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26 april 2024

Michael Advocaat joins Food & Agri Fund

Anders Invest is pleased to announce that Michael Advocaat has joined the investment team of the Food & Agri Fund as a Senior Associate.

Michael (1994) studied International Business Administration and Finance & Investments at the Rotterdam School of Management (RSM).
After his studies, he started as an M&A consultant at boutique Mahler Corporate Finance, where he was involved in 7 closed transactions over 3 years, including for a key client in the Agri sector.

Following this, Michael gained experience as CFO at IoT scale-up SODAQ (40 FTE), where he established the finance department and ERP system, raised equity & debt funding, and served as finance manager at VC-backed Joint Venture Basetime.

Within Anders Invest, Michael is primarily involved in supporting acquisition processes and portfolio companies.

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