Wouter Kneepkens

Partner at Blauwpark Partners

Wouter Kneepkens is a founding partner at Blauwpark Partners, a Singapore-based "single family office for multiple families".1 2 He is also the Chair of the Investment Committee at Resolution Ventures.5 Kneepkens has a diverse background in finance and entrepreneurship, having worked in investment banking before founding several tech startups and becoming an angel investor.2 3

Background and Education::

Kneepkens holds three master’s degrees in Finance, Investments, Accounting, Control & Financial Management, and Financial Law.1 2
He earned an MBA with distinction from INSEAD.1 4 5 6
He holds a Bachelor's degree in International Business from Rotterdam School Of Management, Erasmus University.

Career Highlights::

Investment Banking: Kneepkens began his career in investment banking, working in M&A and Equity Capital Markets at Barclays Capital and UBS Investment Bank.1 He also worked within the private equity team of a mid-market private equity fund and an activist hedge fund.1 2
Entrepreneurship: During and after his MBA, Kneepkens founded several tech startups, including Vooxl, Share a Bite, Favour.it, and SNTMNT.1 3
Angel Investing: Kneepkens has been an angel investor, making early-stage investments in companies like Coinbase, Instacart, and Gitlab.2
Blauwpark Partners: In 2019, Kneepkens founded Blauwpark Partners in Singapore, which is an offshoot of the Blauwpark single-family office that he had been leading since 2011.2 Blauwpark Partners is a CMS-licensed Fund Management company that serves multiple families, facilitating co-investment opportunities.1 2 He has been responsible for the firm’s strategic asset allocation for the last 13 years, investing across all asset classes in an endowment style strategy.2
Resolution Ventures: Kneepkens chairs the investment committee of Resolution Ventures, a Southeast Asia fintech VC.2 5
Family Office Role: From 2011, Kneepkens represented his family in their company and managed the family office, later moving it to Singapore and transforming it into a multi-family office.1

Other Activities and Expertise::

Kneepkens co-founded Vanderes Foundation.5
He is an expert in family office structuring, asset allocation, and private equity & venture capital fund investment.2
Kneepkens co-founded the startup blog StartupJuncture.3 5

Kneepkens is based in Singapore and Amsterdam and is actively involved in the fintech and financial services industries.