It’s our pleasure to announce the next VentureClass of 2019 on Thursday evening 26 September by David Cerda Salzman, co-founder of Ampelmann and FORWARD.one.

Date:              Thursday, September 26, 2019
Time:             07.00-10.00 p.m.
Moderator: Aard Groen
Speaker:      David Cerda Salzman
Location:     Startup City, Kadijk 4, Groningen

David Cerda Salzmann

David Cerda Salzmann is a Civil Engineer who graduated within the section of Offshore Engineering at the Delft University of Technology in 2004. Subsequently, he started a PhD research entitled “Ampelmann – Development of the Access System for Offshore Wind Turbines” which was completed in 2010. During his time as a PhD student, he was involved in developing and teaching different courses inside and outside the Offshore Engineering curriculum. He remained involved in education at the Offshore Wind group at the Delft University until the end of 2012.

While conducting his PhD research, he co-founded Ampelmann Operations BV In 2007. Within this company David was responsible for the software development, design, calculations and certification of the Ampelmann systems. He became Manager R&D in 2011 and developed the Educations program for the company in 2013. He has been working as an Internal Consultant for the company from 2014 until 2018.

In 2018, together with two of his Ampelmann co-founders and two former bankers, David founded a Venture Capital firm named FORWARD.one – a VC specialized in investing in innovative hardware startups. He has been and still is actively involved in the coaching and mentoring of several startups.

Join us on September 26 to hear David’s story and afterward for networking drinks.