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Constantijn van Oranje

Special Envoy, Techleap

Constantijn van Oranje leads Techleap, the initiative to turn The Netherlands into a European powerhouse for tech companies. He and his team run programs and connect a community of the most promising and ambitious startup & scaleup founders in The Netherlands. Techleap also works with stakeholders like the government to improve the conditions for tech entrepreneurs to scale their companies. He is member of the National Growth Fund Investment Committee, Board member of the NATO Innovation Fund, Fellow at Deloitte Centre for the Edge. Additionally, he is ambassador of the European Innovation Council, member of the EC Start & Scaleup Forum and part of the  Quantum High Level Advisory Board of the European Commission.

Constantijn van Oranje leads Techleap, the initiative to turn The Netherlands into a European powerhouse for tech companies. He and his team run programs and connect a community of the  most promising and ambitious startup & scaleup founders in The Netherlands. Techleap also works  with stakeholders like the government to improve the conditions for tech entrepreneurs to scale  their companies. He is member of the National Growth Fund Investment Committee, Board member  of the NATO Innovation Fund, Fellow at Deloitte Centre for the Edge. Additionally, he is ambassador  of the European Innovation Council, member of the EC Start & Scaleup Forum and part of the  Quantum High Level Advisory Board of the European Commission. 

Constantijn co-founded StartupFest Europe, which is still the biggest start-up event ever organised in The Netherlands. Previously, he was Chief of Staff to VP Neelie Kroes at the European Commission in  charge of the Digital Agenda and led the Brussels office of the RAND Corporation following jobs at  Booz Allen & Hamilton, IFC and the Cabinet of EC Commissioner Hans van den Broek. Aside from innovation and technology, Constantijn van Oranje is passionate about art, music,  photography, and nature.