Frans van Schaik is managing partner of Logispring. He sits on the Board of portfolio companies Apriso, Mitrix, Odyssey, Optiant, SeeWhy, Visual and Xterprise. He serves, since 1999, as Chairman of the Board of the MES Foundation. Frans is also co-founder and initial GP of Origins Venture Capital Fund for Africa.

 

Previously, he has served as managing director of BC Industries, CEO of Rafino Holdings, general partner and director of buy-outs with Gilde Investment Funds, and managing director of Haag Food. He was founder and CEO of Intermatch and a number of ensuing start-ups, after a short stint at OCE as a project manager. From 1997-2005, Frans has been Chairman of the Board of Trustees and of the Supervisory Board of Observer.

 

Frans is a graduate (LLM) of the University of Amsterdam Law School, The Netherlands, with a post graduate diploma in International Relations from the University of Vienna, Austria. During his studies and for a while thereafter, he had various academic and support roles at the University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Economics and the Department of European Studies.

Logispring is a venture capital firm with a "balanced portfolio" strategy focused on building businesses for global supply networks (industrial processes, logistics, enterprise infrastructure, manufacturing). The firm has a transatlantic portfolio of investee companies, and is gradually expanding into other parts of the world.

 

The key ingredients of Logispring's strategy, and the drivers of its success, are the quality and passion of the firm's team, their focus on supply networks, and their international scope.