Profile
Mr. Philippe Schuit is Founder and Managing Partner of Duke Forest and Investment Director at Global Accelerator Management BV.
He combines business development, venture capital/private equity and general management experience with early and later stage companies in both technology-driven and conventional industries.
Within Duke Forest he is primarily focused on defining the firm’s overall investment strategy as well as structuring transactions and portfolio management.
Before incorporating Duke Forest, Philippe Schuit was the managing director of three later stage venture capital funds: Advanced European Technologies NV (AET), European Technology Holding BV (ETH), and Strategic European Technologies NV (SET).
After having restructured each of them, he brought the latter two under management of Duke Forest.
Before that he was with The Greenery International, a company active in the field of fresh produce, where he was first appointed Manager Corporate Business Development and subsequently Director Processing, a business unit focused on delivering value added products.
In 1988 Philippe Schuit joined Atlas Venture where during 9 years he was involved with numerous early stage, expansion and buy-out transactions in the ICT and life sciences arena from the offices of Amsterdam and Munich.
He held and still holds several supervisory board positions and joined the O3SIS board in 2005.
Philippe Schuit studied business administration at the European University of Antwerp and started his career as a consultant in the field of business development and technology transfer.
Philippe Schuit active positions
| Companies | Position | Start |
|---|---|---|
O3SIS AG
 O3SIS AG Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services O3SIS IT AG provides software solutions providing personal mobile data applications and enabling technology to 1st tier mobile network operators. It's managed service provides for a complete outsourcing of mobile data applications including hosting, operations and maintenance and customer care. It's flagship product 'Unified Mobile Directory (UMD)' is a high-end address book, synchronization and application integration platform. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Overath, Germany. | Director/Board Member | 2004-12-31 |
Duke Forest BV
 Duke Forest BV Investment ManagersFinance Duke Forest BV (Duke Forest) is an independent Dutch venture capital/private equity firm, founded by Philippe Schuit, Hans Bosman and Udo Glenewinkel. The firm is headquartered in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. | Founder | 2010-05-03 |
Former positions of Philippe Schuit
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Global Accelerator Management BV
 Global Accelerator Management BV Investment ManagersFinance Global Accelerator Management BV (Rockstart), a subsidiary of Rockstart Enterprises BV, is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Oscar Kneppers, Koen Wagemakers, Rune Theill and Don Ritzen. The firm is headquartered in Netherlands. | Private Equity Investor | 2019-05-31 |
ACTANO AG
 ACTANO AG Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ACTANO is a provider of full solutions for the sustainable optimization of the product development process. It's IT and consulting solutions and its innovative RPlan project management software help customers reduce development times and drive down costs significantly. RPlan applies the collaborative project management methodology to set up a networked system of project control that is uniform and transparent and adopts a decentralized planning approach based on communications between project members. The manufacturers of Germany's eight best-selling automobile brands deploy RPlan to support end-to-end collaboration of all internal and external project members in their distributed product development environments. ACTANO has a workforce of around 200 employees at offices in Zurich, Munich, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg, Magdeburg and Detroit. Customers include Airbus, AKT, BMW, Bosch, Daimler, Europrop International, IAV, GETRAG FORD Transmissions, General Motors, Gustav Wahler, Hatz Motorenfabrik, Hella, Huf, Kinshofer, Komax, Kostal, KUKA, Leobersdorfer Maschinenfabrik LMF, Manz, Marquardt, Mitsubishi, MTU Aero Engines, Osram, Rolls-Royce Deutschland, Sitech, smart, Stankiewicz, ThyssenKrupp Presta, Voith Turbo, Volkswagen, Vredestein, ZF Getriebe, ZF Lenksysteme. | Corporate Officer/Principal | 2010-07-21 |
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O3SIS AG
O3SIS AG Information Technology ServicesTechnology Services O3SIS IT AG provides software solutions providing personal mobile data applications and enabling technology to 1st tier mobile network operators. It's managed service provides for a complete outsourcing of mobile data applications including hosting, operations and maintenance and customer care. It's flagship product 'Unified Mobile Directory (UMD)' is a high-end address book, synchronization and application integration platform. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Overath, Germany. | Technology Services |
Duke Forest BV
Duke Forest BV Investment ManagersFinance Duke Forest BV (Duke Forest) is an independent Dutch venture capital/private equity firm, founded by Philippe Schuit, Hans Bosman and Udo Glenewinkel. The firm is headquartered in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. | Finance |
ACTANO AG
ACTANO AG Packaged SoftwareTechnology Services ACTANO is a provider of full solutions for the sustainable optimization of the product development process. It's IT and consulting solutions and its innovative RPlan project management software help customers reduce development times and drive down costs significantly. RPlan applies the collaborative project management methodology to set up a networked system of project control that is uniform and transparent and adopts a decentralized planning approach based on communications between project members. The manufacturers of Germany's eight best-selling automobile brands deploy RPlan to support end-to-end collaboration of all internal and external project members in their distributed product development environments. ACTANO has a workforce of around 200 employees at offices in Zurich, Munich, Stuttgart, Wolfsburg, Magdeburg and Detroit. Customers include Airbus, AKT, BMW, Bosch, Daimler, Europrop International, IAV, GETRAG FORD Transmissions, General Motors, Gustav Wahler, Hatz Motorenfabrik, Hella, Huf, Kinshofer, Komax, Kostal, KUKA, Leobersdorfer Maschinenfabrik LMF, Manz, Marquardt, Mitsubishi, MTU Aero Engines, Osram, Rolls-Royce Deutschland, Sitech, smart, Stankiewicz, ThyssenKrupp Presta, Voith Turbo, Volkswagen, Vredestein, ZF Getriebe, ZF Lenksysteme. | Technology Services |
Global Accelerator Management BV
Global Accelerator Management BV Investment ManagersFinance Global Accelerator Management BV (Rockstart), a subsidiary of Rockstart Enterprises BV, is a venture capital firm founded in 2011 by Oscar Kneppers, Koen Wagemakers, Rune Theill and Don Ritzen. The firm is headquartered in Netherlands. | Finance |
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