Frans Nauta

Amsterdam Area, Netherlands Netherlands

Visiting Scholar at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business

I'm an EU-guy working in Silicon Valley and a Valley-guy working in Europe on innovation & entrepreneurship, with a strong affection for clean tech. I love kickstarting new stuff and teaching. Kickstarting new stuff is what I do best, especially on the cross roads of startups, innovation and building innovation ecosystems. Some of the things I started: • www.ClimateLaunchpad.eu, probably the worlds largest competition for clean tech business ideas. 28 countries, >750 applications, >300 startups trained • Climate-KIC Startup Accelerator, with to date around 500 startups enrolled and >200 M€ attracted in funding • Dutch Innovation Platform for (and chaired by) the Dutch Prime Minister, de...