Casper Bruens
Founder,Managing Partner & Director @ Brightlands Venture Partners
Maastricht, The Netherlands
Casper Bruens is a startup investor at Brightlands Venture Partners in Maastricht. Casper has a broad experience in areas as diverse as materials, electronics, medtech and biotech. He has been in the venture capital industry since 2002. Next to his role of director of Chemelot Ventures he is a Senior Investment Manager with DSM Venturing and Director of Limburg Ventures, the predecessor of Chemelot Ventures. In these capacitieshe was involved in a large number of investments and has acted as a board member and/or shareholder for multiple portfolio companies. He is currently chairman of the board of Pharmacell BV and member of the board of Kriya Materials, Basic Pharma and Isobionics. Before his involvement in venture capital Casper held various positions in international BtB marketing, sales and new business development. He studied Business Economics at Tilburg University (Netherlands) and Indiana University (Bloomington, USA).
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Brightlands Venture Partners is an independent regional venture capital fund manager in the south of the Netherlands. They are an ecosystem investor, investing in companies with a link to one of the Brightlands campuses. The management company has three funds under management: Limburg Ventures, Chemelot Ventures and Brightlands Agrifood Fund. Whilethe funds are for the larger part privately funded, we seek to complement this by financing from public sources to extend our reach.
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