Dr. Koen Geurts
Senior Investment Manager
About me
| Team | Industrial, Climate & Deep Tech, Investment comittee |
| at HTGF since | 2023 |
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Dr. Koen Geurts joined the HTGF Industrial Tech team in September 2023 as investment manager. Before going into venture capital he worked 15 years in the space industry as engineer and manager, mainly in the space exploration domain. Highlight in these years was his involvement in Rosetta’s comet landing in 2014. Since 2017 Koen was as executive responsible for a business line with 250+ staff in the Earth Observation, Navigation, SatCom and Human and Robotic Exploration domains, where he successfully developed innovative solutions and services in the area of ground segments and operations.
Koen studied mechatronics and aerospace engineering, completed a PhD in space engineering and in 2022 an Executive MBA. He is fluent in Dutch, English, German and Italian.
My success stories in the HTGF portfolio
Marble Imaging is a big-data EO company founded in August 2023 in Bremen, Germany, building its constellation of VHR satellites to provide up to hourly EO data and analytics for …
Founded in 2023, Alpine Eagle is a team of machine learning practitioners and aeronautical engineers building the world’s first airborne counter-drone system. The company’s Sentinel Counter-UAS System detects and classifies …
InSpacePropulsion Technologies GmbH (ISPTech) offers propulsion solutions to allow uncompromised mobility in space – suitable for every spacecraft from small CubeSats to large capsules and landers. The products are based …
everyone energy offers white-label software for customized advisory services on renewable energy solutions. The software enables energy service providers to build digital customer services and automate sales processes. Everyone energy’s …
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Recent posts
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Marble Imaging has raised €5.3 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round, powering its mission to become Europe’s leading source of very high-resolution Earth Observation data and insights.
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Alpine Eagle raises €10.25 million led by IQ Capital to develop AI-powered counter-drone defence system
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Towards a Greener Space Economy: ISPTech Secures €2M in Pre-Seed Funding for Innovative Spacecraft Propulsion Technology
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