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Koen Bok
Founder at Framer, investor at Festina.
Koen Bok is an investor and co-founder of Festina, an investment fund that specializes in software companies with a focus on exceptional user experience design. He co-founded Festina alongside Jorn van Dijk, and they both have backgrounds in design and technology, particularly through their work with Framer, a web design tool that Bok continues to be involved with as CEO and co-founder.123
Bok has a diverse professional background, having previously worked as a product designer at Facebook, where he contributed to projects related to messaging, ads, and video. He also co-founded a company called Sofa before his tenure at Facebook. In addition to his role at Festina, Bok is an angel investor in various startups, including Pitch, CodeSandbox, and Mollie, among others.34
He is based in Amsterdam and Barcelona, and he identifies himself as a blend of designer, programmer, and entrepreneur, with a keen interest in supporting startups.34
Highlights
In 2014, all designers were trying to get a role in big tech and "seats at the table."
In 2024, all designers are trying to get 100k followers on YouTube and six-figure recurring revenue streams.
This has resulted in a lot less yapping about design management, design systems, ideal processes, and workflows. More about building and marketing.
I won't lie, I'm really enjoying it.
I'm looking for a dev agency that can help us build custom integrations for our larger customers via our plugin api, for example Sanity, Contentful or Statsig integrations. ...
