# Bert van der Vaart

> Bert van der Vaart is a private equity investor at SEAF backing Bakery and Manufacturing. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [SEAF](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seaf)
- Location: Washington, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bert-van-der-vaart-89474710

Bert van der Vaart is a private equity investor at SEAF in Washington focused on Bakery and Manufacturing. Bert van der Vaart is the Chairman of SEAF. He attended the University of Oxford.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bakery | 1 | 100% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 100% |
| Food and Beverage | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Davars | Davars provides bakery ingredients, dairy ingredients, food ingredients, and RTE frozen products. They also engaged in food services such as producing and distributing non-dairy cream alternatives, red gravies, cheese, and seasonings for bakeries. |  | Private Equity |  |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About SEAF

VC Fund · Washington, United States

SEAF is an investment firm that provides growth capital and operational support to businesses in emerging markets.It was founded as a private equity investment subsidiary of the development organization CARE. Through the firm's network of office, it invests in entrepreneurs to seek to build successful businesses, hoping to realize bothattractive returns for its investors and a measurable development impact in local communities. SEAF pursues a high impact on economic development through the investment of risk capital in entrepreneurs, coupled with active business partnership and the transfer of knowledge and networks developed over the years of operation.Bert van der Vaart and Tom Drum established the firm in Washington, District of Columbia in 1989.

5 contacts available at SEAF.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bert van der Vaart | Chairman | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bert-van-der-vaart |
| Tom Drum | Global Business Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-drum |
| Carlos Cerrato | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jose-ordonez |
| Jamal Abisourour | Chief of Party, SEAF Jordan Program | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jamal-abisourour |
| Javed Hamid | Chairman - Board of Directors | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/javed-hamid |

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## FAQ

### What does Bert van der Vaart invest in?

Bert van der Vaart invests primarily in Bakery, Manufacturing and Food and Beverage startups, most often at Private Equity stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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