Maarten Sikkema is an accomplished entrepreneur and angel investor based in the Netherlands. He co-founded Dutch system integrator and software development company Macaw in 1994, where he served as CTO and Executive Board Member. During his time at Macaw, he played a pivotal role in growing the company from just two employees into a thriving organization with over 235 staff. With a deep understanding of new technologies and software development processes, Maarten is an expert adviser sought after by several startups. He is currently a member of Arches Capital and has previously served as Non-executive Board Member at PESCHECK®, Advisory Board Member at Textmetrics (formerly webtexttool), Designer at Woody Cookie, Founding Partner at Macaw Technologies, and Co-founder and CTO at Macaw.