Bas Godska
Digital Dutchman, tech-entrepreneur-turned-investor, charity co-founder, writer. Using my 25 years of sector experience supporting founders, especially those originally coming from Eastern Europe, CIS, CEE, Baltics and Central Asia. I provide advice, (access to) money and network. Co-Founder of the Netherlands for Ukraine Foundation | nl4ua.org, sustainably supporting the Ukrainian medical sector and helping wounded Ukrainians in The Netherlands. Founder investment fund Acrobator VC (€25M, vintage 2022, 20 investments), focusing on eastern diaspora founders worldwide. Co-founder Travelata, founder Acrobator Media, Gogol, Authentics. Invested in 400+ companies as Angel/GP/LP, including 1 decacorn, miro.com, and many unicorns. My 50+ direct angel investments raised over $1 billion in funding from Iconiq, Accel, Insight, Salesforce, Google, YC, Techstars... Joint market cap: ~$20 billion. Pitchbook rated my angel fund (vintage 2017) 2nd fund by IRR in 2021. Techcrunch/Crunchbase (2021) stated: "Bas is one of the most prolific Western investors in Eastern Europe”, Top 50 EU Angel, #1 Dutch Angel. Arete Index (2024/25) ranks me among the Top 50 of most value adding angels. -Ex-CMO at lastminute.com, orbitz.com (EU), Ozon, Lamoda (Rocket Internet), ... -Guest lecturer Stanford IGC Exec MBA (2021) and MSM MBA (2011). Beyond investing and our non-profit I play drums and percussion, care for two Maine Coon cats, and am very eager to finish my first novel this year.
ewor.com
rspd.link
d2x.com
seedstars.com
superworldapp.com
omdena.com
miro.com
Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands