Profile
Jaap Blaak is the founder of VenGen BV (founded in 2001) and TAilWind BV (founded in 1995), where he holds the titles of Venture Partner and President respectively.
He also founded Piculet Biosciences BV (founded in 2004) and served as the Chairman-Supervisory Board.
Mr. Blaak is also the founder of VenGen Holding BV.
Mr. Blaak's former jobs include being a Director at FlexGen Holding BV, Janssen Biologics BV, and Pharming Group NV, where he served as an Independent Member-Supervisory Board from 2016 to 2018.
He was also a Member-Supervisory Board at to-BBB Holding BV and to-BBB technologies BV.
In terms of education, Mr. Blaak is a graduate of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Jaap Blaak active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
VenGen BV
 VenGen BV Investment ManagersFinance VenGen BV is an independent venture capital investment firm based in Amsterdam. VenGen was founded in 2001 by Alfred Nijkerk, Bart van den Berg and Jaap Blaak. The firm's name is short for 'venture genesis' or rather the origin of venture. The firm provides venture capital to scientists and entrepreneurs operating in the field of life sciences. | Founder | 2011-07-19 |
TAilWind BV
 TAilWind BV Financial ConglomeratesFinance TAilWind BV provides financial and investment services to biotechnology companies. The company was founded by Jaap Blaak in 1995 and is headquartered in Wassenaar, Netherlands. | Founder | 2011-06-28 |
Former positions of Jaap Blaak
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| PHARMING GROUP N.V. | Chairman | 2016-05-24 |
VenGen Holding BV
 VenGen Holding BV Financial ConglomeratesFinance VenGen Holding BV provides investment services. The private company is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. and has subsidiaries in Netherlands. The Dutch company was founded by Jaap Blaak. | Founder | - |
FlexGen Holding BV
 FlexGen Holding BV Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology FlexGen Holding BV produces micro-arrays with the use of lasers in the synthesis of oligonucleotides. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands. | Director/Board Member | - |
Janssen Biologics BV
 Janssen Biologics BV Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Janssen Biologics BV manufactures, acquires and markets biopharmaceutical therapies. The firms products focus on cardiovascular and immunological disorders, and cancer. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands. | Director/Board Member | - |
to-BBB Holding BV
 to-BBB Holding BV Pharmaceuticals: GenericHealth Technology to-BBB Holding BV operated as a holding company with interest in providing central nervous system drug technology to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The firm developed medicines for the treatment of brain diseases. The company was headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Jaap Blaak
| Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Graduate Degree |
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| PHARMING GROUP N.V. | Health Technology |
| Private companies | 8 |
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VenGen BV
VenGen BV Investment ManagersFinance VenGen BV is an independent venture capital investment firm based in Amsterdam. VenGen was founded in 2001 by Alfred Nijkerk, Bart van den Berg and Jaap Blaak. The firm's name is short for 'venture genesis' or rather the origin of venture. The firm provides venture capital to scientists and entrepreneurs operating in the field of life sciences. | Finance |
to-BBB Holding BV
to-BBB Holding BV Pharmaceuticals: GenericHealth Technology to-BBB Holding BV operated as a holding company with interest in providing central nervous system drug technology to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. The firm developed medicines for the treatment of brain diseases. The company was headquartered in The Hague, the Netherlands. | Health Technology |
to-BBB technologies BV
 to-BBB technologies BV Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology BBB Therapeutics BV develops medicines for brain disease treatment. The firm uses its platform technology to enhance the delivery of established and marketed drugs over the blood brain-barrier. It offers its patented central nervous system (CNS) drug targeting technology to their partners in pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. The firm's products include 2B3-101 and 2B3-201. The company was founded by Pieter Jaap Gaillard, Bert de Boer, and Alfred N. Nijkerk in 2003 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands. | Health Technology |
VenGen Holding BV
VenGen Holding BV Financial ConglomeratesFinance VenGen Holding BV provides investment services. The private company is based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. and has subsidiaries in Netherlands. The Dutch company was founded by Jaap Blaak. | Finance |
FlexGen Holding BV
FlexGen Holding BV Medical SpecialtiesHealth Technology FlexGen Holding BV produces micro-arrays with the use of lasers in the synthesis of oligonucleotides. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands. | Health Technology |
TAilWind BV
TAilWind BV Financial ConglomeratesFinance TAilWind BV provides financial and investment services to biotechnology companies. The company was founded by Jaap Blaak in 1995 and is headquartered in Wassenaar, Netherlands. | Finance |
Piculet Biosciences BV
 Piculet Biosciences BV BiotechnologyHealth Technology Piculet Biosciences BV develops and markets oligonucleotide binding moieties for pharmaceutical applications. The firm’s oligonucleotide synthesis system combines pace derived hardware engineering with biochemistry and nucleotide photo-deprotection technology into an integrated bench-top instrument for oligonucleotide production. The company was founded in December 2004 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands. | Health Technology |
Janssen Biologics BV
Janssen Biologics BV Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Janssen Biologics BV manufactures, acquires and markets biopharmaceutical therapies. The firms products focus on cardiovascular and immunological disorders, and cancer. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands. | Health Technology |
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