Annick Janssens
Annick is a global, start-up building professional. She sees the big picture, spot the opportunities, and make things happen. With strategic thinking ability, assertiveness, and creative out-of-the-box thinking, she has a proven track record of identifying and capitalizing on opportunities and partnerships. She hrives on building ecosystems, structures and systems from scratch.
Annick is a global, start-up building professional. She sees the big picture, spot the opportunities, and make things happen. With strategic thinking ability, assertiveness, and creative out-of-the-box thinking, she has a proven track record of identifying and capitalizing on opportunities and partnerships. She hrives on building ecosystems, structures and systems from scratch.
Alongside Paris de l’Etraz (Managing Director of Venture Lab) and Carmen Corrais (Venture Lab Assistant), Annick is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day operations of all Venture Lab events and activities. In addition to the weekly Venture Networks, Annick manages the Venture Days held in Madrid, which are the culmination of the two annual Venture Lab cycles. The Venture Days in Madrid are IE’s demo days in which Venture Lab teams and alumni startups compete before a panel of investors.
Contact Annick if:
You’re an IE student or alumni and:
- You have an idea for a scalable business that you’d like to develop in Venture Lab
- You’ve founded a start-up in the past two years and you’d like to apply to compete in one of our Venture Days, or pitch in a Venture Network session
- You’ve founded your own startup, are looking for investment opportunities and would like us to help you find investors
- You’re an entrepreneur and would like to keep us informed on your start-up’s trajectory
- You’d like to volunteer as a mentor to our teams and/or collaborate in some way with Venture Lab or other IE entrepreneurship programs.
You aren’t (necessarily) an IE student or alumni:
- You’re looking to invest in start-ups and you’d like to know more about what our aspiring entrepreneur are up to
- You’re an investor in start-ups and you’d like to be on the panel of investors during one of our Venture Networks or Venture Days
- You’re an entrepreneur, you’ve founded a start-up in the past two years and you’d like to pitch at a Venture Network session
- You’re an entrepreneur with experience founding at least one start-up and you’d like to provide one or two of our Venture Lab teams specialized guidance/mentoring on the start-up creation process as an Entrepreneur in Residence.
Languages:
Dutch, English, Spanish, French
Education:
Bachelor’s in Economics and Business Economics; Maastricht University (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Master in Management; IE Business School (Madrid, Spain)