Kees Koolen Overview
- Investor Type
- Angel
- Status
- Active
- Professionals
- 1

- Investments
- 24
- Portfolio
- 11
- Exits
- 9

Kees Koolen General Information
Description
Mr. Kees Koolen is the Founder and serves as Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Koolen Industries. He is also a Co-Founding Partner and serves as Senior Advisor and Executive in Residence at EQT Ventures. Prior to starting EQT Ventures, Mr. Koolen spent a number of years building Booking.com into a successful global company. Mr. Koolen was an early investor in Booking.com and then joined the company as COO in 2001. This was a position he held for seven years, during which time it was acquired by Priceline (Nasdaq: PCLN). He later became CEO of Booking.com and then its Chairman. Mr. Koolen holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Fontys Hogescholen in the Netherlands. He serves as Advisor at BrightBlu.
Contact Information
- Vorden
- Netherlands
Kees Koolen Investments & Acquisitions (24)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Wundermart | 29-Jul-2021 | Later Stage VC | 000.00 | Other Hardware | Generating Revenue | 0000 000000 |
000000 | 12-May-2021 | 00000 00000 | 000.00 | Application Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 000000 |
00000000 | 24-Mar-2021 | 00000 00000 | 00.000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 000000 |
000000 | 18-Sep-2020 | 00000 00000 | 000.00 | Application Software | Generating Revenue | 0000 000000 |
00 0000000 0000000 | 01-Jan-2018 | 000000000000 | 00000 | Other Healthcare Services | Generating Revenue | 0000 000000 |
000000000000 | 01-Jan-2018 | 0000 00000 | Buildings and Property | Generating Revenue | 0000 000000 | |
0000 | 01-Jan-2018 | 0000 00000 | 00000 | Business/Productivity Software | Generating Revenue | |
00000000 | 15-Feb-2017 | 00000 00000 | 00.000 | Clothing | Generating Revenue | 0000 000000 |
Expa | 30-Mar-2016 | Early Stage VC | 00000 | Specialized Finance | Generating Revenue | 0000 000000 |
The Cloakroom | 15-May-2014 | Early Stage VC | 00.000 | Clothing | Generating Revenue | 0000 000000 |
Kees Koolen Exits (9)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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RentLingo | 19-Jan-2021 | Merger/Acquisition | |
00000000000 | 28-Sep-2020 | 000000000000000000 | |
00000000 | 01-Jun-2020 | 000000000000000000 | |
00000000 | 29-May-2019 | 000000000000000000 | |
0000 | 10-May-2019 | 000 | 00.00 |
000000 | 01-Apr-2018 | 000 00 00000000 | |
00000000 | 09-Jul-2017 | 000000000000000000 | |
The Cloakroom | 02-Feb-2016 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Behaview | Bankruptcy: Liquidation |
Kees Koolen Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
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Name | Title | Deals | Funds | Boards | Office |
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Kees Koolen | Angel Investor | 00 | 0 | 0 | Vorden, Netherlands |
Kees Koolen Co-Investors (18)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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83North | 1 | 0 |
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Prime Ventures | 0 | 0 |
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Senovo | 0 | 0 |
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Silverhorn Investment Advisors | 0 | 0 |
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Venture Stars | 0 | 0 |
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