Icos Capital
John van Grootel is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in venture capital, strategic consulting, and corporate finance. As the Chairman of the Investment Committee and Industry Advisor at ICOS Capital Management since October 2007, John has focused on investments at the intersection of digital and sustainable industries. John also operates as the owner of Halia Beheer / Ravelin Corporate Finance, providing strategic and financial consulting services. Notably, John served as Treasurer for Hospice Kajan and as Chair of the Board for Stichting Mentorschap Noordwest en Midden and VCTE, reflecting a commitment to social causes and community support. Other significant roles include Executive Director at Libero Commodities Holdings BV and Interim CFO at eLEAF Holding NV. John holds a Master's degree in Business Administration from Erasmus University Rotterdam and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.
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Icos Capital
Icos Capital is a ClimateTech Venture Capital Fund, backing ambitious founders tackling our most urgent and complex challenges. Specialising in Food systems, Chemical & Materials, Sustainable industry process & digital technologies and Decarbonization, we seek to find the biggest opportunities and most promising solutions for change. Since our inception in 2006, we've developed a collaborative venturing model that brings startups/scaleups and corporations together. The corporations we partner with continue to play an active part in our funds and continue to benefit from our extensive global network and deal flow strategy. The startups we've backed have disrupted and led their respective markets and have benefited from the Icos approach of considering financial, social and environmental returns in equal measure.