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Kees Koolen

Angel investor based in Hengelo, Netherlands. 7 companies backed across 8 recorded rounds, Jun 2013 – Apr 2025.
Ex-Founder Adviesbureau Lenco, CEO Super B Lithium Power, Booking, Rentalcars, Agoda, Uber. Fontys University of Applied Sciences BSc 1988, University of Twente MBA 1992

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7Companies backed
8Rounds participated
$64.3MRound value alongside
Apr 2025Latest deal

What they back

Sectors of the companies in the portfolio, by company count.

Online Travel3
B2C E-Commerce2
Online Travel Agencies1
Tours & Activities1
Fashion Tech1
B2C Fashion E-Commerce1
Online Personal Shopper1
Subscription Commerce1
Men's Apparel E-Commerce1
Continued Learning1

Where they back it

Head-office city of the companies in the portfolio.

Amsterdam3
Belo Horizonte1
Berlin1
Munich1
London1

Stage they enter at

Rounds by stage.

Seed2
Angel2
Series A2
Series B1
Series D1

Round sizes

Total size of the rounds they joined — an angel's own cheque is a share of this, and is not disclosed.

$1M-$5M2
$5M-$20M2
$20M-$100M1

Portfolio

Every company Kees Koolen appears as an investor in, most recent round first.

CompanyCitySectorsLatest round RoundsRound value
Unravel London Online Travel Series A Apr 2025 1 $7M
Holidu Munich Online TravelVacation RentalsAlternative Accommodation Series D May 2021 2 $45M
Sympower LED Amsterdam Energy Efficiency TechSmart GridIoT Applications Series B Mar 2021 1 $6.2M
Woba Belo Horizonte Commercial Real Estate TechReal Estate TechCoWorking Spaces Seed Jun 2018 1
The Cloakroom Amsterdam Fashion TechB2C Fashion E-CommerceB2C E-Commerce Seed May 2014 1 $1.6M
GetYourGuide Berlin Online TravelOnline Travel AgenciesTours & Activities Series A Jan 2014 1 $4.5M
Hotmart LED Amsterdam Continued LearningE-Commerce EnablersEdTech Angel Jun 2013 1

Who they invest alongside

Investors that appear in the same rounds. Two names in one round is what "invested together" means here — it is not a claim about a relationship off the cap table.

InvestorTypeBased Shared roundsShared companies
Enfuro Ventures Firm Amsterdam 1 1
Rubio impact Ventures Firm Amsterdam 1 1
Olivier Bisserier Angel 1 1
Casper Peeters Angel 1 1
83NORTH Firm London 1 1
Senovo Firm Munich 1 1
Slingshot Firm Amsterdam 1 1
EQT Ventures Firm Stockholm 1 1
LIOS Ventures Firm Munich 1 1
Prime Ventures Firm Amsterdam 1 1
Venture Stars Firm Munich 1 1
PDENH Firm Amsterdam 1 1
Fritz Demopoulos Angel 1 1
Antler Firm Ho Chi Minh City 1 1
Active Partners Firm London 1 1
Claret Capital Partners Firm London 1 1
Connect Ventures Firm London 1 1
Chris Hitchen Angel Munich 1 1
Upscalers Firm Paris 1 1
Nauta Capital Firm London 1 1

Deals per year

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Lists Kees Koolen appears on

How this page is built. Every figure is counted from recorded funding rounds — 1,171,168 investor-to-company legs drawn from Tracxn round data and reconciled against Fliar’s company master, which supplies each company’s head-office city and sector tags. Government grants are excluded: public-money awards are a third of all recorded legs and their largest “investors” are agencies, not funds, so counting them would put the European Commission on a page about venture capital. Round values are the total size of the round, not one investor’s share, which is not disclosed. Where an amount was never published the round is counted but contributes nothing to the total, so disclosed value is a floor, not an estimate. Page data last refreshed 2026-08-29.
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