Vincent Franken

Vincent Franken has been working in the field of innovation since 2012. In that year, they co-founded Clearfields SIX, a young and entrepreneurial team of SIX students, where they worked as an innovation consultant. In 2014, they co-founded Nanonow, a company that believes in innovating using nanotechnologies. Here, they combined their knowledge of science, business, and innovation in the field of nanotechnology. In 2017, they became the CEO and Head of Growth at Findest, a company that helps corporate R&D teams use artificial intelligence to find all technological solutions fast. At Findest, they lead a team of 37 members and has over 300 R&D customers. Vincent's goal is to reach 10,000 innovations.

Vincent Franken's education history includes a VWO from Comenius College Hilversum from 2004 to 2010, a WO BSc Science, Business and Innovation from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) from 2010 to 2014, and a WO MSc Finance in Technology Valuation from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) from 2014 to 2015. Vincent has also obtained certifications in Agile Project Management, Raising Startup Capital, Sales Fundamentals, and Shane Snow on Storytelling from LinkedIn in October 2016.