Patrick Kerssemakers
Founding Partner at DFF.ventures @ DFF Ventures (Dutch Founders Fund)
About
Patrick is co-founder and managing partner of Dutch Founders Fund, a leading European early stage VC with focus on Network Effects. As founder and CEO of the Dutch startup fonQ.nl, Patrick and his team won a series of international awards of best national e-commerce store. fonQ.nl is now the biggest online store in homeliving and furniture in The Netherlands. Patrick and its partners sold the company in 2012 to the biggest e-commerce company in The Netherlands, and stayed as CEO. In 2015 fonQ was sold to APAX. In 2017 Patrick left the company after selling it to the current owner. In 2017 he traveled the world with his family for 8 months. Since 2012 Patrick started investing as an angel investor in several startups (>50), like; Houzz.com, Cloudsuite.com, Starred.com, Shypple.com, Polarsteps.com, Springcast, Semper etc. End of 2018 Patrick, together with Dutch partners: Laurens Groenendijk (Co-founder of: Just-Eat, Miinto, Hiber.Global, Treatwell.com), Hidde Hoogcarspel (founder of: SpaceBuzz), Bas Beerens (founder: WeTransfer.com) and Remco van Zanten (Ex-SVP Booking.com, Zalando, Vinted,). Dutch Founders Fund now invested in over >25 startups in more than 10 different countries. DFF invests in marketplaces and network effects across Europe. For founders, by founders!
Netherlands
Amsterdam
Investment Management
E-commerce, Online Advertising, Affiliate Marketing, Conversion Optimization
Experience

co-founder and managing partner
dutch founders fund

member of the board of advisors
only for men

investor
mymicro group b.v.

investor
cloudsuite bv

traveling the world with my family
the traveling cherries ��
After leaving FonQ, we took the opportunity to, as a family, make a world trip for seven months (August 2017- March 2018). This 204-day journey already has a special place in our hearts. Visiting, meeting and exploring great places and people.

investor
winc academy

founder
amsterdam commerce open
This exclusive golf event is invite only for e-commerce professionals working at C-level, who are addicted to their profession yet also love to play golf surrounded by their peers.

investor
polarsteps
Polarsteps is the personal travel tracker in your pocket. Create your own account at www.polarsteps.com! At Polarsteps we embarked on a journey with a clear destination: we want to create the best mobile travel app in the world. This destination is not a place, rather it is a new way of seeing things.

investor
hiber (formerly known as magnitude space)
Hiber is building a nano‐satellite platform to provide low‐cost IoT data connectivity for sensors globally. In an open development environment, sensors will be integrated with small transmission hardware to send small packets of data (140 characters, accompanied by time‐stamp, identifier and location) to a low‐cost cube-sat constellation.

investor
africamps, boutique camping
Africamps is all about boutique camping (or glamping) at the most beautiful working farms and estates in South Africa. Here you are welcomed by the landowner and his family, learn about their farming business and experience everything from hiking to hammocking, from seclusion in nature & romantic escapes, to family outings and merry chaos with friends! Located in: Oudtshoorn, Swellendam, Robertson, Stanford, Hazyview, Plettenberg Bay, Wilderness, Wellington and more to come!!

investor
vintage cash cow
Old vintage items remain in homes for generations gathering dust or hiding away in cupboards, drawers, garages and lofts. These items either had a use for their owner in the past, or are inherited old collectibles. Existing methods of selling vintage items can take a long time, a lot of effort and can incur fees and commission. Vintage Cash Cow is the ONLY simple, fast and fair way to cash in from all of the things we buy, in one place, from the comfort of their own home.

investor
starred

investor
voicebooking.com

investor
zoef.com

investor
shypple
As a more digital freight forwarder, Shypple offers all services required to ship your goods from A to Z. Our experienced operations team is working dedicatedly on giving you a frictionless experience, empowered by our digital way of working. "Shypple solves an issue that many importers and exporters will recognise: non-transparent costs and a transport process that offers little visibility are often present within the ocean freight market. Shypple solves that problem with a smart solution that reminds me of the ease of Booking.com”

advisor i industry expert i investor
patrickkerssemakers.nl
* Industry expert and advisory to Venture Capital and Private Equity. * Advisory roles at a number of high growth internet companies. * Investor and boardmember at ambitious startups
e-commerce consultant
doornvogel

online marketing
vitaminstore

chairman of the loey awards
loey foundation
The LOEY Foundation (Leading Online Entrpreneur of the Year) stimulates Online Entrepreneurship in The Netherlands. Celebrating Entrepreneurship, the foundation organizes the yearly LOEY Awards. Each year there is an intimate LOEY Dinner and every two years an invitation-only travel is organized to meet with entrepeneurs with LOEY Travel.

member of the supervisory board
bva-auctions.com
* BVA Auctions is the first and largest online auction platform in Europe. Monthly millions of people throughout the world visit our website to discover the wide range of products in our auctions. We offer products for consumers, middle and small businesses and large industrial companies. For companies in all lines of business, banks and curators, buyers and sellers we offer turnkey solutions.Highlights: * 3.800 auctions per year * Over 600.000 bids per month * 1.200.000 registered customers * Bidders from over 90 countries

investor and member of the supervisory board
springest
Springest is a vertical search engine for professional courses and educations. We add value to our educational data by providing users with tools to search, filter, compare, review and share training courses and other products for learning & development.

chief executive officer and founder
fonq
The contemporary online department store. More than 26.000 colorful and special (gift)items for in and around the house. FonQ.nl is the most inspiring online trendsetter for gift and living products. Our versatile collection consists of amazing presents and unique design products that make life just a little bit more fun! Placing an order at fonq.nl is a gift in itself. For you and for others! The online department store celebrates its 10th anniversary and also operates in Belgium, Germany, France and other countries.Working together with leading brands within retail and media our enthusiastic organization in Utrecht is always looking to pick up the next challenge within e-commerce. FonQ has been part of the RFS Holland Holding BV (Wehkamp.nl, Create2fit, Lacent) since 2011.
Education
utrecht university
nyenrode business university
hu university of applied sciences utrecht (hogeschool utrecht)
marketing
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