Nalden

01 / Currently

Building Nternet Company.

Nternet is kinda like a startup studio acting like a record label working with high agency people. Press play at nternet.company.

Software is our love language...

i.

Rumicat

Send newsletters without all the poespas.

Newsletter · Tool

ii.

Boomerang

Sometimes you have to do things twice to get it right.

File · Sharing

iii.

Foto Foto

Our take on making photo albums easy easy.

Photo album · Tool

iv.

Claro

Your new link in bio.

Website builder · Tool

v.

Nendo

Bring your drawings to life.

Design · Tool

02 / Previously

Co-founder of WeTransfer.

2008 / 2019

WeTransfer

A different take on file-sharing in times Yousendit was a thing. It got really big. Bootstrapped to profitability. 85 Million users a month. Raised €60M. Wild! After a decade I moved on to explore new horizons.

A decade →

2010 / 2016

Present Plus

A digital design studio combined with film & production. Creating interfaces and videos for both established and new brands until the company was acquired.

Studio · Film →

2005 / 2010

Appletree Records

A new breed of soul, jazz and hiphop. A record label trying to do things differently, launching the careers of Ntjam Rosie, Louis Bordeaux, Sotu The Traveller, Hayzee and others.

Record label →

2002 / 2012

Nalden.net

Influencer avant la lettre hahaha. Nalden.net was a personal blog sharing the lifestyle of a digital native. Notorious for introducing full screen advertising and brand collaborations in a pre-social media era.

Origin →

03 / Investments

Adventure only occurs when you don't know the destination.

A handful of startups and a couple of early-stage funds. Nothing huge. Just betting on people, because sky isn't the limit... people are.

01

Polarsteps

The trip journal millions swear by.

Startup · Travel

02

Formitable

Easy restaurant reservations. Sold to Zenchef.

Startup · Consumer

03

Fiberplane

Software work in the age of agents.

Startup · Dev tools

04

NP-Hard

Deep tech, harder problems.

Fund · Early stage

05

Creandum

Scandi-style conviction.

Fund · Venture

06

TSCI

Backing companies when they're tiny.

Fund · Early stage

07

Weekend Fund

Anything early in consumer and B2B.

Fund · Early stage

08

Common Magic

Investing in products with community at their core.

Fund · Early stage

09

Gymly

Fitness software for innovators.

Startup · Fitness

10

MoonPay

Give your agent a wallet.

Startup · Fintech

11

Magic

Future-proof wallet infrastructure.

Startup · Blockchain

12

Stellar Development

Next level logistics real estate.

Real estate · EU

Mixed with cultural endeavors...

i.

FC Hyena

A boutique cinema and petite restaurant and wine bar.

Cinema · Amsterdam

ii.

Wild Animals

Products, objects, animals by Rop van Mierlo.

Fashion · Objects

iii.

Stedelijk Museum

Modern and contemporary art and design in Amsterdam.

Board · Museum

Press

“Nalden is the epitome of what the internet used to be. The best parts of the internet.
Alex Bec / It's Nice That

04 / Writing

The journey is the destination...

Read the archive

05 / Contact

Connecting people like Nokia.

That's the tour. If you want to chat, invest together, collaborate, send a meme, or just say hi... the inbox is open. Always. Cool? Cool.

hi@nalden.net