularly overvalue IP. The relevancy of a patent is pretty short, and it's far from being the end all, be all for success in deeptech. Good on Ale Maiano for calling this out. If you're a scientist interested in entrepreneurship, check out Wilbe asap. There's no better place for you. 👩‍🔬 

"The cult of intellectual property (IP) has become a distraction. Too often, founders and investors mistake a patent filing for proof of progress...foundational IP has its place, but it should serve the venture, not dictate it. A startup built around a patent risks becoming a company searching for a problem, rather than a venture solving one. Worse, it often signals that the founding team is motivated more by scientific pride than entrepreneurial instinct." 💯 Amen brother. Shout it loud and shout it proud.

https://lnkd.in/eYtSg_hh

The cyberattack on JLR has had a significant negative impact on the UK economy. The general public in most countries are still naive to the fact that cyberattacks can be more economically destructive than actual physical attacks...and the threat will only get worse with more AI and compute.

Kontent.ai

Kontent.ai is the industry's first AI-powered Content Management System which helps organisations increase content velocity, reduce brand risk and drive meaningful improvements in content ROI.

Responsible for the GTM for the entire customer lifecycle from acquisition to retention and expansion. As such I am relentlessly customer-focussed, starting every conversation with 'why is this important?' which opens the door to a solution-focussed outcome.

I have successfully redesigned the GTM organisational structure for this new offering, deployed a new sales / revtech methodology and rolled out the new messaging.

www.kontent.ai

Chief Revenue Officer

Sitecore

Sitecore offers an industry-leading digital experience platform that allows brands to create, build, manage and deliver standout content. 

I was responsible for all Sitecore's SaaS-enabled, composable DXP from Search, Content, Experience and Commerce

Assembling 5 strategic acquisitions into a tightly-knot, high performing business unit, I turned the Composable solutions business unit into the foundation of Sitecore's SaaS offering. Under my tenure the Composable business grew to 40% of total license revenues

Global President Composable Solutions

Quadient

Quadient is a leader in the Customer Communications & Customer Experience solutions sector with omnichannel capabilities that allow organisations to map the customer lifecycle, uncover the key CX challenges and find the 'moments of truth' across any interaction point with the customer ; online or offline

SVP Customer Transformation CXM International & APAC Operations

I took on the challenge to turn this region to profit as fast as possible ; a combination of key GTM changes, operational cost changes and improvements in sales execution led to this region under my tenure consistently achieving target and turning a profit. It was the most successful region after North America with a fraction of the cost base.

I was proud to be nominated for the Women in Leadership award 2020 which was a nomination supported by Forrester Analysts.

VP Sales & Operations AsiaPacific and China

ServiceNow

ServiceNow is a software company that provides a cloud-based, AI-driven platform for automating multiple management workflows in enterprises. The company specialises in IT service management, IT operations management and IT business management. One of the reasons it is so successful is its versality which allows for businesses to customise to their specific needs.

Headhunted in to run the SE Asia (ASEAN) region of 10 countries, expanding out the GTM from Singapore and balancing the needs of market price pressure and company KPI's. I grew the new business revenues by 130% and left to advance my career to full APAC regional management.

Managing Director ASEAN

Infor

Infor cloud ERP solutions deliver industry-specific capabilities without extensive customisations or integrations. By migrating critical business applications to the cloud, organisations expereience automatic upgrades that deliver the latest advances in enterprise functionality. 

I was hired to launch CloudSuite to the APAC market and pivot the business to SaaS.

VP CloudSuite - APAC

SAS is a statistical software suite for data mangement, advanced analytics, multivariate analysis, business intelligence, criminal investigation and predictive analytics.

I was hired to run the New South Wales state, turnaround an underperforming sales team and establish a Strategic Accounts line of business

Sales Director & State Manager - NSW Australia

Informatica

Informatica is focussed on data integration; extract transform and load, information lifecycle management, B2B data exchange. cloud computing integration, complex event processing, data masking, data quality, data replication, data virtualisation, master data management, ultra messaging and data governance.

I ran the UK public sector and commercial business (excl-financial services sector) throughout a period of 3 acquisitions

Sales Director UK Commercial & Public Sector

BroadVision

BroadVision provides self-service web applications for enterprise social software, electronic commerce, enterprise portals and customer relationship management. I was hired to run the Southern Europe region. As a pioneer in eCommerce in the 1990's it's stock was highly valued during this time, however my role ended when the bubble burst

account manager

Fujitsu

server sales in Southern Europe - too far back to remember how we did it with early mobile phones only.. . .

sales

American Power Conversion

Uninterruptible Power Supplies ; yellow pages, phone book . . you get the picture

Career built on Transformation and Go To Market roles in high growth and disruptive challenger software brands ServiceNow, Sitecore, Infor, SAS, Informatica, Quadient and Kontent.ai. 

I bring a global perspective to the table with experience living and working in London, Sydney and Singapore for nearly 30 years. My teams have created significant value by solving complex business challenges for customers, partners and stakeholders across various industry sectors. My domain expertise is wide and includes native AI software, MarTech, Customer Experience, Enterprise Service Management, Data Management and Analytics but regardless of the tech only customer outcomes matter !

I advocate for diversity, actively striving to ensure everyone receives the opportunities they deserve and I foster an inclusive environment that values and benefits from the resulting varied perspectives. I enjoy mentoring emerging talent and driving game-changing revenue-generating technologies and services for GTM operations.

My academic journey includes an Executive MBA (YMP) from INSEAD, a globally recognised institution and a Strategic Thinking for the CXO certification from Cambridge Judge Business School (2023). This academic interest, coupled with my multilingual proficiency further enhances my ability to navigate diverse business environments and communicate effectively with stakeholders from different cultures and backgrounds.

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