The Entrepreneurs
Hessel Jongebreur
Co-Founder
Hessel Jongebreur, Experienced CEO of technology start-ups with 2 succesfull exits (TyTecker 2005, Ephicas 2012) Yes!Delft board member 2005-2015 & co-founder Rif 010 . Advisory board several tech start-ups (2005-now) Member selection committee Yes!Delft & entrepreneur in residence. Chairman innovation Fund committee Rabobank Zuid-Holland-midden.
Jan van Kranendonk
Co-Founder
Jan van Kranendonk, Mechanical/Process Engineer [graduated cum-laude with a 10, in Dec. 2011 TUDelft], two companies founded during study (Mobile gaming / Styrofoam cutting), Cofounder Sunuru 2011-2013, innovation-adviser to TNO, Argos oil, Eneco, BAM, Ultimaker, co-founder Venture Generator [2015-2016], started Peeeks & Dutch-Analytics.
Ulrich Starke
Co-Founder
Ulrich Starke, Mechanical/Process Engineer [graduated Dec 2016 TUDelft], co-founded a marketing consultancy company during studies (2013-2015), co-founded the Blue Battery (2013-2015 now AquaBattery B.V.). Collaborated with the whole Venture Generator team in the project that resulted in the start of Dutch-Analytics (2016).
Top Expert Advisers
Earl Goetheer
Principal Scientist TNO, Prof. Electrochemical Transformation of CO2
Bendiks Jan Boersma
Prof. Energy Technology, TU Delft
Leonard Schürg
Senior Industrial Designer
Wiebren de Jong
Prof. Energy Storage, TU Delft
Jos Oberdorf
Prof. Product Architecture Design & Partner NPK Design
ZEF Student Team
To date ZEF has worked with more than 150 students in different student teams. These teams are multidisciplinary and consist of students from different educational institutions (MBO, HBO, university). Below are some pictures of previous teams.
