Investors

The founding investors underline with enthousiasm the goals of the chair, to share the gained research knowledge & expertise of social venturing & entrepreneurship with students, as well as another diversity of channels like the government, wealthy individuals, private wealth institutes, entrepreneurial philanthropists and other policy makers.

 

The current investors of the chair Social Venturing & Entrepreneurship are:

Noaber Foundation - www.noaber.com
a private wealth fund for philanthropic purposes with a private equity fund George Avenue CV, actively participating in social venturing initiatives.

De Hoge Dennen - www.dehogedennen.com
a private wealth company, investing in variety of activities amongst which are social venturing initiatives.

Entrepreneurs Fund - www.efbv.net
A private equity fund seeking for entrepreneurial development in the expansion of sustainable triple-P ideas;

Tendris - www.tendris.nl
A company initiating innovative solutions with a sustainable character by being good to people, nature and the environment to help the next generation receive a better world.

Bank Insinger de Beaufort N.V. - www.insinger.nl
An independent private banking and asset management bank with offices in Amsterdam, Luxembourg and London.

 

The innovative way of social venturing activities to solve societal problem accompanied with pressing research questions, coming out of this highly engaged involvement did the investors decide to establish a chair for this theme with Nyenrode Business Universiteit.

 

Founding member of the board J.G.P. Baan, chairman of the Noaber Foundation:

'....acknowledges the necessity of a chair for Social Venturing & Entrepreneurship to independently research, document and further the practise of social venturing and share this appreciated academic knowledge and expertise by a large international network on a global scale'

 

Board member Arthur Arnold, CEO of the Dutch Development Bank FMO on financing social entrepreneurship projects:

....financing long term capital to stimulate sustainable entrepreneurship in developing countries, providing long term capital to them, to help them set up businesses to unlock their potential and contribute to the prosperity of their communities. (Year report 2004)

 

The Chair is governed by a board of governors (curatorium) which exists of the following members:

Prof.dr.ir. G. van Dijk (chairman) - Nyenrode Business Universiteit
Dr. H.F.F. Wijffels - Worldbank 
De heer R.A. Arnold -  Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
Prof. dr. G.J.E.M. Sanders - University of Groningen 
Prof. dr. K. Samson -  Nyenrode Business Universiteit 
Prof. dr. A. Dorsman - Free University Amsterdam
Prof. dr. W. Burggraaf -  Nyenrode Business Universiteit
Drs. ing J.G.P. Baan -  Noaber foundation 
Drs. P. de Rijcke -  De Hoge Dennen bv 
Drs. H. Brenninkmeijer - Entrepreneurs Fund bv 
Dhr. R. Koornstra -  Tendris bv 
Drs. F.P. Peijster  -  Insinger de Beaufort nv 
De heer H. van den Breemen - Noaber foundation