Start to scale. Startup and Scale-up Founder Stories.

CEO Jeroen van Velzen on finding a strategic buyer for Roadmap.

April 06, 2021 Jeroen van Velzen Season 1 Episode 6
Start to scale. Startup and Scale-up Founder Stories.
CEO Jeroen van Velzen on finding a strategic buyer for Roadmap.
Show Notes

This episode features Jeroen van Velzen, Founder and CEO of Roadmap.

Jeroen has an impressive entrepreneurial record. In 2002, he co founded Mobile2Pay, the first mobile payment system in the Benelux. After that, he became CEO and co-owner of Sound Of Data. In 2015, together with Koen Bavink and Markus Emmer, he spun out their travel activities, which became Roadmap. They raised a EUR4M series A in 2018. In March this year, Roadmap was acquired by Emburse, a global leader in expense management.

In this episode, we'll talk to Jeroen about:

  • What is Grit and why is it important?
  • How do you prepare for a dream exit?
  • and… what will the future bring for Jeroen?

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(Ps.: we took our show on the road and experienced a challenge with sound levels this time. But we promise to learn fast. Thanks for your understanding and... enjoy the story! 🙏)