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Eric Van der Kleij
EdenBase & QBase
General Partner
Eric is General Partner at London based EdenBase, leading their $100M quantum fund. He previously led the U.K. Tech City/Tech Nation initiative for the UK Prime Minister, accelerating the growth of the UK’s tech economy.
He is a disruptive tech investor, entrepreneur and one of London’s leading tech ecosystem builders, now leading the charge in quantum through QBase, London’s leading quantum hub and ecosystem - Where business learns quantum today to be ready for quantum advantage.
Previously Eric created the world’s leading Fintech hub - Level39, home to outstanding startups such as Revolut. He also previously led the Fintech vertical of the Kickstart Accelerator for Digital Switzerland,
Prior to this he pioneered the UK Governments highly successful Global Entrepreneur Inward Investment Programme, which has attracted over 1,500 startups and $2.5Bn of investment to the UK.
Together these initiatives have supported the growth of one third of the UK’s tech unicorns as well as accelerating international tech ecosystems and economies.
As a Fintech entrepreneur - he previously built and sold Adeptra, a fraud prevention Fintech company which was acquired by US FICO in 2012.
Eric is passionate about entrepreneurship and for many years served in a voluntary capacity as Honorary Chairman for the UK Government’s Global Entrepreneur Programme Advisory Group, and was a founding volunteer Advisory Board member of Tech London Advocates.
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