Orange Corners
orangecorners.com Direct investor
Orange Corners is an initiative of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs that provides young entrepreneurs with training, mentorship, network, funding, and facilities. It operates in multiple countries across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, supporting incubation and acceleration programs.
Orange Corners is an accelerator headquartered in Netherlands. It invests directly in companies, from seed to growth, in entrepreneurship, sustainable businesses and innovation.
“Orange Corners supports young entrepreneurs in Africa, Asia and the Middle East to build sustainable, profitable businesses that contribute to more inclusive and prosperous societies.”
— Orange Corners, own website
- Layer
- Direct investor
- Type
- Accelerator
- Headquarters
- Netherlands
- Invests in
- Africa, Asia, Middle East
- Sectors
- entrepreneurship, sustainable businesses, innovation
Team, as Orange Corners publishes it
- Maarten Wensveen Team Manager Orange Corners (temporarily on assignment elsewhere)
- Erik Parigger Interim Team Manager & Programme Coordinator Orange Corners
- Kars Gerrits Coordinator Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF)
- Benthe Beijens Programme Advisor Morocco & Senegal
- Raïsa van Eijndhoven Programme Advisor Iraq & Palestinian Territories, NL Network
- Ramiro Gomes Monteiro Programme Advisor Sudan, Angola, Social Entrepreneurship
- Mike Sips Programme Advisor Ghana, Advisor Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF)
- Milou Derks Programme Advisor Egypt, Burundi & Research and Innovation
- Ward Karssemeijer Programme Advisor Nigeria, Mali & Alumni Community
- Geerten Schurink Programme Advisor DRC, South Africa & South Sudan, One Young World
- Emilie Visser Programme Advisor Bangladesh & Mozambique, Private Sector Collaboration
- Rachel van der Pol Programme Advisor Algeria & Côte d’Ivoire, Advisor Orange Corners Innovation Fund (OCIF)
Names and roles exactly as listed on orangecorners.com. Nothing else about these people is recorded.
Where this comes from
Every fact above was read from a page Orange Corners publishes itself. Nothing is taken from third-party databases. Investment activity (deals, co-investors) is not yet recorded.
- https://www.orangecorners.com/name, invests_in_geographies, sectors, thesis_quote, thesis_quote_page, description, status
- https://www.orangecorners.com/our-approach/is_investor, layer, type, stage_min, stage_max
- https://www.orangecorners.com/who-we-are/hq_country, people
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Record 7400 · added 2026-09-06 · link last verified 2026-09-21 · confidence high
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