Leveraging our collective
talent, money, knowledge, experience and networks
for Catalytic Impact
Our Advisory Investment Committee
Our Advisory Investment Committee (AIC) upholds the core criteria and mission of the Catalyst Impact Investment Club (CIIC) while evaluating candidate ventures with precision. The AIC embodies a balanced mix of expertise, including cross-border corporate and scale-up experience, underpinned by an open-minded, cross-cultural perspective rooted in the Inner Development Goals framework.
With a team comprised of three men and three women, the AIC reflects our commitment to diversity in perspectives, managerial focus, and areas of expertise. This diversity allows us to leverage the group’s collective knowledge, deep connections across ecosystems, and unique insights to accelerate transformative change. We firmly believe in the power of diversity to drive impactful results.
David Prais
Investor, Advisor & Senior manager
Leveraging his extensive experience in technology and strategic planning from his time at Gateway and Dell, David co-founded the Collider.io accelerator. At Collider.io, he focuses on supercharging startups in the marketing, advertising, and commerce sectors. David also holds various board positions, where he plays a crucial role in aligning strategy and business plans for exponential growth. He is currently the chairman of London Investment Board.
What do you like about the Catalyst Impact Investment Club?
I like to challenge our assumptions about how companies can achieve scale. The great thing about innovation is that old assumptions can be proven wrong. I love it when that happens.
Diana Krieger
Tech Innovator & Strategic Leader
Diana brings over 20 years of leadership experience in software technology, angel investing, scaling businesses and driving innovation across diverse sectors.
What do you like about the Catalyst Impact Investment Club?
I participate actively in CIIC because it’s my way of contributing to a better world—leaving a piece of legacy where every small change becomes a drop that builds a transformative waterfall.
Annegien Blokpoel
Catalyst Impact Investment Founder, Financial Strategist
Annegien has been in investments for 30 years, strategy and management advisor to Corporates, banks and companies for 20 years, and the last 10 years venture builder and investor in international startups.
What do you like about the Catalyst Impact Investment Club?
I love to discover these amazing companies with intrinsically motivated passionate founders, management and co-investors that bring solutions that the world and all its living creatures really need to heal, restore and regenerate. And to contribute to their success by using the talents of our club members and networks to go faster and smoother in succeeding in their purpose.
Corina Kuiper
Founder of The Innovation Family; Director Corporate Venturing Network; Author book Corporate Venturing
With a deep passion for connecting corporates, startups, and ecosystems, Corina combines strategic insight with hands-on experience gained across various functional areas in both startup environments and established business settings to drive innovation and entrepreneurship.
What do you like about the Catalyst Impact Investment Club?
The Catalyst Impact Investment Club provides an opportunity for entrepreneurship that contributes to a better world and brings transformative technologies to market, enabling its members, who bring a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives, to collaborate and leverage their collective talents and networks to drive success.
Michael Devoe
Entrepreneur, Investor and Advisor
Michael is an experienced investor, corporate banker and director with a demonstrated history of working in the innovative mining & metals industry, climate tech, biomass, venture capital, private equity, and project management within corporates and new ventures in Europe and New Zealand.
What do you like about the Catalyst Impact Investment Club?
“For me personally, CIIC is giving me the opportunity to learn about investing in startups as well as access to great companies to invest in, companies that have a great potential to improve outcomes for people and nature as well as provide a return.”
Marc Torras Larson
Venture Investor and Sales Expert
Marc empowers software startups and scale-ups with his 18 years of expertise in financial strategy and corporate operations across APAC and Europe.
What do you like about the Catalyst Impact Investment Club?
I love the spirit and the energy of the people, I got hooked on the passion and then thrived with the intellectual challenge analyzing complex deals with great potential for catalytic impact.
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