Switch Pitch with World Startup In this episode of our Switch Pitch Series, Jan Verkooijen, World Startup, will explain how they work with incubators and accelerators – and how this collaboration can be improved to better support impact driven businesses. The series will facilitate an informal conversation between a diverse range of investors for impact and business support organisations with regards to pipeline building. We will also discuss experiences and ideas on how to foster collaborations. The series is part of our Better Incubation Project. > Register here About WorldStartup WorldStartup is a collective of international entrepreneurs, experts, mentors and investors, dedicated to help the best impact-driven startups and scaleups. WorldStartup supports purpose-driven innovators creating long-standing impactful ventures and promotes the Learning Circle ‘How to find the right impact investor’. Meet the speakers Jan Verkooijen – WorldStartup Co-founder and capital management director of WorldStartup. Background in IT and finance. Entrepreneur and investor since 2000. Martijn Blom – EVPA Martijn joined EVPA in 2020 as the Manager for Benelux and coordinator for the Impact Funds Initiative. In the past years he was active an impact investment practitioner at Hivos Impact Investments, where he was responsible for investor relations at the Hivos Food & Lifestyle Fund. Posted on June 1, 2022